Bruce Springsteen Live 1972 at The Gaslight Club - Henry Boy

B/W Footage from a live performance

[@gryphonrue]

That's my stepdad Sam Hood giving the intro - he also managed The Gaslight Cafe (owned by his father Clarence Hood), and he later worked for Columbia Records. I have a couple of Sam's Bruce bootleg cassettes from these years - incredible stuff. Tears come to my eyes watching this.

[@waterpurificationproductsi7056]

I was at the Two Jews Blues concert in Boston in the early 70's. The unknown opening act was much better. Really rocked. Bruce Springsteen. Never forgot it.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

Part of his record company audition. He was 22. I have read that there were 12 people in the audience for this- it was an "open mic" night and Columbia Records needed to see if he was any good in front of a live audience so they called around to find an open stage that night. He is playing a cracked guitar burrowed from a friend back in NJ. There was no case so he had to carry it over his shoulder through the streets of NYC.

[@vinced5741]

Thank you for sharing this

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

More than you'd think - This is the first time I've heard this song - and I can hear the melodies of TWO future Springsteen HITS; "Rosalita", in the beginning, and then "Blinded by the Light"! No wonder this song kinda got swept under the rug - BRUCE took the melodies he wasfiddling with, and split them into TWO ALL-TIME CLASSIC SONGS! Amazing.

[@Yououghtaknowkel]

Mike's Organic Videos also hear "For You"

[@larrykringen7395]

Yep

[@advsgl]

I was minus 6 years old - who'd have guessed this would shape my musical taste for the future? Thanks Bruce, its been an epic journey.

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

What a GREAT & Historical post of Bruce before the "Heavens opened up" for him.

[@gjerrildkro]

Discovering in 1978 through Born to Run and going in reverse was amazing !

[@waguy1957]

I am not sure what the hell he is singing about but I love! Awesome!

[@tommydebo5]

So much love, i have been new in town twice. This song was a lot of help, for me

[@clete3977]

Are you commenting on Henry Boy maybe?

[@CCJill930]

I was 6 years old----amazing

[@lr899]

Love this! The Boss was born here.

[@BishopGarnier]

Surprenant ! When I was 8 years old.

[@szikchillypaddeh]

Great one, thanks for sharing

[@alanalan-uc4zb]

the making of a superstar.

[@clete3977]

Indeed

[@robcochrane1678]

I hope he goes on to bigger things. He might be the boss if he sticks at it

[@phillydog17]

This is the genesis of "Blinded by the light".

[@sidecardog5244]

Andrew Conicello : it was Manfred Mann that covered ‘Blinded’ not Genesis :)

[@MizzzyMike]

@@sidecardog5244 lol genesis is a word in this case not a band.

[@jessem.tamminga3762]

This all songs on Greetings from Asbury Park in one

[@Jeffp24NM]

How can anyone hate Bruce Springsteen?

[@MrSlimbob1]

Jeffp NM coz there In prisoned in their own hatred.

[@autistichead8137]

Or his music is repetitive drivel

[@recemarkou3223]

@@autistichead8137 lol what

[@davidroache4699]

It's his political views that are off, not his music!

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@davidroache4699 What about his political views do you hate?

[@jameskennedy721]

He was best when only locally famous .

[@clete3977]

They all are.

[@clete3977]

Blinded By The Light is all throughout this song.

[@TheSometimesWhy]

i was at this show and met bruce right after he walked offstage. i was having a smoke, telling bruce i had to quit. when he asked me why i replied because it was bad for my lungs, that i was born to run. when i said that he got quiet and then said, "born to run?" i said "yeah, why?" he said "oh, nothin'..." he asked me if i had a pen. i gave him my bic red fine-point and he said goodbye. sometimes, late at night, i wonder, "gee..."

[@MrSlimbob1]

TheSometimesWhy come on is that a joke? Coz if it was. I laughed.

[@keithm5224]

If that's legitimate, that's pretty fucking cool

[@sjparadiso]

I choose to believe it. Why not, right?

[@theselector4733]

TheSometimesWhy I was also at that show - in charge of the stage lights. When Bruce walked off stage i immediately turned off all the lights & accidentally shortwired a cable which shocked my hand & caused my body to spasm badly.... i was embarrassed as hell but Bruce seemed very concerned & asked "what's up man, u ok??". To hide my embarrassment i replied: "Yeah, i just like dancing in the dark".

[@StreetBobber]

Even it ain't legit mate, its still too damn cool. Maybe I'll use it some magical night down at the bar...

[@xanjohn]

Taped at Max's Kansas City in NY in August 1972 -- the song most resembles the now-legendary "Rosalita," which would be released on his second LP a year later.

[@eyalsonego565]

how life is deceiving: the young artist is shaking he would not make it up the road....food:how will he arrange it in his future. right? now, who would have thought this artist is no other but THE BOSS?! HAVE FAITH

[@clete3977]

Yes. His parents had moved to California by this time. So there was no going home. But he had local success with Child, Steel Mill and The Bruce Springsteen Band. He probably had a few bucks to get by. But he didn't want to just get by. That's what made him the man he became.

[@scrapplepig]

0:07 Listen to the applause for Bruce.

[@jeboccuzzi10]

Blinded by the light melody

[@curtandoscar]

Love how raw this is. Definite early Rosalita.

[@aprilcraddock169]

Of course it is...

[@anotherjoshua]

well, you can see how this song morphed into blinded.

[@keithrichards9595]

Wow,,I heard Blinded by the light music there at the End..

[@jerseydevil1066]

still standing up

[@tonywalton1052]

He will never make it

[@psh37]

no chance

[@curtandoscar]

Poor kid. Where is he today?

[@bbrow12]

He needs a band that will prop him up and make him look good- but I doubt anyone will want to play with him

[@patriciapearce4696]

Agreed. A full 30 seconds from taking the state to starting the song. Doesn't make eye contact with the crowd. On and on I could go. What ever happened to this guy anyway?

[@jonahhamm2538]

I'm consider myself a pretty optimistic guy, but I'm really not seeing much in this guy.

[@kpsmitty1O]

LOVE IT

[@CPSJSMSUUMUGA]

You can hear potential here, but, sadly, like a million other young guys (and gals) who want to be muscians, they eventually need to get a real job, lose their focus, and eventually give up dreams of fame, fortune, (and girls). Only one in a million makes it to a modest level. And only one in a billion not only makes it, but writes the best songs, puts out the best albums, and puts on the best concerts - for over 40 years. How come this guy is that one-in-a-billion?

[@MrSlimbob1]

John Hocking that's a very inspiring comment for up and coming struggling songwriters and musicians.

[@carbonharmonics]

well said, very valid words. "this guy" is one-in-a-billion simply because he values the gift of life and the definite countdown of "time" more than most will ever fathom.

[@D3leriumX]

Luck, mostly.

[@VSchneidermann]

@@D3leriumX Luck is always 90 percent hard work.

[@paulrob2006]

This is actually from Max's Kansas City 1972, the same source as Growing up. Originally recorded for CBS Records.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

According to Bruce it was Gerdies Folk City on McDougal street. It was owned by the same guy who owned Maxs Kansas City.

[@TheSometimesWhy]

@greerlovesgovert : Yeah, it did. Then, later, he saw me and came over and we chatted for a few minutes, but I had to leave. He asked me where I was going and I told him that I had a meeting across the river. As for Van's influence on Bruce, it's unmistakable. All the best and then some, TheSometimesWhy

[@peterthoss2281]

Get his Book! "Born to Run" .... Seriously great stuff.. No Fan knows him till they read it.

[@dr3754]

actually the bigger fans already knew almost everything in that book its mostly stuff he repeated from interviews.

[@courtneyacoleman]

Get it as an audiobook and hear the story from the man himself. Really inspiring💜

[@MrSlimbob1]

Wow

[@BaronM]

@Ritchiemomitchie I'm embarrassed I never heard the 'Rosalita' connection. It's so obvious now that you mention it.

[@paulsullivan1650]

This melody most definitely turned into "Blinded By The Light."

[@RomeAndMarty4Ever]

How ironic is it to hear this crowd's complete lack of reaction when "the fine young song writer, Bruce Springsteen" is called to the stage...DO YOU NOT REALIZE YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS?!

[@benkenobi_]

Wow...

[@forestyves8067]

c'est la même musique que growin' up, Doudou !

[@vangecontos761]

🙌

[@a2zme]

Musically, an early melody that would inevitably become Blinded by The Light & Rosalita .. nice find :)

[@RomeAndMarty4Ever]

WOW These people had no fucking idea they were witnessing Greatness

[@elmoblatch9787]

He was not great YET.

[@emrox77]

how did you get this footage? this is amazing! it sounds kind of like an early version of blinded by the light

[@sfgiantpoet]

the year he first signed his record deal. so far I didn't hear a single.

[@stevencampbell2018]

Neither did the studio and they told to write a single. So he wrote Blinded by the Light and Spirit in The Night.

[@charlieviola6119]

His guitar work makes me think he must have been doing a lot of listening to Richie Havens in those days.

[@gingerbread1231]

+Charlie Viola Sure looks and sounds like it. ;-)

[@elmoblatch9787]

I thought the exact same thing...

[@kindnessfirst9670]

He didn't even own an acoustic guitar at this point- it was burrowed.

[@jonnybirchyboy1560]

And van Morrison

[@harpiehuddy2766]

basically blinded by the light.

[@lewisengr]

A mash-up of Rosalita, Blinded by the Light, and For You.

[@angus7278]

Nice to watch, thanks! They say when you start to paint, your first few paintings are junk. But if you have real talent, stick with it and your work gets better. Same with songwriting I guess.

[@BaronM]

@TheSometimesWhy Was this after you went to that Black Panther party, and played ping pong in China? Glad to finally meet you Mr. Gump!

[@gryphonrue]

Indeed, this is Max's Kansas City.

[@aliasdyln33]

Not sure if I have ever heard a song referencing any 'Henry' in popular music history. But leave it to the bossy Springsteen to do the deed here. Boy, oh boy, I do say.

[@straycatttt]

“Henry the 8th” by Herman’s Hermits

[@budibausto]

Is an ackward mix of Mary queen of arkansas, Blinded by the light, Does this bus....basically the whole Greeting album in 1 song..amazing! I was wondering is this the very first footage abiut Bruce?? look really the one!

[@sidecardog5244]

Don’t quit your day job, you may have a future in the fire escape trade :)

[@NaJa0283]

@TheSometimesWhy '...did I lock up properly?'

[@justindaffronte9702]

Early development stages of 'Blinded by the Light'

[@327JohnnySS]

I was getting the same vibe also with a Rosalita come out tonight.

[@straycatttt]

I was thinking “Rosalita.”

[@forestyves8067]

I was thinking about growin' up !

[@apocalypseplough8089]

He changed after he met Jon Landau, who gave him a copy of "The Grapes of Wrath" and turned him into a working class hero. The early stuff bares almost no resemblance to what he wrote after meeting Landau.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

This was different than the stuff he was doing previous to this, too. He was ever evolving.

[@bosszeroboss]

this must be an early version of blinded by the light.

[@kevinjoseph517]

I was thinking 'saint in city.'----and words like 'for you'

[@briankessler8209]

@3:55 "Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's tryin' out his attitude on all the cats..."

[@hjgjaxson]

Cool, but isn't this recording from Max's Kansas City, New York City, NY not the Gaslamp?

[@ajack2boys]

@RomeAndMarty4Ever Why would you assume that? We all knew. It was as obvious then as it was later.

[@sparkspark2314]

Freaki AWESOME GUITAR PLAYING...I love this...he was so much better back then...sorry but that's just the truth...

[@diosantana2659]

Besides the Rosalita connectin - who isn't hearing "Growin' Up"????? 3:33

[@maurosky68]

FOR YOU too Fantastic

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Did he get a record deal on his own meaning like Dylan, with no band, just him as a solo artist? If so I can understand how he later on got the E Street band together as he would have had a lot of cred as a signed artist. I never understood that before, because he had no money back then how he got a band that good

[@briankessler8209]

His Wiki page says that he auditioned solo to get the record deal, then showed up at the recording session with a handful of musicians, some of whom would soon go on to become ESB.

[@EdKazO-Vision]

His boys were waiting in the wings.

[@mph0665]

What ever happened to this guy?

[@d_walsh]

Max's Kansas city '72

[@TheSometimesWhy]

really? i heard that was the "b" side... oh well.

[@ParkRoadGuy]

Gaslight Cafe or Gaslight Club?

[@kindnessfirst9670]

This was after Atlantic Records turned him down.

[@jamesfellers1673]

Joni...

[@torrisss]

Is this the 1st video footage of Bruce??

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Wow where did you get this??

[@brettgash9522]

he was buying into columbia records trying to make him the next dylan...glad he didn't FADE AWAY

[@lucainvernizzi848]

This is Rosalita in construction

[@janetsampson1779]

Van Morrison

[@LanguorousLass]

OMG, he totally looks like Ben Affleck!

[@orbit0317]

I never noticed this, but is his eyes closed the whole time he's going through this song? It seems like he has stage fright! If anyone knows, lemme know!

[@TheSometimesWhy]

@BaronM : very funny, baron. the pleasure is mine. oddly enough, it was after the party with the black panthers, i got the guys together, arranged to get us to china, and we played doubles ping pong there. how did you know?

[@moocow117]

Yo, I'm gonna need a translation in east coast English. Everyone can't like everything... I guess.

[@RandallFlaggNY]

Rosalita's dad might be right... just kidding.

[@mrbulkyc1]

@heidiz4730 hate Bruce .... but love Nazareth.......strange...very strange

[@SuzzyStohelit]

God knows I love Bruce Springsteen, but he is over-acting? I can't explain it but it grates on me... the east coast should not try to act like the east coast. I grew up in the Jersey of America called Illinois and he sounds more like them but drunk. I do love Bruce Springsteen putting this in my can't like everything bin

[@TheSometimesWhy]

thanks for the yuks, boss. now go take your meds and be a good boy....

[@timcarr6401]

He can't sing. But that didn't stop Dylan.

[@boilerup9985]

Zzzzzz when's he gonna start singing?