(Soundboard FLAC)
Bon Jovi,Bruce Springsteen & Friends
"The King Benefit"
Count Basie Theatre
Red Bank,New Jersey
January 31,1998
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Jon Bon Jovi
Richie Sambora
Bobby Bandiera
Bruce Springsteen
Patty Scialfa
Clarence Clemons
Danny Federici
Little Steven
Max Weinberg
Southside Johnny
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Danny Devito
CD1
01 - Intro: Danny Devito
02 - This Time It'S For Real
03 - Two Hearts
04 - Bad Medicine
05 - Until The Good Is Gone
06 - 10Th Avenue Freeze Out
07 - Broke Down Piece Of Man
08 - Hard Times Come Easy
09 - Love'S Glory
10 - There Goes My Baby
11 - This Time Baby'S Gone For Good
12 - You Give Love A Bad Name
CD2
01 - The Promised Land
02 - All I Needed Is You
03 - Someday I'Ll Be Saturday Night
04 - Bobby Jean
05 - Blood On Blood
06 - The Fever
07 - Working Too Hard
08 - I Don'T Wanna Go Home
09 - It'S Been A Long Time
10 - Wanted Dead Or Alive
CD3
01 - Backstreets
02 - Forever
03 - Livin' On A Prayer
04 - Badlands
05 - I Played The Fool
06 - Keep The Faith
07 - Born To Run
08 - Rockin' All Over The World
09 - Treat Her Right
10 - Thunder Road
NOTES:
The "Come Together: Jon Bon Jovi & Friends" benefit concert was organized by the Long Branch Police Department, The Asbury Park Press, and FPI Concerts, along with Jon Bon Jovi. The concert was to honor slain Long Branch police officer Sgt. Patrick King and raise money for the Sgt. Patrick King Memorial Fund to provide for his family.
King, 45-year-old father of two young boys, was fatally shot on 20 Nov 1997 by a fugitive who had vowed to kill himself and a police officer rather than be captured and returned to jail.
20 musicians with ties to the Jersey shore music scene answered Jon Bon Jovi's call, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa and several members of the then-disbanded E Street Band (Clarence Clemons, Danni Frederici, Patti Scialfa, Little Steven, and Max Weinberg), Southside Johnny, Bobby Bandiera, and Richie Sambora among others.
Actor Danny DeVito was the event's MC.
This was a near-reunion of the fabled E Street Band and Bruce's first full-length electric gig following the acoustic: The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour. Springsteen spent much of (or maybe all) the night onstage, singing or playing guitar only.