Bruce Springsteen in San Antonio

On July 14, 1978 at Municipal Auditorium, Bruce Springsteen played his only San Antonio show. The day before tickets went on sale, a friend and I went downtown to Joske's department store, which handled the sales. He sweet-talked a clerk into selling us fifth row seats. Tickets, as I recall, were $7.75 apiece.

The Boss opened with "Badlands" and shortly thereafter plunged into the crowd during "Spirit in the Night." Clarence "Big Man" Clemons followed him and wound up chatting casually with my roommate. When we requested "Fever," he said in mock dismay that he thought San Antonio would be the one town that didn't ask for it. Then he played "Fever." He gave us a choice between "Candy's Room" and "For You," played the former, and then said "This one's for the rest of you guys" before launching into the latter.

My sweet-talking friend recently forwarded some pictures of the that show, taken by the date of a buddy of his. Here they are:

Set List:
01 Badlands
02 Night
03 Spirit in the night
04 Darkness on the edge of town
05 Candy's room
06 For You
07 The promised land
08 Prove it all night [With long guitar intro]
09 Racing in the street
10 Thunder road
11 Jungleland

12 Paradise by the C
13 Fire
14 Adam raised a Cain
15 Mona
16 She's the one
17 Growin' up
18 Backstreets
19 The fever
20 Rosalita (Come out tonight)

21 The promise
22 Born to run
23 Because the night
24 Quarter to three

(Thanks to Killing Floor.)

Not a bad way to open: