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  1. 30 DAYS OUT
  2. a 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY)
    b 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) "Songs" version
    c 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) July 18, 1973 version
    d 4TH OF JULY, ASBURY PARK (SANDY) July 31, 1973 version
  3. 57 CHANNELS (AND NOTHIN' ON)
  4. A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND (Pittsburgh)
  5. A LOVE SO FINE
  6. ACROSS THE BORDER
    ACROSS THE BORDERLINE - Ry Cooder / John Hiatt / Jim Dickinson
  7. ACTION IN THE STREETS
  8. ADAM RAISED A CAIN
  9. AFTER THE THUNDER
  10. AIN'T GOT YOU
  11. ALL I NEED
  12. ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT
    ALL JUST TO GET TO YOU - Joe Ely
  13. ALL NIGHT LONG
  14. ALL OR NOTHIN' AT ALL
  15. ALL THAT HEAVEN WILL ALLOW
  16. a ALL THE WAY HOME - Devils and Dust version
    b ALL THE WAY HOME - pre-Devils and Dust version
  17. AMERICAN LAND
  18. AMERICAN SKIN / 41 SHOTS
  19. AND THE BAND PLAYED
  20. ANGEL BABY a.k.a. DANCE ON LITTLE ANGEL
    ANGEL EYES - Matt Dennis, Earl Brent
  21. ANGELYNE
  22. ANOTHER THIN LINE
  23. ARABIAN NIGHTS
    AROUND AND AROUND - Chuck Berry
  24. ATLANTIC CITY
  25. BABY DOLL
  26. BABY I
  27. BACK IN YOUR ARMS
  28. BACKSTREETS
  29. BADLANDS
  30. BALBOA PARK
  31. BALLAD OF THE JESSE JAMES
  32. BALLAD OF THE SELF-LOADING PISTOL
  33. BE TRUE
  34. BECAUSE THE NIGHT
  35. BENEATH THE FLOODLINE
  36. BETTER DAYS
  37. BETTY JEAN
  38. BISHOP DANCED
  39. BLACK COWBOYS
  40. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
  41. a BLOOD BROTHERS
    b BLOOD BROTHERS alternate version
    c BLOOD BROTHERS (July 1st 2000 version)
  42. BOBBY JEAN
  43. BOOK OF DREAMS
    BOOM BOOM BOOM - John Lee Hooker
  44. BORDER GUARD
  45. a BORN IN THE U.S.A.
    b BORN IN THE U.S.A. (Tracks version)
  46. BORN TO RUN
  47. BRILLIANT DISGUISE
  48. BRING ON THE NIGHT
  49. BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGE
  50. BROTHERS UNDER THE BRIDGES ('83)
    BRUCE'S ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGE
  51. BUFFALO GALS
  52. CADILLAC RANCH
    CALIFORNIA (you're a woman) (a.k.a. Family Song)
  53. CAMILLA HORNE
  54. CANDY'S BOY
  55. CANDY'S ROOM
  56. CAR WASH
  57. CAUTIOUS MAN
  58. CHICKEN LIPS AND LIZARD HIPS
  59. CHILD BRIDE
    CHIMES OF FREEDOM - Bob Dylan
    CHRISTMAS DAY - Detroit Junior
  60. CINDY
  61. CIRCUS SONG
  62. CLUB SOUL CITY
  63. a CODE OF SILENCE - The Essential Bruce Springsteen version
    b CODE OF SILENCE - Alternative version
    CONTESSA a.k.a "Santa Ana" and "The guns of Kid Cole"
  64. COUNTIN' ON A MIRACLE
  65. COUNTY FAIR
    COUP DELUXE a.k.a "Seaside Bar Song"
  66. COVER ME
  67. COWBOYS OF THE SEA
  68. CROSS MY HEART
  69. CRUSH ON YOU
  70. CYNTHIA
    DANCE ON LITTLE ANGEL a.k.a. ANGEL BABY
  71. DANCING IN THE DARK
  72. DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
  73. DARLINGTON COUNTY
  74. DEAD MAN WALKING
  75. DEDICATION
  76. DELIVERY MAN
    DEPORTEE - Woody Guthry
  77. DEVILS AND DUST
  78. DEVIL'S ARCADE
    DIRTY WATER - The Standells
  79. DOES THIS BUS STOP AT 82nd STREET?
  80. DOLLHOUSE
  81. DON'T LOOK BACK
  82. DOWNBOUND TRAIN
    DREAM BABY DREAM - Suicide
    DRIFT AWAY - Mentor Williams
  83. DRIVE ALL NIGHT
  84. DROP ON DOWN AND COVER ME
  85. DRY LIGHTNING
  86. ELOISE
  87. EMPTY SKY
    ENDLESS NIGHTS (aka English Sons)
  88. ENGLISH SONS (aka Endless Nights)
  89. ERIE CANAL
  90. EVACUATION OF THE WEST (a.k.a. No More Kings in Texas)
  91. EYES ON THE PRIZE
  92. FACTORY
  93. FADE AWAY
  94. FAMILY SONG (a.k.a. "California" or "California, You're a Woman")
  95. FAST SONG (Candy's Room)
  96. FEVER
  97. FIRE
  98. a FOLLOW THAT DREAM
    b FOLLOW THAT DREAM (Bridge School Night version)
    FORTUNATE SON - John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival
  99. FOR YOU
  100. a FRANKIE
    b FRANKIE (alt)
  101. FROGGIE WENT A-COURTIN'
  102. FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME)
  103. FUGITIVES'S DREAM
  104. a FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD
    b FURTHER ON UP THE ROADJune 13, 2006 version
  105. GALVESTON BAY
  106. GAVE IT A NAME
    GET OUT OF DENVER - Bob Seger
  107. GET THAT FEELING
    GET UP STAND UP - Bob Marley, Peter Tosh/Bob Marley and The Wailers
  108. GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMER CLOTHES
  109. GIVE THE GIRL A KISS
    GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE - Johnny Cash

    GLORIA - Van Morrison
  110. GLORIA'S EYES
  111. a GLORY DAYS
    b GLORY DAYS - Studio Outtake
  112. GOIN' CALI
    GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT - Roy Brown / Elvis Presley
  113. GROWIN' UP
  114. GYPSY BIKER
    GYPSY WOMAN - Curtis Mayfield
  115. HAPPY
    HEART FULL OF SOUL - Yardbirds
  116. HEARTS OF STONE
  117. HELD UP WITHOUT A GUN
  118. HENRY BOY
  119. HIGH HOPES
  120. HIGHWAY 29
    HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED - Bob Dylan
  121. HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
  122. HOLD ON (to What You Got)
  123. HOLLYWOOD KIDS
  124. HOMESTEAD
    HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE - Blind Alfred Reed
  125. HUMAN TOUCH
  126. HUNGRY HEART
  127. I AIN'T GOT NO HOME - Folkways version
    I AIN'T GOT NO HOME - Woody Guthrie
    I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - Peretti, Creators, Weiss - Elvis Presley
    I FOUGHT THE LAW - Sonny Curtis
  128. I JUST CAN'T CHANGE
    I SOLD MY HEART TO THE JUNKMAN - Patty Labelle / The Bluebells
  129. I WANNA BE WHERE THE BANDS ARE
  130. I WANNA BE WITH YOU
  131. I WANNA MARRY YOU
    I WANT YOU - Bob Dylan
  132. I WISH I WERE BLIND
  133. I'LL WORK FOR YOUR LOVE
  134. I'M A COWARD (WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE)
  135. I'M A ROCKER
  136. I'M GOIN' DOWN
  137. I'M ON FIRE
  138. I'M TURNING INTO ELVIS
  139. ICEMAN
  140. IDIOT'S DELIGHT - Joe Grushecky and Bruce Springsteen
  141. IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND
  142. IF I WAS THE PRIEST
  143. a IN FREEHOLD 11-08-96
    b IN FREEHOLD 07-18-99
  144. IN MICHIGAN
  145. INCIDENT ON 57th STREET
  146. INDEPENDENCE DAY
  147. INTO THE FIRE
  148. IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY
  149. IT'S MY LIFE (4 different versions)
  150. JACOB'S LADDER
  151. JACKSON CAGE
  152. JAMES LINCOLN DEERE
  153. JANEY DON'T YOU LOSE HEART
  154. a JANEY NEEDS A SHOOTER
    b JEANNIE NEEDS A SHOOTER (ALT)
  155. JAZZ MUSICIAN
    JERSEY GIRL - Tom Waits
  156. JESSIE JAMES
  157. JESSE
  158. JESUS WAS AN ONLY SON
  159. JOHN HENRY
  160. JOHNNY 99
  161. a JOHNNY BYE BYE
    b JOHNNY BYE BYE - alternate version
  162. JOLE BLON
  163. a JUNGELAND
    b JUNGLELAND (ALT)
    KANSAS CITY - Liber/Stoller
  164. KITTY'S BACK
  165. LADY AND THE DOCTOR
  166. LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS
  167. LAST TO DIE
  168. LEAH
  169. LEAP OF FAITH
  170. LEAVIN' TRAIN
    LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOW - Fats Domino
  171. LET'S BE FRIENDS (Skin To Skin)
  172. LET'S GO
    LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters
  173. LET'S GO TONIGHT (Johnny bye-bye)
  174. LIFT ME UP
  175. LIGHT OF DAY
  176. LINDA LET ME BE THE ONE
  177. LION'S DEN
  178. LITTLE GIRL
  179. LITTLE GIRL SO FINE
    LITTLE QUEENIE - Chuck Berry
  180. LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT
  181. LIVIN' IN THE FUTURE
  182. LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
  183. LIVING PROOF
  184. LOCAL HERO
  185. LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK
  186. LONESOME DAY
    LONG TALL SALLY - Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell
  187. LONG WALK HOME
  188. a LONG TIME COMING - Devils and Dust version
    b LONG TIME COMING - pre-Devils and Dust version
  189. a LOOK TOWARD THE LAND - live performance
    b LOOK TOWARD THE LAND - Surfboard Factory Demo
  190. LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 1 (Mr. Outside)
  191. LOOSE CHANGE
  192. LOOSE ENDS
  193. LOSIN' KIND
  194. LOST IN THE FLOOD
  195. LOVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN
  196. LOVE'S ON THE LINE
  197. LUCKY MAN
  198. LUCKY TOWN
  199. MAGIC
  200. MAN AT THE TOP
    THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE George Leybourne
  201. MAN'S JOB
  202. MANSION ON THE HILL
    MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff
  203. MARIA'S BED
  204. MARIE
  205. MARY LOU
  206. MARY QUEEN OF ARKANSAS
  207. MARY'S PLACE
  208. MATAMOROS BANKS
  209. MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER
    MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY - Baxter / Moore
    MILLWORKER - James Taylor
  210. MISSING
    MOUNTAIN OF LOVE - Dorman
  211. MRS McGRATH
  212. MURDER INCORPORATED
  213. MY BEAUTIFUL REWARD
  214. MY BEST WAS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH
  215. a MY CITY OF RUINS
    b MY CITY OF RUINS - "America: A Tribute to Heroes", september 21, 2001
  216. MY FATHER'S HOUSE
  217. MY HOMETOWN
  218. MY LOVE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN
  219. MY LOVER MAN
  220. MY OKLAHOMA HOME
    MY RIDE'S HERE - Warren Zevon and Paul Muldoon
  221. NATIVE AMERICAN
  222. NEBRASKA
  223. NEW JERSEY IS MY HOME - parody song
  224. NEW YORK CITY SERENADE
  225. NEW YORK SONG (New York City Serenade)
  226. a NIGHT
    b NIGHT (ALT)
    NO MORE KINGS IN TEXAS (a.k.a. Evacuation of the West)
  227. NO NEED
  228. a NO SURRENDER - Born in the USA version
    b NO SURRENDER - Songs version
    c NO SURRENDER - Live 1975-85 version
  229. NONE BUT THE BRAVE
  230. NOTHING MAN
  231. OH, MARY DON'T YOU WEEP
    OKLAHOMA HILLS - Woody and Jack Guthrie
  232. OLD DAN TUCKER
  233. ON THE PROWL
  234. ONE LOVE
  235. ONE STEP UP
  236. ONE WAY STREET
  237. OPEN ALL NIGHT
  238. OUT IN THE STREET
  239. OUT OF WORK
  240. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
  241. OVER THE RISE
  242. PARADISE
  243. PART MAN, PART MONKEY
  244. PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN
  245. PHANTOMS
  246. PILGRIM IN THE TEMPLE OF LOVE (Santa gets a blowjob)
  247. PINK CADILLAC
  248. POINT BLANK
  249. PONY BOY
  250. PREACHER'S DAUGHTER
    PRETTY FLAMINGO - Manfred Mann
  251. PRODIGAL SON
  252. PROTECTION
  253. PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
    QUARTER TO THREE - Gary "U.S." Bonds
  254. RACING IN THE STREET
  255. RADIO NOWHERE
    RAISE YOUR HAND - Steven Cropper / Eddie Floyd / Alvertis Isbell
  256. a RAMROD
    b RAMROD - as performed May 17 2005 in Philadelphia
  257. RANDOLPH STREET (MASTER OF ELECTRICITY)
  258. REAL MAN
  259. REAL WORLD
  260. REASON TO BELIEVE
  261. a RED HEADED WOMAN
    b RED HEADED WOMAN - Tom Joad Tour version
    REMEMBER WHEN THE MUSIC - Harry Chapin
  262. RENDEZVOUS
  263. RENO
  264. RESTLESS NIGHTS
  265. RICHFIELD WHISTLE
  266. RICKY WANTS A MAN OF HER OWN
  267. ROCKAWAY THE DAYS
    ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD - John Fogerty
  268. ROLL OF THE DICE
  269. a ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) Live 1975-1985 version
    b ROSALITA (COME OUT TONIGHT) "Songs" version
  270. ROULETTE
  271. a SAD EYES
    b SAD EYES (Tracks version)
  272. SANTA ANA a.k.a "Contessa" and "The guns of Kid Cole"
    SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - Coots / Gillespie
    SATAN'S JEWEL CROWN - Edgar L. Eden
  273. SAVIN' UP
  274. SAY SONS (Down by the River)
  275. SEASIDE BAR SONG a.k.a "Coup Deluxe"
  276. a SECRET GARDEN
    b SECRET GARDEN (ALT)
  277. SEEDS
  278. SELL IT AND THEY WILL COME
  279. SEVEN ANGELS
    SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK - Moon Mullican
  280. a SHENANDOAH
  281. a SHE'S LEAVING, take #1
    b SHE'S LEAVING, take #2 - complete song
  282. SHE'S SO FINE
  283. SHE'S THE ONE
  284. a SHERRY DARLING
    b SHERRY DARLING (ALT)
  285. SHUT OUT THE LIGHT
  286. SILVER PALOMINO
  287. SINALOA COWBOYS
  288. SO YOUNG AND IN LOVE a.k.a "A love so fine"
  289. a SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
    b SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT - alt October 27, 1976 version
  290. SON YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE
  291. SONG TO THE ORPHANS
  292. SOUL DRIVER
  293. SOULS OF THE DEPARTED
  294. SOUTHERN SON
  295. SPANISH EYES
  296. SPARE PARTS
  297. SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
  298. STAND ON IT
  299. STATE TROOPER
  300. a STOLEN CAR
    b STOLEN CAR (Tracks version)
    c STOLEN CAR (ALT)
  301. STRAIGHT TIME
  302. STREET QUEEN
  303. STREETS OF FIRE
  304. STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
  305. SUGARLAND
  306. TAKE 'EM AS THEY COME
  307. TALK TO ME
  308. TAXI CAB
    TELL ME WHY - Lennon - McCartney
  309. TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
  310. TERRY'S SONG
  311. THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
  312. THE ANGEL
  313. THE BALLAD OF THE ARCHITECT ANGEL
    THE BALLAD OF TOM JOAD - Woody Guthrie
  314. THE BIG FIFTY
  315. THE BIG MUDDY
  316. THE BIG PAYBACK
    THE DETROIT MEDLEY - Long/Stevenson,Blackwell/Marascalo,Rainey,Johnson/Penniman/Crewe
  317. THE E STREET SHUFFLE
  318. THE FEVER (18 Tracks version)
  319. THE FUSE
  320. THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD
    THE GUNS OF KID COLE a.k.a "Santa Ana" and "Contessa"
  321. a THE HITTER - Devils and Dust version
    b THE HITTER - pre-Devils and Dust version
  322. THE HONEYMOONERS
  323. THE ICEMAN
  324. THE KLANSMAN
  325. THE LINE
  326. THE LONG GOODBYE
  327. THE NEW TIMER
  328. THE PRICE YOU PAY
  329. a THE PROMISE (18 Tracks version)
    b THE PROMISE (alt)
  330. THE PROMISED LAND
  331. THE RISING
  332. THE RIVER
  333. THE TIES THAT BIND
  334. THE WALL
  335. THE WAR IS OVER
  336. THE WAY
  337. THE WIND AND THE RAIN
  338. THE WISH
  339. THE WORD
  340. THEN SHE KISSED ME - originally by The Crystals
  341. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE FOR ME BUT YOU
  342. THIS HARD LAND
    THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - Woody Guthrie
  343. THIS LITTLE GIRL
  344. a THUNDER ROAD
    b THUNDER ROAD (ALT)
  345. THUNDERCRACK
  346. TIGER ROSE
  347. TOKYO
  348. TOUGHER THAN THE REST
    TOWN CALLED HEARTBREAK - Patty Scialfa
    TRAPPED - Jimmy Cliff
  349. TRAPPED AGAIN
  350. TROUBLE IN PARADISE
  351. TROUBLE RIVER (I CAN'T KEEP FROM CRYING)
  352. TUNNEL OF LOVE
  353. TV MOVIE
  354. TWO FACES
  355. TWO FOR THE ROAD
  356. TWO HEARTS
  357. TWO HEARTS IN TRUE WALTZ TIME
  358. UNDER THE GUN
  359. UNSATISFIED HEART
  360. USED CARS
  361. VALENTINE'S DAY
  362. VIBES MAN
  363. a VIETNAM
    b VIETNAM (ALT)
    VIGILANT MAN - Woody Guthrie
  364. VISITATION AT FORT HORN
  365. VIVA LAS VEGAS
  366. WAGES OF SIN
  367. WAITING ON THE END OF THE WORLD
  368. WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY
  369. WALK LIKE A MAN
  370. WALKING IN THE STREET
  371. WALKING ON THE AVENUE
  372. WALKING THROUGH MIDNIGHT
    WAR - Barret Strong / Norman Whitfield / Edwin Star
  373. WAR NURSE
  374. WE SHALL OVERCOME
  375. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
  376. WHEN YOU DANCE
  377. WHEN YOU NEED ME
  378. WHEN YOU'RE ALONE
  379. WHERE THE BANDS ARE
  380. WHITE LIES (Don't Do It To Me)
  381. WHITE TOWN
    WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN - John Fogerty / Crredence Clearwater Revival
  382. WILD BILLY'S CIRCUS STORY
  383. WILD KISSES (I'm Gonna Treat You Right)
  384. WINGS FOR WHEELS (THUNDER ROAD)
  385. WINTER SONG
  386. WITH EVERY WISH
  387. WITHOUT YOU
  388. WORKING ON A DREAM
  389. WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY
  390. WORLDS APART
  391. WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY
  392. YOU CAN LOOK (BUT YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH)
    YOU CAN NEVER TELL - Chuck Berry
  393. YOU GOTTA FIGHT (Fight for What You Want)
  394. YOU'LL BE COMIN' DOWN
  395. YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME
  396. YOUNGSTOWN
  397. YOUR LOVE
  398. YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY
  399. YOU'RE MISSING
  400. ZERO AND BLIND TERRY


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Be well my love
These pages are dedicated to our son Tim, who was born august 29 2000 Be well
He lived for 74 minutes, then he died as a result of the Potter Syndrome Into a new world we are born
Luka Bloom

Tim now has a sister, Merijne, who was born may 8 2002.
Jasper, Tim's little brother, was born march 7, 2005.
We all are doing very well and together we are as happy as can be.


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