2nd Annual Hawthorne Day, Hawthorne, NJ 10/2/10

On a crisp, fall evening in Hawthorne, NJ we played to an enormous crowd of enthusiastic people at the town's annual Hawthorne Day Festival. Although it was an abbreviated set, the band hit on all cylinders, punching out classics like "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" with authority. A barricade was set up about 20 feet in front of the stage which several concert-goers attempted to take down in order to get closer to the band, but alas that sucker was well-secured, so there would be no stage rush on this night. Ryan unfortunately broke a string before "Thunder Road," yet managed to run to his car, grab another guitar, get back on stage, plug in, tune up and jump into the song at the precise moment that the lyric "I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk" was being sung. The show ended with a triumphant "Rosalita," which was immediately followed by a fireworks display.