It was a day that remains in my top ten Best Days list.

I ran across this post while researching some old haunts. This was a FREE Springsteen concert. Posted on "Brucebase"

04/28/74 - SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, SWARTHMORE, PA
ONE afternoon outdoor show, double bill, with Springsteen & The ESB headlining and acoustic outfit WIRE AND WOOD (F.C. Collins, Craig Bickhardt, Rick Bell, Bill Shulz, Joey Alfonsi, Fred DeTomasso) opening. According to the school’s newspaper if the weather was poor this show was to be held indoors (in Clothier Building Auditorium) but if the weather was fine it would be held outdoors in the school’s small, stunningly beautiful Scott Amphitheater. Perfect, unseasonably warm, weather prevailed so the concert was held outdoors in front of an audience of less than 300 lucky patrons. Apparently the quaint, picturesque atmosphere elicited a particularly jazzy performance by Bruce and the band. Swarthmore was an all-girls school and Philadelphia Inquirer critic Bill Mandel, who attended this show, described Bruce and the band as performing “to a glade-full of barely clad satyrs and nymphs who writhed and danced in and out of the trees”.

“Swarthmore College’s intimate Scott Amphitheater, site of Springsteen & the ESB’s April 28, 1974 concert. Without doubt the most beautiful, magical location Bruce and the band have ever performed”

Photo by Steve Meade

What a day. We went back stage after the show and continued to party with everyone. Somewhere there is a photo of me with my wide brimmed Chinese hat that was filled with fresh flowers. Now that I think about it, I guess I was one of those "barely clad" nymphs and yes, we were dancing, happy and full ... of tequila!