a fiery guitar solo from Nils Lofgren. In addition, Springsteen was illuminated from below by stage front red lighting. The New York Times said the reworking "howled with desolation" and the Miami New Times said that Lofgren's part almost stole the song. One such performance from that tour was included on the Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City CD and DVD in 2001. Greg Kot of Rolling Stone said of it that "Nils Lofgren's six-string rave-up drops a bomb on the relatively sedate studio version." "Youngstown" was a regular during the opening stretch of Springsteen's 2005 solo acoustic Devils & Dust Tour, before being dropped from the setlist. It appeared a few times during the band's 2007–2008 Magic Tour. Then for 2009's Working on a Dream Tour, it was played more frequently, serving in a rotation spot with "The Ghost of Tom Joad" during those shows' song sequence devoted to the late-2000s recession. Both of those numbers delivered what Billboard magazine termed, in the "Youngstown" case, "the night's killer Nils Lofgren solo". A live performance from the Hard Rock Calling show on that tour was included on the 2010 DVD London Calling: Live in Hyde Park. Much of this arrangement is somewhat calmer than on the Reunion Tour, carried by Tyrell's violin and Charlie Giordano's accordion. The last two minutes are taken over by Lofgren's solo, which features several tempo changes and crescendos before culminating in the guitarist spinning in circles on the stage. See also Allentown (song), a thematically similar 1982 song by Billy Joel Turn the Page (Bob Seger song) a musically-similar song from 1972 References External links Lyrics, at official Springsteen website 1995 songs Bruce Springsteen songs Songs written by Bruce Springsteen Songs about cities in the United States Youngstown, Ohio Song recordings produced by Bruce Springsteen Song recordings produced by Chuck Plotkin Songs about Ohio