Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers

2012

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01/09/12 Pool Deck – Jam Cruise
Country Doctor, Go Back to Your Woods, Funhouse, Simple Prayer, Prairie Dog Town, Jack of Diamonds > Valley Road, Pete and Manny, This Too Shall Pass, Line in the Dust, Talk of the Town, Sunflower Cat, Across the River, White-Wheeled Limousine


01/10/12 Pool Deck – Jam Cruise
Space is the Place, Tango King, King of the Hill > Big Boss Man > Tempus Fugit, Shadow Hand, Drunken Hiccups > Valley Road**, Big Rumble, Mandolin Rain, Straight No Chaser > Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Who Knows jam)
Comments: Steve Kimock sat in for the entire set.


01/28/12 Shepherds Bush Empire – London, UK
Set One: (Shostakovich) > The Road Not Taken, Valley Road, Black Rats of London, Don of Dons, Soon Enough, Where’s the Bat, 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town, Catenaires > Talk of the Town > Charlie Woody and You, I Can’t Make You Love Me
Set Two: Country Doctor, Dreaded Spoon, Crown of Jewels, End of the Innocence, Hymn in C, Spider Fingers > Questions and Answers, The Way It Is, Fortunate Son, Mandolin Rain
Encore: What the Hell Happened
Encore 2: Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days
Comments: first solo show of 2012.


01/30/12 Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, UK
Set One: (Shostakovich) > China Doll, Lost in the Snow, Sad Moon, Song C > Sad Moon, Lost Soul, Heir Gordon, (Schoenberg), Neighbourhood Watch, (Don of Dons), Soon Enough, Mandolin Rain
Set Two: Valley Road > (Life of the Party), The Road Not Taken > (Hole in My Bucket) > (Working in a Coalmine), End of the Innocence, 20/20 Vision, I Can’t Make You Love Me, The Way It Is
Encore: What the Hell Happened, Spider Fingers > (Questions and Answers)
Comments: part of the Celtic Connections Festival. ‘Soon Enough’ with Jerry Douglas, remainder of show until solo encore was with Jerry Douglas and Tim O’Brien


02/07/12 The Strand – York, PA
The Road Not Taken, Harbor Lights, Who Takes Care of Mom, ???, Soon Enough, End of the Innoncence, Preacher in the Ring, The Way It Is, 20/20 Vision, Night on the Town, What the Hell Happened, Hooray for Tom, Fortunate Son > (Southbound)
Encore: Mandolin Rain, King of the Hill
Comments: Solo show


02/08/12 Grand Opera House – Wilmington, DE
Set One: (Shostakovich), Instrumental (from Red Hook Summer Soundtrack, upcoming Spike Lee movie), Sticks and Stones (Bruce forgot first verse, sang it after finishing Sticks and Bones), Heir Gordon, Lost in the Snow, Instrumental (Arnold Schoenberg), Paperboy, Look Out Any Window, Sneaking Up On Boo Radley, The End of the Innocence, Gonna be Some Changes Made
Set Two: The Black Rats of London, Sad Moon, The Show Goes On, The Dreaded Spoon, (Super Freak), The Way It Is (bluegrass version), This Too Shall Pass, Talk of the Town > (Catenaires) > Talk of the Town, The Valley Road (bluegrass version)
Encore: Mandolin Rain
Comments: Solo show


02/09/12 Adelphi University – Garden City, NY
Messiaen – Musique de Marseau > China Doll, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Holy Trinity, Where’s The Bat, Don of Dons, Soon Enough, End of the Innocence, Danny Boy, Catenaires > Preacher in the Ring Part 1, The River Runs Low, Mandolin Rain (Skaggs Version), Shadow Hand > Bach > Shadow Hand, The Way It Is > Bach Goldberg Variations > The Way It Is, 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town > 20/20 Vision
Encore: I Can’t Make You Love Me, Spider Fingers > Questions & Answers > Tighten Up > Spider Fingers
Comments: Solo show


02/11/12 Keswick Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
Song from Spike Lee movie, The Road Not Taken, 20/20 Vision, Night on the Town, Black Rats of London, Heir Gordon, Here We Are Again, Where’s The Bat, End of the Innocence, In the Low Country, The Dreaded Spoon, Valley Road, The Way it Is, Talk of the Town*, Spider Fingers, I Can’t Make You Love Me
Encore: Standing on the Moon > Halycon Days
Comments: Solo show. * denotes with special guest Bobby McFerrin


02/14/12 Carolina Theater – Durham, NC
Set One: Song from Spike Lee movie > China Doll > (Messaien) > China Doll, The Road Not Taken, Classical piece > Paperboy, Where’s the Bat, Don Of Dons, Valley Road (Grateful Dead style), Cyclone, I Can’t Make You Love Me
Set Two: 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town, Sad Moon, (Dirty Ground), Preacher in the Ring I > Catenaires, The Low Country, The Way It Is > Bach Goldberg Variations > The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain (minor key version), Swan Song
Encore: Spider Fingers > Questions and Answers >???,Soon Enough
Comments: Solo show.


02/15/12 Peace Center for the Performing Arts – Greenville, SC
(Shostakovich) > Sticks and Stones, 20/20 Vision (Jimmy Martin) > Night on the Town > Concerto (Schoenberg), Valley Road, End of the Innocence, Who Takes Care of Mom, Where’s the Bat, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, The Low Country, The Way It Is > Goldberg Variations (Bach) > Way It Is, The Show Goes On, What the Hell Happened to Me, Hooray for Tom, King of the Hill, Mandolin Rain.
Encore: Talk of the Town > Charlie Woody and You > Caténaires (Elliot Carter), Standing on the Moon > Wharf Rat > Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days
Comments: Solo show.


02/17/12 The Palladium – Carmel, IN
Set One: Ligeti intro, Sad Moon, The Road Not Taken, Heir Gordon, Simple Prayer, Where’s the Bat?, End of the Innocence, Nobody There But Me, 20/20 Vision, A Night on the Town
Set Two: Harbor Lights, Valley Road, Hooray for Tom, Invisible, The Way It Is, Talk of the Town, Mandolin Rain, Spider Fingers
Encore: Standing on the Moon, Halcyon Days
Comments: Solo show.


02/25/12 Ferguson Center – Newport News, VA
Red Hook Summer Score > (Ligeti) > China Doll > ‘Bird Music’ (O. Messiaen) > China Doll, Lost in the Snow > ??? > Lost in the Snow, Hooray for Tom, Valley Road, Where’s the Bat, Simple Prayer, End of the Innocence, Love Me Still, Nobody There But Me. 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town, The Way It Is, Black Rats of London, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley > Catenaires (E. Carter) > Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, Mandolin Rain
Encore: I Can’t Make You Love Me, The Don of Dons, Soon Enough
Comments: Solo show.


03/02/12 Smothers Theatre – Malibu, CA
Music from Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, Sticks and Stones, Sad Moon, End of the Innocence > Song F > End of the Innocence, Heir Gordon, Holy Trinity, Neighborhood Watch, Where’s the Bat, Love Me Still, Valley Road, Look Out Any Window, Talk of the Town > Catenaires > Talk of the Town, The Way It Is, Hooray for Tom, Invisible, Spider Fingers
Encore: I Can’t Make You Love Me, The Low Country
Comments: Solo show.


03/23/12 Stiefel Theatre – Salinas, KS
Piano intro, Preacher in the Ring, Music from Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, Preacher in the Ring, Catenaires, China Doll > Messiaen’s Musique de Marseau, End of the Innoncence, Where’s the Bat?, Don of Dons, Holy Trinity, Valley Road, Fortunate Son, Dreaded Spoon, The Way It Is, (I am a Man of Constant Sorrow), (Ocean of Diamonds), Nobody There But Me, 20/20 Vision, Talk of the Town
Encore: Maindolin Rain, Cyclone
Comments: solo show.


03/31/12 Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA
Music from Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer > Sticks and Stones, Heir Gordon, Preacher in the Ring, Banter, Where’s the Bat?, Continents Drift, Valley Road, 20/20 Vision > Night on the Town
Set with Bob Weir: Too Much Monkey Business, Most of the Time, Lady with a Fan > Dark Star > The Other One, Me and My Uncle
Encore: Hell in a Bucket
Comments: first set Bruce solo. Second set Bob Weir solo. Third set together.


04/01/12 Fox Theatre – Oakland, CA
Music from Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer > China Doll > Music of the Birds, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Paperboy, (new song), Superfreak, Talk of the Town > Charlie Woody and You > Catenaires, The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain, King of the Hill
Set with Bob Weir: Sugaree, Looks Like Rain, Mexicali Blues, Standing on the Moon > Dark Star > Jack Straw
Encore: Ripple
Comments: first set Bruce solo. Second set Bob Weir solo. Third set together.


05/04/12 New Orleans Jazz Fest – New Orleans, LA
Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, (Straight, No Chaser) > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Dirty Ground, The Way It Is*, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Tango King*, Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > Just One Drink > White-Wheeled Limousine Reprise
Comments: Rainbow’s Cadillac and Jacob’s/Cartoons on accordion. Dirty Ground first time ever with the band. * w/Bonerama.

9 Comments

  1. LONDON 1/28: I was there and it was a great concert, Bruce seemed to really enjoy himself and had plenty of interaction with the crowd. Please don’t leave it so long to come back to the UK next time Bruce- thanks for a great show!

  2. LONDON 1/28: Been a Bruce Hornsby fan since the moment I first heard The Way It Is. Was at Shepherd’s Bush last night and I loved every minute. Hope you come back and play in the UK soon. X

  3. Is “20/20 Vision” the blues song that I associate with the late, great Rory Gallagher?

    • Just heard “20/20″ on the BBC: not the tune I was thinking of, but a great one, nonetheless. (I think I heard Dylan play it when Campbell and Sexton were both in his band.)

  4. LONDON 1/28: fantastic – playing better than ever, agree with Dean Bruce really seemed to enjoy himself – COME BACK SOON!!!

  5. LONDON 1/28: Had front row seats to this. Amazing show. Could have listened to him play for another 3 hours.

  6. LONDON 1/28: Fabulous night, first time I’d ever seen Bruce live (we Brits have to wait soooooooo long) and he was everything I hoped for. Closing the first half of the evening with “I can’t make you love me” was very special!

  7. Any more solo setlists?

  8. Anyone have the Nashville setlist?

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