Bruce Hornsby Setlists

Bruce Hornsby setlists 1995

Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby setlists in 1995. Please feel free to e-mail Si with any additions or amendments to this list. Thanks to all those who have contributed below!

Also don’t forget to check our live concert archive for downloads!

Highlights of 1995.. Hot House released.. “Bruce Hornsby and Friends” show for PBS features Pat Metheny, Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt and Don Henley.. solo European tour.

01/21/95 Constitution Hall – Washington, DC
Harbor Lights, Night on the Town > (Shortnin’ Bread), The Way It Is, Sugaree, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Country Doctor, End of the Innocence > (Barcelona Mona), Talk of the Town > (Dark Star ) > Valley Road


05/27/95 Roof Ballroom – Indianapolis, IN
Set 1: Spider Fingers, The Way It Is, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time, (Ode To Marlboro Man), Sugaree, Rainbow’s Cadillac, End Of The Innocence, Valley Road
Set 2: Soundcheck: Piano Jam, Band Jam, Walk in the Sun, Spider Fingers, Rainbow’s Cadillac


06/03/95 ? – San Bernardino, CA
Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine, Scarlet Begonias, End of the Innocence, The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Valley Road
Comments: w/ Bela Fleck and Sam Bush


07/21/95 KSCA Radio Interview – Santa Monica, CA
Comments: Radio Interview.


07/21/95 Border’s – Santa Monica, CA
Country Doctor, Look Out Any Window, A Night on the Town, Wharf Rat, Harbor Lights, Across The River, The Changes, Valley Road, Q & A, Lot to Laugh, Train to Cry, Spider Fingers > Billie’s Bounce > Chopsticks > Billie’s Bounce > Spider Fingers


07/22/95 Yoshi’s – Oakland, CA
China Doll, Rainbow’s Cadillac, (Twelve Tone Tune) > The Changes, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > Spider Fingers > Jacob’s Ladder, Valley Road, Piano intro > Country Doctor


07/23/95 Border’s – San Francisco, CA
Hot House Ball, Long Tall Cool One, The Way It Is, Wharf Rat, Talk Of The Town, The Changes, So What > Road Not Taken, Q & A


07/25/95 Border’s – Seattle, WA
Look Out Any Window, Country Doctor, Mandolin Rain > The Road Not Taken, Spider Fingers > What a Time, The Longest Night, Franklin’s Tower > Rainbow’s Cadillac, “Batman” Theme > The Valley Road


08/01/95 Border’s – Washington, DC
Night On The Town, Country Doctor, The Longest Night, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Sugaree > Teddy Bear’s Picnic > Sugaree, Q & A, Fields of Gray > Terrapin > Fields Of Gray, Look Out Any Window


08/03/95 Sam Goody – Minneapolis, MN
Night on the Town, Country Doctor, Cruise Control, Show Goes On, Sugaree, Q & A, Song A > Road Not Taken, Valley Road


08/05/95 Border’s Bookstore – Farmington Hills, MI
Night on the Town > Not Fade Away, Country Doctor, Defenders of the Flag, Look Out Any Window > Harbor Lights, Entertainer Tease, Q&A, Wharf Rat, Spider Fingers > What A Time


08/09/95 Houstonian (Manor House) – Houston, TX
Piano intro > Night On The Town, Piano intro > The Way It Is, Walk In The Sun, Road Not Taken > Working In A Coal Mine, Country Doctor, Mandolin Rain, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > Spider Fingers > Jacob’s Ladder, The Changes, End of The Innocence, Wharf Rat


08/09/95 Blockbusters – Houston, TX
Brokedown Palace > Cruise Control, China Doll, The Changes, Q & A, Big Rumble, Q & A, Rainbow’s Cadillac


08/10/95 Border’s – Chestnut Hill, MA
Piano Intro > Night on the Town, Spider Fingers > What A Time, Wharf Rat, White Wheeled Limousine > (Munsters Theme), Q & A, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Q & A, Country Doctor


08/15/95 Jazzoo Pavilion – Cincinnati, OH
Hot House Ball, Country Doctor, Show Goes On, Walk in the Sun, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, (Entertainer) > Tango King, Song B > Every Little Kiss, Sugaree, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Across the River, Look Out Any Window, Wharf Rat, Talk of the Town > The Changes > Talk of the Town, Stranded on Easy Street, Evangeline, Teddy Bear’s Picnic > End of the Innocence, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > Au Privave > Jacob’s Ladder, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Cruise Control
Encore 2: Spider Fingers, The Way It Is
Comments: Encore 2 was played in the dark due to overeager management!


08/17/95 The Civic Auditorium – Cleveland, OH
Set 1: White Wheeled Limousine, Long Tall Cool One, The Long Race, Mandolin Rain, Scarlet Begonias, Hot House Ball > Not Fade Away, China Doll, Show Goes On, The Longest Night, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Franklin’s Tower
Set 2: Spider Fingers, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Every Little Kiss, Wharf Rat > Country Doctor, End of the Innocence, Fields of Gray, (WWL reprise) > Valley Road
Encore: Look Out Any Window, Cruise Control


08/18/95 State Theatre – Kalamazoo, MI
Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine, Walk in the Sun, The Changes, Tango King, Sugaree, End of the Innocence, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Valley Road, Hot House Ball, Talk of the Town, Wharf Rat, Across the River, Show Goes On, Fields of Gray, Jacob;s Ladder, What A Time, Stranded on Easy Street, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Another Day > Mystery Train
Encore 1: Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
Encore 2: Cruise Control


08/21/95 Maryland State Theatre – Hagerstown, MD
Set 1: Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine, Walk In The Sun, Show Goes On, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time, Sugaree, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Country Doctor, Every Little Kiss, Look Out Any Window
Set 2: Western Skyline, Iko Iko, Masterpiece, Hot House Ball, Under The Boardwalk, Fields of Gray, Long Tall Cool One, Wharf Rat, The Changes, The Way It Is, Valley Road Encore: Night On The Town, Harbor Lights, Mandolin Rain, Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


08/22/95 The Casino – Hampton Beach, NH
Valley Road, That Would Be Something, Talk of the Town, Tango King, Stranded on Easy Street, End of the Innocence, Scarlet Begonias, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Western Skyline, Iko Iko, White- Wheeled Limousine, Big Rumble, Mystery Train, What a Time, Fields of Gray, Road Not Taken > Jack Straw, Hot House Ball, The Way It Is, Look Out Any Window, Mandolin Rain, Spider Fingers, Cruise Control


08/24/95 Cape Cod Melody Tent – Hyannis, MA
Set 1: The Way It Is, Across the River > Jack Straw, White Wheeled Limousine, Show Goes On, Hot House Ball, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, The Changes, Every Little Kiss
Set 2: Rainbow’s Cadillac, What a Time > Spider Fingers, Talk of the Town > He’s Gone > Scarlet Begonias, Valley Road, Fields of Gray, Tango King, Iko Iko > Don’t Do It, Look Out Any Window
Encore: Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


08/25/95 South Shore Music Circus – Cohasset, MA
Spider Fingers > Will It Go ‘Round in Circles, White Wheeled Limousine > (99 Bottle of Beer), Walk in the Sun, Western Skyline, Scarlet Begonias, Song A > End of the Innocence, Swing Street, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Shaft), I Will Walk With You, Look Out Any Window > (Chopsticks), Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > (Samson & Delilah), Country Doctor, Show Goes On, Sugaree, Hot House Ball, Talk of the Town > (Dark Star) > Valley Road, Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


08/26/95 Oakdale Theatre – Wallingford, CT
Across the River, Long Tall Cool One, Every Little Kiss, Stranded on Easy Street, Masterpiece, Scarlet Begonias, I Can’t Make You Love Me, White Wheeled Limousine, The Way It Is, Spider Fingers, Valley Road > (Raindrops Fallin’ on My Head > (Wedding March), Terrapin > I Know You Rider, Jacob’s Ladder > (Well You Needn’t) > (Happy Birthday) > What a Time > (Scarlet Begonias), I Will Walk With You, Fields of Gray, Under the Boardwalk, Country Doctor, Sugaree, Look Out Any Window, Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry


08/27/95 North Shore Music Theatre – Beverly, MA
Set 1: Big Rumble, Talk of the Town > (Footprints) > (Dark Star), Every Little Kiss, Hot House Ball, White Wheeled Limousine, Tango King, Bach’s Two-Part Invention #8, Song B > End of the Innocence, The Long Race, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Set 2: Harbor Lights, I Know You Rider, Spider Fingers, Scarlet Begonias, Fields of Gray, The Changes, Girl From Ipanema, The Longest Night, Valley Road Encore: Mandolin Rain, Look Out Any Window, Cruise Control


08/29/95 Melody Fair Theatre – North Tonawanda, NY
The Way It Is, White Wheeled Limousine, Long Tall Cool One, Spider Fingers, The Show Goes On, Terrapin >, I Know You Rider, Talk of The Town, Valley Road, Harbor Lights, Wharf Rat, Country Doctor, Fields of Gray, Walk In The Sun, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Iko Iko, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Mystery Train, Look Out Any Window
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Across The River, Cruise Control


08/30/95 Starlite Music Theatre – Latham, NY
Set 1: What A Time > Jacob’s Ladder, Swing Street, China Doll, That Would Be Something > End of the Innocence, Tango King, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Brick House > The Changes, Hot House Ball, Look Out Any Window
Set 2: Night on the Town > Shortnin’ Bread > Don’t Do It, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Talk of the Town > (Dark Star), Fields of Gray, Under the Boardwalk, Terrapin > I Know You Rider, Spider Fingers, Will It Go Round in Circles, Defenders of the Flag, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


08/31/95 Valley Forge Music Fair – Devon, PA
Set 1: Hot House Ball, White Wheeled Limousine, Tango King, Walk in the Sun, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Jacob’s Ladder > What a Time > (Samson & Delilah), The Changes, Every Little Kiss, Terrapin > I Know You Rider
Set 2: The Way It Is, Long Tall Cool One, Across the River > Scarlet Begonias, Spider Fingers, Fields of Gray, Talk of the Town > (Dark Star) > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


09/01/95 Westbury Music Fair – Westbury, NY
Set 1: Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > (Samson & Delilah) > Jacob’s Ladder, Song A > End of the Innocence, Terrapin > I Know You Rider, Look Out Any Window
Set 2: Show Goes On, Tango King > Brick House, The Changes, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Shaft), Scarlet Begonias, Valley Road > Spill That Wine, Hot House Ball > Iko Iko, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Another Day
Encore: Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control


09/02/95 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland, OH
Terrapin > I Know You Rider, Scarlet Begonias
Comments: Terrapin > I Know You Rider is included on “The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” CD set.


09/03/95 FM Kirby Center – Wilkes-Barre, PA
Set 1: Swing Street, White Wheeled Limousine, Walk In The Sun, China Doll, Night in Tunisia, Western Skyline > Masterpiece, Hot House Ball, I Love You, Every Little Kiss, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Sugaree
Set 2: Teddy Bear’s Picnic > Harbor Lights, Ave Maria, Stander On The Mountain, Across The River, He’s Gone > Wharf Rat, End Of The Innocence, Spider Fingers, Don’t Do It, Iko Iko, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Brokedown Palace


09/19/95 Studio Zuri 1 – ???, Switzerland
Comments: Television interview & music. Needs Setlist.


09/21/95 VH1 – Hamburg, Germany
Interview w/ music clips
Comments: VH1 Feature


09/22/95 ??? – Hilversum, Holland
(Interview), Walk in the Sun, (Interview), The Way It Is
Comments: Radio Interview.


10/01/95 E-Town – Boulder, CO
Night on the Town, Song A, (Interview), Rainbow’s Cadillac, The Way It Is, Drift Away*
Comments: *w/ Shawn Colvin


10/07/95 Boston Common – Boston, MA
Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine > (Prince of Peace), Walk in the Sun, Western Skyline, (Terrapin) > I Know You Rider, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Valley Road, End of the Innocence, The Way It Is, What A Time > (Samson & Delilah), Rainbow’s Cadillac, Cruise Control


10/27/95 Manhattan Center – New York, NY
Spider Fingers, Talk of the Town, (Scarlet Begonias), Walk in the Sun, Swing Street, End of the Innocence, White Wheeled Limousine, The Changes, Get Up Stand Up, Jack Straw, The Way It Is, Night on the Town, Stander on the Mountain, The Tide Will Rise, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Country Doctor, Fields of Gray, Jacob’s Ladder, What A Time, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Cruise Control, Not Fade Away, Spider Fingers
Comments: w/ Pat Metheny, Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, and others. Taped for TV on PBS


12/02/95 Musikhalle – Hamburg, Germany
Set 1: Walk In The Sun, Wharf Rat > Swing Street > Dixie Lullaby, End of the Innocence, China Doll, Barcelona Mona > The Old Playground > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Lost Soul, Valley Road
Set 2: (Little Wing), The Way It Is, Dock of the Bay > Every Little Kiss, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > (Au Privave) > Spider Fingers, I Will Walk With You, Fields of Gray > (Terrapin), Night on the Town, Jingle Bells > We Wish You A Merry Christmas, My Foolish Heart, Show Goes On > Girl From The North Country, Look Out Any Window, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Encore: Mandolin Rain > (Entertainer) > Brokedown Palace, Down The Road Tonight
Comments: Solo show


12/03/95 ?? – Frankfurt, Germany
Set 1: Swing Street, Every Little Kiss, Night on the Town, Walk in the Sun, End of the Innocence, Talk of the Town, Spider Fingers, White Wheeled Limousine, The Way it Is
Set 2: Madman Across the Water, Lost Soul, Rainbow’s Cadillac, The Changes, The Road Not Taken > Workin’ in a Coal Mine > The Road Not Taken, Not Fade Away > Jacob’s Ladder, My Funny Valentine, Valley Road
Encore: Candle in the Wind (partial) > Big Rumble, Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
Comments: Solo show


12/05/95 The Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland
We Wish You A Merry Christmas > Spider Fingers, Defenders of the Flag, The Road Not Taken > Workin’ in a Coalmine, Scarlet Begonias, Look Out Any Window, The Entertainer, End of the Innocence, Stander on the Mountain > Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Talk of the Town, Rainbow’s Cadillac, China Doll, The Way It Is, (Piano Man), Madman Across the Water, ???, Train to Cry, White-Wheeled Limousine > (99 Bottles of Beer), Harbor Lights, Walk in the Sun, Country Doctor, Valley Road > Special Night > Valley Road, Night on the Town
Comments: Solo show


12/08/95 ???, Brussels, Belgium
Night On The Town, Swing Street, Every Little Kiss, Walk in the Sun, Sugaree, End of the Innocence, Spider Fingers, Across the River, Rainbow’s Cadillac, My Foolish Heart, Valley Road, The Way It Is, Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time, The Tide Will Rise, Fields of Gray, Madman Across the Water, White-Wheeled Limousine > (Nardis) > (My Funny Valentine) > (Prince of Peace), Manhattan Island Serenade, Look Out Any Window, Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Down the Road Tonight > Longest Night
Comments: Solo show


12/10/95 Gloria Theatre – Cologne, Germany
China Doll > (Joy to the World), Masterpiece, Fields of Gray > (Terrapin) > Wharf Rat, Spider Fingers > ( We Wish You a Merry Christmas) > (Jingle Bells), Long Tall Cool One, Cruise Control > (Stay) > On Broadway > Walk in the Sun, ‘Till the Dreaming’s Done > River Runs Low, Swing Street, White Wheeled Limousine > (Jazz tune?) > Valley Road, (Jarrett: Koln Part IIc) > Show Goes On, Hot House Ball, Harbor Lights,
Night on the Town, The Way It Is, End of the Innocence, The Changes > (So What) > Talk of the Town > (Dark Star) > (Little Wing), Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Every Little Kiss, Look Out Any Window, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Country Doctor
Comments: Solo show


12/11/95 Stockholm, Sweden
Intro > Lover Man > Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time, Defenders Of The Flag, Country Docto,r The Way It Is, Wharf Rat, Fields Of Gray, Look Out Any Window, The End Of The Innocence, Talk Of The Town, The Valley Road, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, Mystery Train The Longest Night China Doll, Greensleeves, Harbor Lights, Loser, (Set Me In Motion), Every Little Kiss, Barren Ground, (Piano Man), Sugaree, Cruise Control > Till The Dreaming’s Done > I Will Walk With You, A Night On The Town
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Brokedown Palace, Across The River, Spider Fingers (Celebration)
Comments: Solo show


12/14/95 Wappensaal – Munich, Germany
Set 1: Intro > Jacob’s Ladder, Defenders of the Flag, Every Little Kiss, Come Down In Time, The Road Not Taken > Workin’ in a Coalmine > In the Midnight Hour, Changes > Look Out Any Window, End of the Innocence, Valley Road
Set 2: The Way It Is, Fire on the Cross, Longest Night, Spider Fingers > Jingle Bells, The River Runs Low, Sugaree > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Wharf Rat, Walk in the Sun, Instrumental, China Doll, Up on a Tightrope > Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace > We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Encore: Night On The Town > Short’nin’ Bread, Mighty Quinn > Another Day > Swing Street > Christmas Medley
Comments: Solo show


12/16/95 Wintherthur, Switzerland
Jacob’s Ladder > What a Time, (Rock the Boat) > (Play That Funky Music White Boy), China Doll, Swing Street > Dixie Lullaby, End of the Innocence, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Look Out Any Window, The Show Goes On, Scarlet Begonias, Sugaree, Valley Road, Spider Fingers, The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss, Everyday People, (Midnight Hour) > Go Back To Your Woods, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Country Doctor, You Can Close Your Eyes, Walk in the Sun, I Will Walk With You, Night on the Town, Mandolin Rain. Encore: Hot House Ball, Defenders of the Flag > Mighty Quinn, The Road Not Taken > Christmas Medley, Down the Road Tonight, (Tipitina) > Talk of the Town > White-Wheeled Limousine > 99 Bottles of Beer.
Comments: Solo show


12/18/95 Union Chapel – Islington, London, England
Set 1: (Hymn) > (Lover Man Jam) > Jacob’s Ladder > What A Time > (Au Privave), Swing Street > (Dixie Lullaby), Show Goes On, Wharf Rat, (Play That Funky Music White Boy) > The Changes > (Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head) > (???), Go Back to Your Woods, (Sugar Walls), End of the Innocence, Valley Road > (Classical?), Spider Fingers > (Jingle Bells) > (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)
Set 2: Rainbow’s Cadillac, Fields of Gray > (Terrapin), China Doll > (Footprints), Every Little Kiss, Walk in the Sun, The Way It Is, Road Not Taken > (Little Drummer Boy) > (Coalmine Jam), Tango King > (He’s Gone), The Longest Night, (Entertainer), Mandolin Rain > (Brokedown Palace)
Encore: Country Doctor, Look Out Any Window
Comments: Solo show

1 comment

Sandy March 30, 2013 at 11:40 pm

I remember seeing a Bruce Hornsby show at the Westbury Music Fair in which he presented Rainbow’s Cadillac as a cross between Shaft and Bill Monore’s “Uncle Pen”. Was it the Sept 1st, 1995 show? Are tapes available for this show?

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