Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby 2001 setlists. Please feel free to e-mail Si with any additions or amendments to this list. Thanks to all those who have contributed below!
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Highlights of 2001 .. the “other” Bruce joins the band for an encore in New Jersey.. Portsmouth show with Virginia Symphony Orchestra .. Steve Kimock sits in for Saratoga show.
Bruce Hornsby 2001 concerts
02/02/01 Harriet Hillman Theater – West Palm Beach, FL
Set 1: The Way It Is, How Far Am I From Canaan, Across the River, Big Stick, Lakes Of Ponchatrain, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, End of the Innocence > Song A > End of the Innocence, Spider Fingers > Parisian Thoroughfare > Spider Fingers
Set 2: Sugaree, Night on the Town, Darlin’ Corey, Lucky Old Sun, Valley Road, In the Wee Small Hours, Country Doctor, Harbor Lights > Barber Nocturne > Backhand > King of the Hill > Tempus Fugit > Well You Needn’t > Arkansas Traveler > King of the Hill
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River
Comments: Including the infamous “mosh-pit incident” between tapers during Darlin’ Corey (!)
02/15/01 Fillmore Auditorium – Denver, CO
A Night on the Town > Darlin’ Corey, King of the Hill > Arkansas Traveler > Mountain Jam, Rainbow’s Cadillac, The Way It Is, Sunflower Cat, Spider Fingers
Comments: Opening for String Cheese Incident
04/24/01 King Center – Melbourne, FL
Set 1: Piano intro, Night on the Town, Great Divide, Carry the Water, Passing Through, Talk of the Town > The Way It Is
Set 2: Rainbow’s Cadillac, Terrapin Station > Across the River, Big Rumble, Twelve Tone Tune > King of the Hill, Spider Fingers
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Fields of Gray> Black Muddy River
04/25/01 Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL
Set 1: Sad Moon, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Sunflower Cat, Passing Through, Every Little Kiss > (Tupelo Honey), Mystery Train > Salty Dog > Rocky Top > Super Freek, Jacob’s Ladder > The Way It Is > (Spider Fingers)
Set 2: Harbor Lights > Funhouse > (Ramble On Rose), Changes > Pete and Manny, End of the Innocence, Love Me Still, Grandpa’s Hands, Sugaree > Defenders of the Flag > Sugaree, On the Western Skyline > When I Paint My Masterpiece, White Wheeled Limousine
Encore: I Will Walk With You > (Tupelo Honey) > Fields Of Gray > Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain
04/28/01 Mort Glosser Amphitheater – Gadsden, AL
The Red Plains, Across the River, End of the Innocence, Long Race, The Tide Will Rise, Darlin’ Corey, Valley Road, Big Stick, The Road Not Taken, The Way It Is, Look Out Any Window
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River
Comments: w/The Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra
04/29/01 Center Cityfest – Charlotte, NC
Great Divide, King of the Hill > Mountain Jam > Mystery Train > Tempus Fugit > King of the Hill, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Mighty Quinn > Big Rumble > Jacob’s Ladder > Spider Fingers
05/25/01 Masonic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA
Long Tall Cool One, Valley Road, Eli Lily (a riff on the sponsors name), End of the Innocence, (Darlin’ Corey), Road Not Taken > Working in a Coalmine > Road Not Taken, China Doll, (Doctor Doctor), Lost Soul, Mandolin Rain, (Barber Nocturne), The Way It Is
Encore: Great Divide
Comments: Private show sponsored by the Eli Lily pharmaceutical company, as part of a trade show convention
06/10/01 Red Butte Garden – Salt Lake City, UT
Set 1: Great Divide, Hot House Ball, On the Western Skyline, Big Stick, Shadow Hand, King of the Hill, Comfortably Numb, End of the Innocence, White Wheeled Limousine
Set 2: The Way It Is, Carry The Water, Jacob’s Ladder, The Tide Will Rise, Sugaree, Valley Road. Another Day, Mighty Quinn > Mystery Train
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Cruise Control
07/01/01 Gathering of the Vibes – Red Hook, NY
Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Spider Fingers, Night on the Town, The Way It Is
07/27/01 State Theater – Portland, ME
Night on the Town > Sad Moon, Great Divide > Turkey in the Straw > Will It Go Round in Circles > Turkey in the Straw > Great Divide, Look Out Any Window, Happy Birthday > Somewhere Over the Rainbow > Big Rumble, Grandpa’s Hands, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Talk of the Town > The Way It Is (Slow version) > The Way It Is (Regular version), Nine Pound Hammer > On the Western Skyline (with Barney Miller Theme bass riff) > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Lady With a Fan > Across the River
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Rainbow’s Cadillac
07/28/01 Pines Theatre – Florence, MA
White Wheeled Limousine > (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence), Red Plains, Carolina in My Mind > Spider Fingers (Carolina in My Mind quotes throughout Spider Fingers) > Tempus Fugit > Spider Fingers, The Tide Will Rise, Columbus Stockade(?)* > Valley Road, Funhouse, (Every Little Kiss), Shadow Hand, Song C > End of the Innocence, (Hole in the Bucket), Drunken Hiccups > (Hole in the Bucket) > Jacob’s Ladder > (Turkey in the Straw) > (Rawhide?) > Pig in a Pen > Jacob’s Ladder, The Boxer (solo), Loser, Long Tall Cool One, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Cruise Control
Encore: Mighty Quinn > The Way It Is > Mighty Quinn > Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train To Cry > The Show Goes On
07/29/01 Westbury Music Fair – Westbury, NY
Set 1: The Way It Is, Hot House, Come and Get Your Love, Drunken Hiccups > Jacob’s Ladder > What a Time > Tempus Fugit > End of the Innocence, Preacher in the Ring part 2, King of the Hill > (Mountain Jam) > Big Boss Man, Women Are Smarter > Pete & Manny
Set 2: In the Wee Small Hours, Country Doctor, Harbor Lights, On the Western Skyline > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Great Divide, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Sugaree, Cruise Control
Encore: Barren Ground > Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain
07/31/01 Count Basie Theater – Red Bank, NJ
Night on the Town (solo), (Darlin’ Corey), (Thunder Road), Line in the Dust, Tango King, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Shadow Hand, Darling Be Home Soon > Girl From the North Country, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Dark as the Night > Drunken Hiccups > Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Not Fade Away > Jacob’s Ladder, White Wheeled Limousine > (99 Bottles of Beer) > (Man Who Shot Liberty Valence) > (Long Black Veil) > White Wheeled Limousine, J.V.’s bass solo > Valley Road > (Naima) > Valley Road, Lady With a Fan > Across the River, Barber’s Nocturne > (Lady With a Fan) > The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit >Spider Fingers
Encore II: Cadillac Ranch*
Comments: * denotes with Bruce Springsteen
08/01/01 Wolf Trap – Vienna, VA
Set 1: Piano Intro > Great Divide, White Wheeled Limousine > Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, King of the Hill* > Mystery Train > King of the Hill, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Road Not Taken, Preacher in the Ring Part 1, Preacher in the Ring Part 2 > The Way It Is
Set 2: Jacob’s Ladder > Blackberry Blossom, Women are Smarter > Pete & Manny > Big Rumble, End of the Innocence, (Oh Baltimore) > Darlin Corey > On the Western Skyline, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: The Show Goes On
Comments: * denotes special guest dancer John Molo. Whole show with Bruce’s nephew R.S.Hornsby
08/03/01 Cape Cod Melody Tent – Hyannis, MA
Set 1: Song C > Sad Moon (solo), The Tide Will Rise, The Changes > Funhouse, Sugaree, Tango King, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > Darlin’ Corey
Set 2: Walk in the Sun, The Show Goes On, (What a Time), (Happy Birthday), The Way It Is, Women Are Smarter > Pete & Manny, Sunflower Cat, I Will Walk With You > Under the Boardwalk > Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At, Spider Fingers > Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Spider Fingers
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac
Comments: Whole show w/ R.S.Hornsby
08/04/01 Meadowbrook Farm – Gilford, NH
Big Rumble, Talk of the Town, China Doll* > So What*, The Way It Is > Devil’s Reel > The Way It Is*, Lost Soul, (Tiny Dancer) > Burn Down the Mission > King of the Hill, Cruise Control, The Show Goes On, Scarlet Begonias, Jacob’s Ladder* > What a Time*, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Valley Road > Amen Chorus
Encore: Mandolin Rain*
Comments: *w/ Bela Fleck
08/05/01 South Shore Music Circus – Cohasset, MA
Set 1: Pastures of Plenty, Tango King, The Long Race, Every Little Kiss > Having a Party, Turkey in the Straw > Great Divide > People Get Ready > (Spider Fingers) > Great Divide, Sneakin Up On Boo Radley, Talk of the Town, The Way it Is > variations on a Jarrett tune from Bremen/Lausanne > The Way It Is
Set 2: The Show Goes On, Line in the Dust, Nobody There But Me, Big Stick, Song D > Swan Song, Big Rumble, Hot House Ball, Look Out Any Window
Encore: Mandolin Rain > (Van Lose Stairway) > The Other One
Comments: Whole show w/ R.S.Hornsby
08/08/01 Chastain Park – Atlanta, GA
Great Divide > Spider Fingers > Great Divide, King of the Hill > Mystery Train > Tempus Fugit, The Tide Will Rise, End of the Innocence, I’m in Love, Drum solo > Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Jacob’s Ladder, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine, Shootout on the Plantation, Valley Road, Nobody There But Me, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Train to Cry, The Way It Is
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore 2: Mighty Quinn > The Show Goes On
08/10/01 Harbor Center- Portsmouth, VA
Set 1:(Spider Fingers), The Red Plains, Piano Intro > Great Divide > Spider Fingers > Great Divide, The Tide Will Rise, End of the Innocence, Long Tall Cool One, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Look Out Any Window, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White Wheeled Limousine
Set 2: Piano Intro > China Doll, Lost Soul, Valley Road, The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Big Rumble, Jacob’s Ladder
Encore 1: Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Sunflower Cat
Encore 2: The Show Goes On
Comments: with Virginia Symphony Orchestra until Rainbow’s Cadillac. Whole show w/ R.S.Hornsby
08/11/01 Biltmore Estate – Asheville, NC
Set 1: Pastures of Plenty > See the Same Way, Carry the Water, I’m in Love > Mountain Folk > (Nine Pound Hammer) > Stander on the Mountain, Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Lady with a Fan > Mandolin Rain > Across the River > Mandolin Rain
Set 2: Drunken Hiccups > On the Western Skyline > When I Paint My Masterpiece, The Way It Is, Tango King, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Shenandoah > The Road Not Taken , Great Divide > Spider Fingers > Great Divide
Encore: Scarlet Begonias, Rainbow’s Cadillac
08/13/01 Palace Theatre – Louisville, KY
Set 1: The World Isn’t Fair*, Harbor Lights > Barcelona Mona, King of the Hill > Mountain Jam > Defenders of the Flag > King of The Hill, Shadow Hand, When in Rome > Old Kentucky Shoreline, Funhouse > We’ll Sing in the Sunshine, Crown of Jewels*, Sugaree
Set 2: (Great Balls of Fire*), Country Doctor* > (Great Balls of Fire*), Girl From The North Country* > Darling Be Home Soon*, Resting Place, White-Wheeled Limousine > On the Banks of the Ohio River > White-Wheeled Limousine, Women are Smarter > Pete & Manny > Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Well You Needn’t) > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Sunflower Cat > See The Same Way > Sunflower Cat, Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Hallucinations > Spider Fingers
Encore: I Will Walk With You > I Will Walk With You (Slower Version) > Fields Of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > We’re Having A Party > Fields Of Gray
Comments: * denotes solo piano. Sugaree onwards with Jeff Gerson on congas
08/15/01 Freedom Hill – Sterling Heights, MI
Piano Intro > King Of The Hill > Bass solo > King Of The Hill > Big Boss Man > Mystery Train > King Of The Hill, Tango King, White-Wheeled Limousine, I’m In Love, The Road Not Taken > Old Kentucky Shoreline > The Road Not Taken > Workin’ In A Coalmine, Preacher In The Ring Part 1, Man Smart Women Smarter > Drum Solo > Pete and Manny > Man Smart Women Smarter, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Loser, Long Tall Cool One, Barber’s Nocturne > The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River
08/16/01 Milwaukee County Zoo – Milwaukee, WI
Drum solo > China Doll, Carry the Water, Another Day > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Higher Ground > Another Day, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Jacob’s Ladder > Polka > Popeye Theme > Pig in a Pen > Turkey in the Straw > Jacob’s Ladder > Sugaree, Hot House Ball, (Piano Man) > The Tide Will Rise, Line in the Dust, Sunflower Cat > Big Boss Man > Sunflower Cat, Drunken Hiccups > On the Western Skyline > When I Paint My Masterpiece > Big Stick, Great Divide > The Way It Is > Spider Fingers > Mountain Jam > Great Divide
Encore: Big Rumble, End of the Innocence
08/17/01 Ravinia Festival – Highland Park, IL
Set 1: Night on the Town, Darlin Corey, What a Time, White-Wheeled Limousine > (Long Black Veil), Walk in the Sun > (Scarlet Begonias) > Walk in the Sun, Look Out any Window, Lady with a Fan > Across the River, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Set 2: Great Divide, Spider Fingers, The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Jacob’s Ladder, On the Western Skyline, Man Smart Women Smarter, Pete & Manny
Encore: Valley Road
08/19/01 Rocky Mountain Folk Festival – Lyon, CO
White Wheeled Limousine > (The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance), Preacher In The Ring, Valley Road, Another Day > (Stranger in a Strange Land), Sunflower Cat > Lot To Laugh Train to Cry > Big Rumble, Old Kentucky Shoreline > Road Not Taken > (Hole in the Bucket) > Coalmine Jam, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Great Divide > Spider Fingers
Encore: Mandolin Rain
08/21/01 Visalia Convention Center – Visalia, CA
Set 1: The Way It Is, Pastures of Plenty, Crown of Jewels,, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Man Smart Woman Smarter, Lost Soul, New Song (said it was first time played with the band, but he’s played it solo), Lady With a Fan > Across The River
Set 2: Night On The Town*, Darlin Be Home Soon* > Every Little Kiss*, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > That Would Be Something, Carry the Water, Red Plains, Valley Road, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Blackberry Blossom > King Of The Hill
Encore: Sunflower Cat > Lot To Laugh Train to Cry
Comments: * denotes solo piano
08/23/01 Villa Montalvo – Saratoga, CA
Opening Jam > Passing Through, Tango King, Look Out Any Window, Shadowland > Shadowhand, End of the Innocence, Rachmaninoff Intro > Great Divide, Jacob’s Ladder> Pig in a Pen > Jacob’s Ladder (bluegrass), (When In Rome) > Sugaree, Valley Road, The Show Goes On, Spider Fingers > Green Dolphin Street > Spider Fingers, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Cruise Control > Higher and Higher > Cruise Control
Encore 2: Lady With A Fan > Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain
08/24/01 Villa Montalvo – Saratoga, CA
Opening Jam > Harbor Lights, Stander On The Mountain, Fun House, Changes > Hit The Road Jack, Evangeline, On the Western Skyline > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, King of the Hill > Mystery Train > King of the Hill > (MysteryTrain) >Tempis Fugit, Long Tall Cool One > (The Way It Is) > Long Tall Cool One > (The Way It Is) > (Mandolin Rain) > ( Valley Road) > (Every Little Kiss) > Long Tall Cool One > Song A > The Way It Is
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Brickhouse) > Rainbow’s Cadillac
Comments: whole show with Steve Kimock
08/25/01 Oregon Zoo – Portland, OR
Set 1: China Doll > So What > China Doll > Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > (Life of the Party) > Willow Weep for Me > Sunflower Cat, Funhouse > (We’ll Sing in the Sunshine), Can’t Make You Love Me > End of the Innocence, Jacob’s Ladder > The Way It Is (bluegrass) > The Way It Is (traditional)
Set 2: Women are Smarter > Pete & Manny, Long Race, Lost Soul, (Life of the Party) > Sugaree > Hothouse Ball, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Valley Road > Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit
Encore: Mandolin Rain > (Wee Small Hours) > (That Would Be Something) > Black Muddy River, Rainbows Cadillac