Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby setlists in 2005. 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 2005 .. several concerts co-headlined with Ratdog .. regular guest appearances by R.S.Hornsby
02/12/05 Church Street- Orlando, FL
Valley Road, Circus on the Moon, Talk of the Town, The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Resting Place
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac
02/14/05 Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL
Set One: Night on the Town*, What the Hell Happened, Signed Sealed Delivered > Great Divide > Signed Sealed Delivered, End of the Innocence, Darling Corey, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen, Jacob’s Ladder, Spider Fingers, The Way It Is
Set Two: The River Runs Low*, The Boxer*, Song F > My Foolish Heart, Sneaking Up On Boo Radley, Defenders of the Flag, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Dreamland, King of the Hill, Valley Road > (Rag Doll) > Mighty Quinn, Mandolin Rain > White-Wheeled Limousine
Comments: * denotes solo piano.
02/16/05 Davis Theater – Montgomery, AL
Set One: (Song F) > Darling Corey*, Night on the Town > Funhouse, Circus on the Moon, Mandolin Rain > (Row Jimmy) > Mandolin Rain > Preacher in the Ring Part One > Preacher in the Ring Part Two, The Way It Is
Set Two: See the Same Way, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Stars fell on Alabama > I Put a Spell on You, (Song for Zorro), Dreamland, The Changes, Rainbow’s Cadilac > (Franklin’s Tower) > Rainbow’s Cadilac, Sunflower Cat > (Lot to Laugh Train to Cry) > Sunflower Cat, White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Gonna Be Some Changes Made
Comments: * denotes solo piano
02/18/05 House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
Set One: Take Out the Trash > Twelve Tone Tune > Backhand, King of the Hill > Mystery Train > King of the Hill, End of the Innocence, Hooray for Tom > Candy Mountain Run, The Way It Is
Set Two: Iko Iko > Party*, Valley Road > (Rag Doll), Jacob’s Ladder > I Put a Spell on You > Jacob’s Ladder, Talk of the Town, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Sugaree, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Mandolin Rain
Comments: * denotes w/ Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias
02/19/05 Paramount Theatre – Austin, TX
Set One: Night on the Town* > Darling Corey* > Night on the Town*, Hooray for Tom*, Lost in the Snow, (Children of Zion) > Candy Mountain Run, King of the Hill > (Big Boss Man), End of the Innocence, Lost Soul, The Way It Is
Set Two: Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Pete & Manny, What the Hell Happened, Resting Place, Sonny Emory’s Cosmic Poetry > What a Time > Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > (Valley Road) > Spider Fingers, The Show Goes On, Valley Road > (Rag Doll)
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Row Jimmy
Comments: * denotes solo piano. Lost Soul with Shawn Colvin
02/20/05 Lakewood Theatre – Dallas, TX
Set One: Country Doctor* > (Darling Corey)*, Night on the Town*, Big Rumble > Mandolin Rain, Preacher in the Ring Part One > Part Two, End of the Innocence, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Mystery Train
Set Two: Cartoons & Candy, Stander on the Mountain, Dreamland, You Sexy Thing > The Way It Is > Bach > The Way It Is, Lost in the Snow, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Shadow Hand, Mandolin Rain, Swan Song
04/30/05 McDowell Music Festival – Scottsdale, AZ
(Peace in the Valley) > Candy Mountain Run, Resting Place, Spider Fingers > Flintstones Theme > Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > (Flintstones Theme) > Spider Fingers, End of the Innocence, Jacob’s Ladder > ??? > Pig in a Pen > I Put a Spell on You > Jacob’s Ladder, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, The Way It Is, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Valley Road > (Rag Doll) > Valley Road
05/27/05 Avalon – Boston, MA
White-Wheeled Limousine, Funhouse, Manhattan Island Serenade, Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Spider Fingers, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Fields of Gray, Long Tall Cool One, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > I Put a Spell on You, End of the Innocence, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, The Way It Is
Comments: WXRV radio station tenth anniversary
05/29/05 Penn’s Landing – Philadelphia, PA
Candy Mountain Run, White-Wheeled Limousine, Hooray for Tom, Rainbows Cadillac, Jacob’s Ladder > I Put A Spell on You > Jacob’s Ladder, Mandolin Rain, Talk of the Town, Tango King, The Way It Is
Encore: Valley Road
05/31/05 Princeton University – Princeton, NJ
Set One: Heir Gordon*, Sticks and Stones*, What The Hell Happened to Me*, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > Bach Goldberg Variations 1 and 2, Spider Fingers > Tempus Fugit > Spider Fingers, Sunflower Cat > Tighten Up > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Sunflower Cat, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, The Way It Is
Set Two: Darlin’ Corey*, Night on the Town*, The River Runs Low*, (Amoreena)*, Dreamland, Women are Smarter, Jacob’s Ladder > The Dreaded Spoon > I Put A Spell on You > Jacob’s Ladder, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At, Preacher in the Ring Part 1 > Preacher in the Ring Part 2, End of the Innocence, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Comments: * denotes solo piano. Debut of “The Dreaded Spoon”.
06/21/05 Strathmore Theatre – North Bethesda, MD
Piano intro > Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Darlin Corey > Night on the Town, What the Hell Happened, End of the Innocence, Rainbow’s Cadillac, So Long; Farewell (from the Sound of Music), The Dreaded Spoon, Love Me Still, Lost in the Snow, Mandolin Rain > Row Jimmy > Mandolin Rain, Country Doctor, The Way It Is
Encore: King of the Hill
Comments: benefit show for ADA.
07/16/05 Hilton Theater – Reno, NV
Set One: Solo Instrumental piece, Go Back to Your Woods, Circus on the Moon, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Pete & Manny > Barcelona Mona, The Show Goes On, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry
Set Two: Darling Corey*, Night on the Town*, Halcyon Days, What the Hell Happened to Me, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > (Billie Jean) > Gonna Be Some Changes Made, The Dreaded Spoon, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Valley Road > (Rag Doll), Walk in the Sun > (Brilliant Disguise), The Way It Is
Encore: Big Rumble > (Three Little Fishes) > (Hit the Road Jack) > Mandolin Rain, End of the Innocence
Comments: * denotes solo piano
07/18/05 Lobero Theater – Santa Barbara, CA
Set One: Night on the Town*, Sticks and Stones*, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Gonna be Some Changes Made, End of the Innocence, Resting Place, The Way It Is > Goldberg Variation #2(Bach) > The Way it is
Set Two: Look Out Any Window*, Hooray for Tom*, Sneaking up on Boo Radley, Fields of Gray > (Under the Boardwalk) > That’s Where It’s At, Jacob’s Ladder, Across the River (w/Jack Straw quotes), Valley Road (w/Rag Doll quotes)
Encore: Mandolin Rain (w/Row Jimmy quotes) > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain
Comments: * denotes solo piano
07/20/05 House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
Set One: Take Out the Trash, The Good Life > Country Doctor, End of the Innocence, (Amos Burke tease) > Manhattan Island Serenade, Lost in the Snow, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Crimson and Clover > Rainbow’s Cadillac, The Way It Is
Set Two: The River Runs Low, Halcyon Days, Sunlight Moon > The Changes*, Long Tall Cool One, Gonna Be Some Change Made, Candy Mountain Run, The Show Goes On*, Fortunate Son > (Comfortably Numb), Spider Fingers
Encore: Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Row Jimmy > Mandolin Rain
Comments: * denotes with former “Range” member Peter Harris
07/21/05 Humphrey’s By The Bay – San Diego, CA
Set One: See The Same Way, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, King of the Hill > Mystery Train > (Out Improv) > King of the Hill, End of the Innocence, Big Stick, Walk in the Sun, Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine > Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine
Set Two: The Way It Is, Stander on the Mountain, Fields Of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Fields of Gray, This Too Shall Pass, (Three Little Fishes) > The Valley Road > (The Letter) > (Rag Doll) > (Three Little Fishes) > Valley Road, The Dreaded Spoon > Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy > Pig in a Pen > I Put a Spell On You > Jacob’s Ladder, Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Mandolin Rain
Encore: Big Rumble
07/23/05 Mountain Winery – Saratoga, CA
Set One: Go Back To Your Woods > (Lady Madonna) > Go Back To Your Woods, Mirror on the Wall, dunk-dunk-dunk story about basketball in Thailand, Stander on the Mountain, Latecomer’s Medley (Go Back > Mirror on the Wall > Stander in the Mountain), Talk of the Town > (Dark Star Jam) > Talk of the Town, Take Out the Trash, Mandolin Rain > (That Would Be Something) > (Row Jimmy) > Mandolin Rain, Defenders of the Flag, The Way It Is
Set Two: (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > Candy Mountain Run, Road Not Taken > (Workin’ in a Coal Mine) > Road Not Taken, Lost in the Snow, (Burn Down the Mission), Dreamland, Spider Fingers > What a Time > Spider Fingers, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Brick House) > Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: (Little Sadie) > White-Wheeled Limousine > (Secret Agent Man) > White-Wheeled Limousine, End of the Innocence
07/24/05 Cascade Theater – Redding, CA
(Classical intro) > Sad Moon (solo with one 5 sec snare riffle), Funhouse, Preacher in the Ring Part One > Preacher in the Ring Part Two, End of the Innocence, King of the Hill, Sunlight Moon, Sticks and Stones, Valley Road, Big Stick, Mandolin Rain, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Passing Through, The Way It Is, Cruise Control
07/27/05 Woodland Park Zoo – Seattle, WA
Set One: Little Sadie > White -Wheeled Limousine > (Long Black Veil) > White-Wheeled Limousine, Funhouse > (You Sexy Thing), Gonna Be Some Changes Made, End of the Innocence, Talk of the Town > (12 Tone Tune) > (Dark Star) > (No Home Training), Big Stick, The Way It Is (JV kept grabbing Sonny’s cymbal)
Set Twi: Take Out the Trash, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, What the Hell Happened, Resting Place, Valley Road > Rag Doll, King of the Hill, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Mandolin Rain
07/29/05 Oregon Zoo – Portland, OR
Set 1: (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > Candy Mountain Run, Go Back to Your Woods, Crown of Jewels, Circus on the Moon > (In Dreams I Walk with You), Jacob’s Ladder> (When the Saints Go Marching In) > (Pig in a Pen) > (Stranger in a Strange Land) > Jacob’s Ladder, The Show Goes On, The Way It Is
Set 2: Shadow Hand, Lost Soul, Every Little Kiss, Mirror on the Wall, Preacher in the Ring I > II, Spider Fingers > (Happy Birthday) > (Tempus Fugit) > Spider Fingers, Mandolin Rain > (Row Jimmy), Rainbow’s Cadillac> (Brickhouse)
Encore: (Play it All Night Long) > Valley Road, Fields of Gray > End of the Innocence
07/31/05 Red Butte Garden – Salt Lake City, UT
Set One: (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > Candy Mountain Run> (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > Candy Mountain Run, The Good Life, Swan Song, Look Out Any Window, Big Stick, (Columbia Gems of The Ocean), The Dreaded Spoon, Jacob’s Ladder > I Put A Spell On You > (Stranger in A Strange Land) > Jacob’s Ladder, Dreamland, End of the Innocence, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Brick House) > Rainbow’s Cadillac.
Set Two: Every Little Kiss*, Lost in the Snow, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Sunflower Cat > Lot To Laugh Train To Cry > Sunflower Cat, Try Anything Once, Valley Road > (variation on Valley Road), Walk In The Sun, The Way It Is
Encore: Big Rumble > (Mandolin Rain) > Big Rumble
Comments: *denotes duet with J.T.
08/18/05 Tivoli Theatre – Chattanooga, TN
Set One: Night on the Town*, “Musings on a Ricky/Bruce selection” (Bruce/R.S. duet), Hooray for Tom*, The Chill, Nobody There But Me, Tango King, Long Tall Cool One > Till The Dreaming’s Done > Long Tall Cool One, Mandolin Rain > (I’m in a Sad Mood Tonight > Mandolin Rain,The Way It Is
Set Two: The River Runs Low, Rocky Top, The Road Not Taken, Big Stick, “Free Bird”, End of the Innocence, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, dodecaphonic piece, Dreamland, Valley Road, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Walk on the Wild Side > Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Cruise Control
Comments: * denotes solo piano
08/20/05 Biltmore Estate – Asheville, NC
Set One: (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > (Children of Zion) > Candy Mountain Run, The Good Life, The Changes > Gonna Be Some Chnages Made, Defenders of the Flag*, Mandolin Rain >(I’m in a Sad Mood Tonight) > Row Jimmy, White-Wheeled Limousine
Set Two: The Way It Is, Big Rumble**, Mandolin Rain (different key to earlier), Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, Jacob’s Ladder* > Pig in a Pen*> Stranger in a Strange Land* > Jacob’s Lader, Valley Road
Encore: End of the Innocence, Swan Song > Across the River > Morning Dew > Across the River
Comments: * denotes with Debbie Henry. ** denotes with Joe Lee. Whole show with R.S.Hornsby
08/21/05 Charlottesville Pavilion – Charlottesville, VA
Set One: (Big Rock Candy Mountain) > (Children of Zion) > Candy Mountain Run, Resting Place, Dreamland, Big Stick, Funhouse > (We’ll Sing in the Sunshine) > (You Sexy Thing), Mandolin Rain > (I’m in a Sad Mood Tonight) > (That Would Be Something), Spider Fingers* > (Tempus Fugit*) > Spider Fingers*, The Way It Is
Set Two: Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Sunflower Cat, The Show Goes On, White-Wheeled Limousine > (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) > (Bartender Blues), Country Doctor, Pete & Manny, (The Old Playground) > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Jacob’s Ladder > I Put A Spell On You
Encore: End of the Innocence, Place Under the Sun
Comments: * denotes with John D’earth. Whole show with R.S.Hornsby
08/23/05 Cape Cod Melody Tent – Hyannis, MA
Set One: Red Plains, Mirror on the Wall, (Doug plays the Metheny solo on Country Doctor note-for-note by request), On the Old Kentucky Shore, The Road Not Taken, Big Stick, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Jacob’s Ladder > Stranger in a Strange Land > Jacob’s Ladder, The Way It Is
Set Two: Take Out the Trash (with JV and Sonny Emory singing), King of the Hill > Mystery Train > King of the Hill, Across the River > Morning Dew > Across the River, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Brickhouse) > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain
Comments: Each “Take Out the Trash” chorus sung by JV & Sonny
08/24/05 South Shore Music Circus – Cohasset, MA
Set One: (Gonna Be Some Changes Made) > (Halcyon Days) > Circus on the Moon, Cartoons and Candy > When Doves Cry, Barren Ground, JV harmonic bass solo by request, (Old Dan Tucker), Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At, The Sad Moon piano solo standing up with eyes closed and ALL the lights out by request, Talk of the Town > (ABC) > Talk of the Town > Dark Star > (ABC) > Talk of the Town, Big Stick with men only on stage
Set Two: Shadow Hand, Darling Be Home Soon, Harbor Lights, Great Divide > Will It Go Round in Circles, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > The Way It Is > (When Doves Cry) > The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac > (Walk on the Wild Side)
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Dreamland > Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb
08/25/05 North Fork Music Theater – Westbury, NY
Set One: Lost in the Snow, Stander on the Mountain, (Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight) > (Up With People) – both with Bruce on guitar, (Up With People) > Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Hooray for Tom*, What the Hell Happened, Jacob’s Ladder > Stranger in a Strange Land > Jacob’s Ladder, (Children of Zion) > Candy Mountain Run
Set Two: Sad Moon*, Defenders of the Flag, The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain > (Girl from the North Country) > Mandolin Rain, White-Wheeled Limousine > (One Drink Then Another) > White-Wheeled Limousine, Spider Fingers > (Tighten Up) > (Tempus Fugit) > (New York, New York) > Spider Fingers, Valley Road
Encore: End of the Innocence
Comments: *denotes solo piano. Bruce on guitar for a dare, with a nod to the “Up With People” TV show where he played guitar as a kid
08/27/05 Chevrolet Theater – Wallingford, CT
Take Out the Trash, Go Back To Your Woods, See the Same Way, This Too Shall Pass, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Big Stick, Having A Ball in the Low Country, Mandolin Rain > (Row Jimmy), Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Cartoons and Candy > (When Doves Cry), King Of The Hill > Mystery Train
Encore: The Way It Is*
Comments: * denotes with Bob Weir. Co-headline with Ratdog.
08/28/05 Performing Arts Center – Westhampton Beach, NY
Darlin Corey > Night on the Town*, Heir Gordon*, Sneakin Up on Boo Radley, Walk in the Sun, Funhouse, End of the Innocence, Look Out Any Window, Valley Road, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Stranger in a Strange Land, (Michael Row the Boat Ashore)**, Fields of Gray > (That’s Where It’s At) > (I Will Walk With You), Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Dreamland,
Encore: The Way It Is
Comments: *denotes solo piano. ** denotes sung by JV Collier
08/30/05 Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA
Darling Corey > Night On The Town*, Great Divide, Spider Fingers > Tighten Up > Spider Fingers, Tango King, Jacob’s Ladder > I Put A Spell On You > Jacob’s Ladder, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Valley Road > Teddy Bear’s Picnic** > Valley Road** > No Diggity** > Jack Straw
Comments: * denotes solo. ** w/Bob Weir. Co-headline with Ratdog.
09/01/05 Central Park – New York, NY
Circus On The Moon, Preacher In The Ring Part 1 > Part 2, Stander On The Mountain, The Way It Is, White-Wheeled Limousine, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Across The River > Morning Dew* > Across The River
Comments: * denotes w/Bob Weir. Co-headline with Ratdog.
09/02/05 Meadowbrook Arts Center – Gilford, NH
Big Swing Face, Funhouse > Somewhere Over the Rainbow > Funhouse, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Pastures of Plenty, ???, Go Back to Your Woods, Big Rumble > Mandolin Rain > Big Rumble, Jacob’s Ladder > Stranger in a Strange Land > Jacob’s Ladder, That Lucky Old Sun, The Way It Is, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run
Comments: Co-headline with Ratdog.
09/04/05 House of Blues – Atlantic City, NJ
Cartoons and Candy > When Doves Cry, Talk of the Town, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > Amos Burk >Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Preacher In the Ring Part One > Part Two, Big Stick, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Black Muddy River, Rainbow’s Cadillac, King of the Hill > Mystery Train
Comments: Co-headline with Ratdog.
09/05/05 Pepsi Arena- Albany, NY
Candy Mountain Run, Place Under the Sun, Resting Place, End of the Innocence, Stander on the Mountain, Valley Road*,The Way It Is**
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac
Comments: * denotes with Bob Weir, Kenny Brooks, Jeff Chimenti, and Jay Lane. ** with Jay Lane. Co-headline with Ratdog.
09/16/05 Leighton Concert Hall – South Bend, IN
Set One: Song F, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Darlin’ Corey, Night on the Town, End of the Innocence, Talk of the Town, Hooray for Tom, Shadow Hand, Rainbow’s Cadillac, The Way It Is
Set Two: Sticks and Stones, The Dreaded Spoon, What the Hell Happened, Halcyon Days, Mandolin Rain, Country Doctor, Spider Fingers
Encore: Valley Road, Nobody There But Me
Comments: Solo show.
12/03/05 – William and Mary Hall, Williamsburg, VA
Set One: Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, (We Wish You a Merry Christmas) > Circus on the Moon, Hot House Ball, End of the Innocence > (Little Drummer Boy), Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry, Big Stick (with four jugglers on stage), Resting Place, The Way It Is
Set Two: Halcyon Days*, Standing on the Moon*, Valley Road, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Stranger in a Strange Land, Big Rumble** > Mandolin Rain, King fo the Hill > (First There is a Mountain) > Mystery Train, (Ain’t Nothin’ But The Tide – self-admitted shameless plug for Tide Radio), Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac > Skin Tight**
Comments: whole show w/R.S. Hornsby * denotes Hornsbys only (Bruce and RS). **w/ Joe Lee on vocals