Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby setlists in 2009. 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 2009 include the release of “Levitate“.
03/27/09 MGM Grand Theater – Foxwoods, CT
Song C > Sad Moon, (Levitate) > Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Valley Road, Spider Fingers, The Good Life, Down The Road Tonight, End of the Innocence, Evangeline, Big Stick, Fortunate Son > Comfortable Numb > Fortunate Son, The Way It Is, Sunflower Cat
Encore: Big Rumble, Mandolin Rain, Standing On The Moon, Halcyon Days
Comments: Debut of “Levitate”.
05/01/09 Shooner Ballroom – Halifax, NS
Darlin’ Cory > Night On The Town, Valley Road, Shadow Hand, End of the Innocence, Sticks and Stones, What The Hell Happened, Every Little Kiss, Talk of the Town, Elliott Carter Piece, Soon Enough*, The Way It Is > Bach, Spider Fingers
Encore: Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days
Comments: Solo show. Debut of “Soon Enough”.
05/02/09 Shooner Ballroom – Halifax, NS
How Far Am I From Canaan, Hooray for Tom, I Truly Understand > Night on the Town > I Truly Understand, Look Out Any Window, End of the Innocence > Song K > End Of The Innocence > Song K, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, (Morning Train), Mandolin Rain (interrupted), Donald Trump song, Mandolin Rain, Classical piece, The Road Not Taken, The Way It Is
Encore: You Are So Beautiful > Fields of Gray > Be My Girl
Comments: Solo show. Debut of “Song K”.
05/08/09 American Music Theater – Lancaster, PA
Darlin’ Cory, Night on the Town, Talk of the Town, Song H, End of the Innocence, Music from new Kobe Bryant project, Country Doctor, Soon Enough, Fields of Gray > That Would Be Something > Longest Night, The Dreaded Spoon, Valley Road, The Way It Is, The Low Country, Mandolin Rain, Hooray for Tom, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, King of the Hill
Encore 2: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
06/11/09 Snoqualmie Casino – Snoqualmie, WA
Resting Place, White Wheeled Limousine, Paperboy, Mandolin Rain (Minor Key), Valley Road, The Way It Is, Shadow Hand, Rainbow’s Cadillac (done with an old ragtime piano riff), End Of The Innocence, This Too Shall Pass, What The Hell Happened To Me, Soon Enough, Spider Fingers
Encore: Nobody There But Me
07/24/09 Botanical Gardens – Atlanta, GA
Set One: Jazz Tuning > White-Wheeled Limousine > (Frankenstein) > Long Black Veil > (Frankenstein) > White-Wheeled Limousine, Valley Road*, Simple Prayer, End of the Innocence, Funhouse > (We’ll Sing in the Sunshine) >You Sexy Thing, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Circus on the Moon
Set Two: Never Can Say Goodbye**, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > Paperboy, Cyclone, Across the River, (Swingin) > Big Stick, Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons & Candy > Jacob’s Ladder, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At, The Way It Is, Sunflower Cat > Train To Cry > Sunflower Cat
Encore: Drunken Hiccups > Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River
Comments: * denotes album arrangement; debut of Simple Prayer and Paperboy; **Jackson 5 song; Sonny’s son Nicholas on vocals.
07/25/09 Biltmore Estate – Asheville, NC
Set One: King of the Hill > (Arkansas Traveler), The Good Life, Talk of the Town, Black Rats of London, The Road Not Taken > (Dear Liza), Walk in the Sun, Tango King, Down the Road Tonight, The Way It Is
Set Two: Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Preacher in the Ring parts 1 and 2, Defenders of the Flag, This Too Shall Pass, Continents Drift, Spider Fingers, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Lady with a Fan, Big Rumble, Mandolin Rain minor key, Standing on the Moon, Halcyon Days
07/28/09 Count Basie Theater – Red Bank, NJ
Set One: Country Doctor, Prairie Dog Town, Resting Place > Dixieland, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, End of the Innocence > Dear Prudence, Black Rats of London, Big Stick, The Way It Is
Set Two: Harbor Lights*, The Boxer*, What the Hell Happened, Valley Road, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy, The Show Goes On, Across the River
Encore: Mandolin Rain, Shadow Hand, Black Muddy River, Halcyon Days
Comments: debut of Prairie Dog Town. * denotes solo piano.
07/30/09 Bergen Performing Arts Center – Englewood, NJ
Set One: Soon Enough*, Sticks and Stones*, Lost in the Snow, The Good Life, Prairie Dog Town, Valley Road > Tighten Up > Valley Road, The Road Not Taken, Wild Frontier, Bach Goldberg Variation > The Way It Is
Set Two: Continents Drift, Paperboy > Grandma’s Hands, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, Donald Trump song, Simple Prayer, Walk in the Sun, Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days, White-Wheeled Limousine > Just One Drink > White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Cruise Control
Comments: * denotes solo piano.
07/31/09 Paramount Center for the Arts – Peekskill, NY
Set One: Here We Are Again*, Stander on the Mountain, Prairie Dog Town, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Fields of Gray, Gonna Be Some Changes Made > (Mirror on the Wall) > Goldberg Variations, My Simple Prayer, Questions and Answers, The Changes > End of the Innocence
Set Two: Darlin Be Home Soon*, Hooray for Tom*, Country Doctor, Rainbow’s Cadillac > Woody Woodpecker theme > Rainbow’s Cadillac, Black Rats of London, Tango King, Superfreak > Spider Fingers > Superfreak > Soul Stew/Band Intros > Spider Fingers, The Way It Is
Encore: Big Rumble > Mandolin Rain
Comments: * denotes solo piano.
08/01/09 Erie Canal Harbor – Buffalo, NY
Big Rock Candy Mountain > (Children of Zion) > Candy Mountain Run, Funhouse > He’s Gone > You Sexy Thing, Prairie Dog Town, Drunken Hiccups > Black Rats of London, (Happy Birthday), Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry < (That’s All), Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, The Show Goes On, Lady with a Fan > Across the River, The Way It Is, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Valley Road, Standing on the Moon > Here We Are Again
08/12/09 Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
Black Rats of London, Paperboy, Shadow Hand, Prairie Dog Town, I Truly Understand
09/12/09 Bay Days Festival – Hampton, VA
Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, White-Wheeled Limousine > One Drink Then Another > White-Wheeled Limousine (w/Cody Kilby, RickySkaggs & Paul Brewster), Tango King, End of the Innocence w/Andy Leftwitch & Cody Kilby), Prairie Dog Town, Valley Road (rest of set w/Skaggs),
Jacob’s Ladder > Uncle Pen> Cartoons & Candy, Black Rats of London, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Big Rumble > Mandolin Rain > Big Rumble (Leftwitch & Kilby on MR)
Encore: Sunflower Cat
09/26/09 Town Hall – New York, NY
I Truly Understand > A Night On The Town > I Truly Understand, Paperboy, The Good Life, Little Sadie > White Wheeled Limousine, Preacher In The Ring Part 1 > Preacher In The Ring Part 2, The Way It Is, I Truly Understand > Prairie Dog Town, Black Rats of London, Valley Road, The Show Goes On, Rainbow’s Cadillac, King Of The Hill, End Of The Innocence
Encore: Cyclone
09/27/09 Berklee Performance Center – Boston, MA
Sticks and Stone, Funhouse, Levitate, Invisible, Resting Place, Walk in the Sun, Defenders of the Flag, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Mandolin Rain, Dreamland, Sneaking Up On Boo Radley, Spider Fingers > Questions & Answers > Spider Fingers, The Way It Is, Space is the Place, Here We Are Again > End of the Innocence > Here We Are Again.
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer.
09/29/09 Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH
Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Simple Prayer, Tango King, The Road Not Taken, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Mirror on the Wall*, Black Rats of London, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, 20/20 Vision > Cyclone, Goldberg Variations > Spider Fingers, The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain > That Would Be Something > Black Muddy River
Encore: Drunken Hiccups > Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy > Jacob’s Ladder, Cruise Control
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer.
10/01/09 The Egg – Albany, NY
Sad Moon , Song C > What the Hell Happened , Line in the Dust, Down the Road Tonight, Mirror on the Wall*, I Truly Understand* > Prairie Dog Town*, Black Rats of London, Continents Drift, Lost Soul, Talk of the Town, The Way It Is, In the Low Country > Jacob’s Ladder > Put a Spell on You > Jacob’s Ladder, Valley Road
Encore: Across the River
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer.
10/02/09 Klein Memorial Auditorium – Bridgeport, CT
Piano Intro > Red Plains, Lost in the Snow, Invisible, Funhouse, Big Stick, Black Rats of London, Fields of Gray, Dark Star* > Mirror on the Wall*, Prairie Dog Town*, Spider Fingers, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Song H > Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River, Hooray for Tom, Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Space is the Place
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer.
10/03/09 National Theatre – Richmond, VA
Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, Tango King, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine, Continents Drift, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Black Rats of London, Dreaded Spoon > Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy > Jacob’s Ladder, The Way It Is, Walk in the Sun, Simple Prayer, The Road Not Taken > The Other One > The Road Not Taken, Fields of Gray > (Under the Boardwalk) > Fields of Gray, Preacher in the Ring, Rainbow’s Cadillac, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry > Mandolin Rain, Valley Road
Encore: Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer.
10/06/09 National Theatre – Great Barrington, MA
Heir Gordon*, Harbor Lights*, Michael Raphael, Here We Are Again, Resting Place, This Too Shall Pass, End of the Innocence > (Here We Are Again), Lost in the Snow, Look Out Any Window > (Tumbling Dice), Mirror On The Wall**, Prairie Dog Town**, Defenders of the Flag, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, (Webern) >The Way It Is > (James Bond Theme) > The Way It Is
Encore: Space is the Place, Dreamland
Comments: * denotes solo; ** on dulcimer.
10/08/09 Flynn Theatre – Burlington, VT
Red Plains, Levitate, Tango King, Continents Drift, Mandolin Rain, Pete and Manny, Funhouse, The Way It Is, Mirror on the Wall, Prairie Dog Town, White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Standing on the Moon > Halcyon Days
10/09/09 Warner Theatre – Washington, DC
I Truly Understand >Night on the Town, Soon Enough, Michael Raphael, Stander on the Mountain, Resting Place, Circus on the Moon, End of the Innocence, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Jacob’s Ladder > The Way It Is, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, King of the Hill, Simple Prayer, Valley Road
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Black Muddy River > Cyclone
Comments: * denotes dulcimer. First three songs solo.
10/10/09 Trump Taj Majal – Atlantic City, NJ
The Way It Is, Mandolin Rain, Every Little Kiss, Valley Road, Look Out Any Window, End of the Innocence, (Norwegian Wood*) > Jacob’s Ladder*, Across the River, Lost Soul, Fields of Gray > Under the Boardwalk > Walk in the Sun, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Prairie Dog Town**
Encore: Don of Dons (solo)
Comments: * denotes on accordian; ** on dulcimer.
10/11/09 Carnegie Library Music Hall – Munhall, PA
Darling Cory > Night on the Town, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Good Life, Levitate, Down the Road Tonight, (Having A Party)> Talk of the Town, Mirror on the Wall*, Prairie Dog Town*, Big Stick**, The Way It Is, (Mandolin Wind), Valley Road > Lucky Old Sun > Valley Road, Spider Fingers, Here We Are Again> Song F> End of the Innocence, The Low Country, Sunflower Cat > Lot to Laugh Train to Cry> Sunflower Cat
E: Space is the Place, Swan Song
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion. First two songs solo.
10/27/09 Lakewood Theater – Dallas, TX
Star Spangled Banner, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Children of Zion > Candy Mountain Run > Tell Me Something Good, The Good Life, End of the Innocence, Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil, The Way It Is, Paperboy, Levitate, The Dreaded Spoon**, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig In A Pen**, Black Rats of London**, Fortunate Son, Valley Road, The Changes > Cyclone, Rainbow’s Cadillac**, The Road Not Taken > Mandolin Rain > Sad Mood
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
10/29/09 Murat Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
Harbor Lights (solo), Soon Enough (solo), Take Out the Trash, Simple Prayer, Sunflower Cat > It Takes a Lot To Laugh It Takes a Train To Cry, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb, Mirror on the Wall*, Prairie Dog Town*, Big Stick**, Black Rats of London**), (Stella by Starlight) > (Stella Blue), The Show Goes On, End of the Innocence, Funhouse > That’s the Way I Like It, The Way It Is, Cruise Control
Encore: King of the Hill, Dreamland
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
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10/30/09 Motor City Casino – Detroit, MI
Place Under the Sun, Resting Place, Invisible, Valley Road, Lost in the Snow, Tango King, (Bawitaba) > This Too Shall Pass, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Jacobs Ladder > Cartoons and Candy > Jacobs Ladder**, Walk in the Sun, Cyclone, Instrumental > The Way It Is
Encore: Goldberg Variations > Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Mandolin Rain (minor key > original) > That Would Be Something
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
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11/01/09 St Catherine University – St Paul, MN
Darlin’ Cory > Night On The Town (solo), Crown of Jewels, Big Rock Candy Mountain > Candy Mountain Run, What The Hell Happened, Mirror on the Wall*, Prairie Dog Town*, Mandolin Rain, The Way It Is, Michael Raphael, Resting Place, Fortunate Son > Comfortably Numb > Fortunate Son, Rainbow’s Cadillac**, Black Rats Of London**, Levitate,The Road Not Taken
Encore: Big Rumble, Swan Song
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
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11/14/09 Centre East Theatre – Skokie, IL
Song H > 20/20 Vision, Harbor Lights, The Good Life, Heir Gordon, Invisible, Song E, Mandolin Rain, Valley Road, Prarie Dog Town*, Shadowhand*, Lost in the Snow, End Of The Innocence, Death and the Flower, The Way It Is, Talk Of The Town, Soon Enough, Gonna Be Some Changes Made
Encore: Fortunate Son, Dreamland, Spider Fingers
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
11/15/09 Potawatomi Casino, Milwaukee, WI
Passing Through, In the Low Country, Look Out Any Window, The Red Plains, Sheep Shell Corn, Cyclone, End of the Innocence, Great Divide, Mirror on the Wall*, Prairie Dog Town > Not Fade Away > Prairie Dog Town*, Jacob’s Ladder > Cartoons and Candy > Jacob’s Ladder**, The Way It Is (2 verses solo), Mandolin Rain > Sad Mood > Mandolin Rain, Candy Mountain Run
Encore: Space is the Place, The Road Not Taken
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.
11/19/09 The Pageant – St Louis, MO
White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil, Circus on the Moon, In the Low Country, End of the Innocence, Tango King, Shadow Hand*, Prairie Dog Town*, Defenders of the Flag**, Barcelona Mona**, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Fields of Gray, Sunflower Cat > Train to Cry, The Way It Is
Encore: Cyclone, Valley Road
Comments: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.