This Bruce Hornsby Cupertino show from 1998 has retained its popularity for more than twenty years.
Our Bruuuce.COMmunity Facebook group has gained almost a hundred new members in the last week, with more joining every day. One of the lively topics centred around first concerts attended, and this Bruce Hornsby solo show in Cupertino came up in discussion.
It’s a solo show from 1998, just before Spirit Trail was released (in fact Bruce makes reference to the “upcoming record”) and we get the first play of a few songs from that record. Added to that, covers of Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Traffic, Van Morrison and of course the Grateful Dead.
We’ll leave the commentary up to August Mozart, who was at the show:
“First Hornsby gig was at the Flint Center in Cupertino on a rainy April night. Solo show and he opened with an intro into “Sad Moon”…I remember the “Mandolin Rain” as it was pouring outside. The song that nigh had a special vibe about it that night, very rural West VA feel..like in a old honky tonky bar. He played it I bet the way he wrote it…”
Bruce Hornsby Cupertino – April 25 1998
The Way It Is
» 11.1 MiB - 1,064 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,050 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,141 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,120 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,102 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,067 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 994 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,007 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,020 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,116 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 978 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 968 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 970 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,015 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,037 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,037 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,032 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,033 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 939 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,018 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,033 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,002 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 934 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,331 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,028 downloads