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 - 765 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 721 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 801 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 835 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 786 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 762 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 713 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 722 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 728 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 806 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 685 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 685 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 719 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 723 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 754 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 732 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 745 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 730 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 674 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 726 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 768 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 703 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 663 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 723 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 752 downloads
