Bruce Hornsby Setlists

Bruce Hornsby setlists 2017

Here is our list of Bruce Hornsby setlists in 2017. 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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01/14/17 Vinoy Park – St Petersburg, FL
Intro, On the Western Skyline, The Long Race, Cyclone, Funhouse, White-Wheeled Limousine, ???, Valley Road, ???, Rainbow’s Cadillac

04/09/17 Charleston Music Hall – Charleston, SC
Harbor Lights > China Doll, Pastures of Plenty, Fields of Gray, What a Time, The Way It Is, Tropical Cashmere Sweater*, Green Green Rocky Road*, The Valley Road*, The Black Rats of London**, Big Stick**, Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleloo# > Mighty Rainbow
Encore: White-Wheeled Limousine > The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion. # first time played

04/13/17 Carolina Theatre – Durham, NC
The Red Plains, Go Back To Your Woods, Face to Face, Tango King, The Road Not Taken, The Way It Is, See the Same Way, End of the Innocence, What the Hell Happened, Life in the Psychotropics, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, Every Little Kiss*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I*., Big Stick**, Cumberland Blues, On the Western Skyline, The Mighty Rainbow 
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.

04/14/17 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater – Wilmington, NC
Intro, Simple Prayer, Preacher in the Ring Part One > Preacher in the Ring Part Two, Funhouse, The Way It Is, Fields of Gray > That’s Where It’s At > Fields of Gray, T.S.A. Man, Over the Rise, Shadow Hand, I’m Alive, Pretty Polly, On the Western Skyline, Jacob’s Ladder > Pig in a Pen > Jacob’s Ladder, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance > White-Wheeled Limousine > Just One More > White-Wheeled Limousine, Dreamland

05/29/17 City Winery – New York, NY
Sonny Emory drum solo > Barren ground, Leadbelly cover > Country Doctor, Simple Prayer > Simple Prayer Part Two, The Red Plains, JT solo > The Way It Is, Funhouse, Green Green Rocky Road*, Black Rats of London*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Over the Rise*, End of the Innocence, Ross Holmes fiddle solo > Big Stick**, Fortunate Son, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Encore: Place Under the Sun
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.

05/30/17 City Winery – New York, NY
Retrouvailles, China Doll, Circus on the Moon, Goldberg Variation #3 > Gonna Be Some Changes Made, The Road Not Taken, The Way It Is, Study #22, Talk of the Town, Every Little Kiss*, Mirror on the Wall*, Crossroads*, Valley Road*, On the Western Skyline** > Midnight Rider** > On the Western Skyline**, Scarlet Begonias, White-Wheeled Limousine > Secret Agent Man > The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance > White-Wheeled Limousine
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.

05/31/17 City Winery – New York, NY
Candy Mountain Run, Resting Place, Take Out the Trash, Mandolin Rain, Balck Muddy River, Pastures of Plenty, Spider Fingers, Shadow Hand*, (The Good Life)*, Tipping*, Rehab Reunion*, Pretty Polly*, (Ross Holmes fiddles intro) > Jacob’s Ladder** > Cartoons and Candy** > Mystery Train** > Jacob’s Ladder**, Cumberland Blues, The Way It Is
Encore: Across the River
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion.

06/02/17 City Winery – New York, NY
Song F > Harbor Lights, Look Out Any Window, Go Back To Your Woods, Tango King, ??, Fields of Grey, Levitate, Soon Enough*, Over the Rise*, Celestial Railroad*, Defenders of the Flag**, Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo, (classical piece?), The Way It Is, Cruise Control, Dreamland
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

06/04/17 City Winery – Chicago, IL
Piano intro > Great Divide, What a Time > Dreaded Spoon, Swing Street, The Tide Will Rise > (Sonny solo) > The Tide Will Rise, JT solo > Carter > The Way It Is, Another Day, Walk in the Sun, I Truly Understand*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Tropical Cashmere Sweater, The Good Life*, Ross Holmes fiddle solo > Pete and Manny > Barcelona Mona**, Wave That Flag, Sunflower Cat > Sir Duke
Encore: Big Rumble
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

06/05/17 City Winery – Chicago, IL
Bruce solo > Schoenberg Praeludium, Hothouse Ball, Cyclone, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, The Show Goes On, Lost Soul, JT intro > The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss, Hey Kafka*, Prairie Dog Town*, I’M Alive*, Gibb intro > The Long Race**, Brown-Eyed Women, King of the Hill > Mystery Train
Encore: End of the Innocence > Sun Bear Theme
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

06/06/17 City Winery – Chicago, IL
Catenaires (Bruce and Sonny duo) > Preacher in the Ring Part One > Webern Variation #2 > Preacher in the Ring Part One, Down the Road Tonight > Having a Party, What the Hell Happened, Long Tall Cool One, JT intro > The Way It Is, Crown of Jewels, Valley Road*, T.S.A. Man*, Celestial Railroad*, The Wild Frontier**, Line in the Dust, Across the River > Morning Dew
Encore: White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

06/08/17 City Winery – Chicago, IL
Sticks and Stones > Can’t Find My Way Home (Bruce solo with Gibb joining later), (Schoenberg Concerto), Might As Well Be Me (Bruce and Sonny duo with Gibb joining later), Stander on the Mountain > Sister Fortune, Lost in the Snow, Circus on the Moon, Look Out Any Window, JT intro > Bruce solo > The Way It Is > Sister Rosa > Bach Goldberg Variation #1 > Goldberg Variation #2 > The Way It Is, Black Rats of London*, Pretty Polly*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.* > I Need You*, Over the Rise*, Ross intro > On the Western Skyline, Wharf Rat > Rainbow’s Cadillac > Sunnyland
Encore: Swan Song
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer

06/16/17 Pisgah Brewing Company – Black Mountain, NC
Place Under the Sun, Across The River, Long Tall Cool One, The Chill, Nobody There But Me, The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss,  MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Pretty Polly*, Big Stick**, On the Western Skyline**, Brown-Eyed Women, Valley Road
Encore: The River Runs Low, Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

06/23/17 Funhouse Fest – Williamsburg, VA
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo (w/the Staves). Cumberland Blues (w/the Staves), Black Muddy River, Loser (w/yMusic), Brown-Eyed Women (w/Bobby Hornsby), Scarlet Begonias > Wharf Rat (w/the Staves), Standing on the Moon, Last With a Fan > Morning Dew, U.S. Blues (w/the Staves), Ripple (w/the Staves), Jack Straw (w/Bobby Hornsby)
Notes: “Bruce Sings Jerry” for the opening night of Funhouse Fest. 

06/24/17 Funhouse Fest – Williamsburg, VA
Sneaking Up On Boo Radley > Preacher in the Ring part one, Catenaires > Preacher in the Ring, Schoenberg > Might As Well Be Me, Life in the Psychotropics, Neighbourhood Watch, Here We Are Again, Where’s the Bat, Dashing Adonis(?), Paperboy, King of the Hill, Talk of the Town, ??
Notes: second night of Funhouse Fest. 

06/25/17 Funhouse Fest – Williamsburg, VA
Retrovailles > Preacher in the Ring Part One > (Webern) > Catenaires,  Shoenberg > Might As Well Be Me, Life in the Psychotropics, Neighbourhood Watch, Here We Are Again, Where’s the Bat, Dashing Adonis, Paperboy, King of the Hill, Talk of the Town, Where Noone’s Mad
Notes: duo show with Sonny Emory for the closing night of Funhouse Fest. 

06/28/17 Lexington Opera House – Lexington, KY
Camp Meeting, China Doll, The Road Not Taken > Midnight Rider, Sneaking Up on Boo Radley, Spider Fingers, J.T. organ solo > the Way It Is > Mountain Jam > The Way It Is, MIA in M.I.A.M.I. > Baby Hold Onto Me > MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Tipping*, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, Ross Holmes into > Big Stick**, Nobody There But Me, White-Wheeled Limousine > Just One More > White-Wheeled Limousine
Encore: Mandolin Rain > Minor key Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordion

07/03/17 Red Rocks – Morrison, CO
China Doll, Pastures of Plenty, Place Under the Sun, The Way It Is, Black Rats of London*, Over the Rise*, On the Western Skyline**, White-Wheeled Limousine
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer; ** on accordio

07/07/17 Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV
Invisible, Study No. 22, Resting Place, So Out, Try Anything Once, Across the River, The Red Plains, The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss*, Shadow Hand*, Rehab Reunion\8, Pete and Manny > Barcelona Mona, Place Under the Sun, Look Out Any Window, Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer

7/20/17 Frederik Meijer Amphitheater – Grand Rapids, MI
Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil, Place Under the Sun, Look Out Any Window, Funhouse, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, End of the Innocence, The Way It Is, Black Rats of London. Tipping*, Over the Rise*, On the Western Skyline, Rainbow’s Cadillac
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer

07/21/17 John M. Hall Auditorium – Petosky, MI
Here We Are Again (Bruce Solo), Preacher in the Ring 1 (band enters part way through), Country Doctor, Fields of Gray, Candy Mountain Run, The Way It Is intro > The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss*, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Valley Road*, Ross Holmes intro > Big Stick, Great Divide, Across the River
Encore: Mandolin Rain
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer

07/24/17 Door County Auditorium – Fish Creek, WI
Classical > Simple Prayer, Pastures of Plenty, Tango King, The Road Not Taken > In the Low Country, The Chill, J.T. Thomas intro > The Way It Is, Tropical Cashmere Sweater*, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues*, Shadow Hand*, Pretty Polly*, Evangeline, Down the Road Tonight > Having a Party > Down the Road Tonight
Encore: Schoenberg > Look Out Any Window
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer

07/25/17 Potawatomi Hotel and Casino – Milwaukee, WI
Take Out the Trash, Life in the Psychotropics, Resting Place, End of the Innocence, Darling Corey > White-Wheeled Limousine > Long Black Veil > White-Wheeled Limousine, The Way It Is, Black Rats of London*, Tipping*, Ross Holmes intro > On the Western Skyline**
Encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer, ** on accordion

07/27/17 Schaefer Center – Boone, NC
Preacher in the Ring part one (Bruce and Sonny solo) > Preacher in the Ring part two (whole band), Harbor Lights, Place Under the Sun, minor key Mandolin Rain, J.T. Thomas intro > Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, J.T. Thomas intro > The Way It Is, MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Every Little Kiss*, Rehab Reunion*, Black Rats of London*, Ross Holmes intro > Jacob’s Ladder > Nine Pound Hammer**
Encore: Nobody There But Me
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer, ** on accordion

07/28/17 McGlohon Theatre – Charlotte, NC
Sonny solo, Barren Ground, China Doll, Space is the Place, End of the Innocence, The Changes, Webern ,Funhouse, J.T. Thomas intro > The Way It Is, MIA in M.I.A.M.I. > I Need You > MIA in M.I.A.M.I.*, Hole in My Bucket > Valley Road*, Over the Rise*, Ross Holmes intro > On the Western Skyline**, Love Me Still, Sunflower Cat > California Knows How to Party (sung by JV), The Road Not Taken
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer, ** on accordion

08/31/17 Boarding House Park – Lowell, MA
Little Sadie > White-Wheeled Limousine, Retrouvailles > Simple Prayer, Barren Ground, Funhouse, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, organ/piano intro > The Way It Is, Every Little Kiss*, Valley Road*, Prairie Dog Town*, fiddle intro > On the Western Skyline**,  Mighty Rainbow
Notes: * denotes on dulcimer, ** on accordion

11/10/17 Roy Wilkins Auditorium – St Paul, MN
Country Doctor, Preacher in the Ring Part One, Mandolin Rain > Darlin’ Corey, M.I.A. in MIAMI, Valley Road, Love Me Still (with Rachael Price), The Way It Is
Notes: solo show.