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 - 1,345 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,305 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,447 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,412 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,377 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,359 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 1,267 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,288 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,293 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,399 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 1,245 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 1,248 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 1,239 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,300 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,329 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,304 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,307 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,313 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 1,200 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,280 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,302 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,283 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 1,196 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,622 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,304 downloads