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 - 1,326 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,293 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,424 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,392 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,361 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,346 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 1,250 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,266 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,272 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,380 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 1,221 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 1,233 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 1,223 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,280 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,307 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,289 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,288 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,297 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 1,186 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,264 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,282 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,270 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 1,181 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,596 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,286 downloads