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 - 1,325 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,292 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,423 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,391 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,360 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,346 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 1,248 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,264 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,270 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,380 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 1,220 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 1,230 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 1,221 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,279 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,305 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,287 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,287 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,296 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 1,185 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,263 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,280 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,268 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 1,180 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,592 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,285 downloads