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 - 1,252 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,222 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,350 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,319 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,293 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,276 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 1,179 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,194 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,201 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,308 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 1,152 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 1,157 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 1,148 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,211 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,234 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,214 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,216 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,222 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 1,112 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,191 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,210 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,198 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 1,110 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,518 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,216 downloads