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 - 1,092 downloads
02. How Far Am I From Canaan
» 7.1 MiB - 1,070 downloads
03. I Will Walk With You
» 7.1 MiB - 1,171 downloads
04. Country Doctor
» 8.8 MiB - 1,143 downloads
05. The Boxer
» 7.0 MiB - 1,133 downloads
06. The Road Not Taken
» 8.7 MiB - 1,097 downloads
07. In the Wee Small Hours
» 7.2 MiB - 1,021 downloads
08. King of the Hill
» 10.2 MiB - 1,038 downloads
09. Burn Down the Mission
» 8.4 MiB - 1,046 downloads
10. Harbor Lights
» 7.8 MiB - 1,147 downloads
11. Swan Song
» 7.1 MiB - 997 downloads
12. Valley Road
» 7.2 MiB - 991 downloads
13. Look Out Any Window
» 8.1 MiB - 990 downloads
14. Night on the Town
» 8.6 MiB - 1,047 downloads
15. Mandolin Rain > Brokedown Palace
» 9.4 MiB - 1,064 downloads
16. (Tupelo Honey)
» 3.4 MiB - 1,062 downloads
17. On the Western Skyline > Iko Iko
» 8.1 MiB - 1,057 downloads
18. Song C > Sad Moon
» 12.5 MiB - 1,062 downloads
19. Rainbow's Cadillac
» 6.5 MiB - 962 downloads
20. Low Spark of the High-Heeled Boys
» 5.7 MiB - 1,039 downloads
21. Every Little Kiss
» 7.8 MiB - 1,054 downloads
22. Spider Fingers > In the Wee Small Hours
» 11.2 MiB - 1,028 downloads
23. (Thanks)
» 4.4 MiB - 959 downloads
24. Black Muddy River
» 7.3 MiB - 1,356 downloads
25. End of the Innocence
» 9.4 MiB - 1,051 downloads