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Come back to this site at 10am EST this coming Saturday, and get a three day headstart on public ticket sales!
You’ll all get instructions at that time.
I’d suggest doing it chronologically… don’t hit him with the live or the recent stuff earliest, or he’s getting the best first of all!
Will_S wrote:I tried that with Heartbreak Town at a couple shows in 2001. Didn’t work, listen to the comments during the 8/24/01 tape.Intrigued what comments you are referring to…!
The trick to getting an older song played is to write out the words… “Old Playground” was a request of mine after I had scribbled out some lyrics (and asked him to tie it in with Rainbow’s Cadillac).
I do have a plan to get “Passing Through” out of him… I have an old favourite (non-Bruce) song that I’d like to hear a segue from. I mentioned it to him in jest last summer and he was surprisingly receptive!
I take no responsibility if anyone decides to request one of Bruce’s demo songs from the 80s, which can still be found at:
… and would stand a better chance of getting a few bars played if the lyrics were written out for him…
I don’t think a video exists, Erin, but there is a photo at:
I don’t believe so, Smaze.
Although, I am sure I heard somewhere that some of the songs have been redone. Specifically, that Lost Soul had been re-recorded with Shawn Colvin.
I will do my best to keep as many doses as possible up during the day, and possibly the next day.
Donations talk loudly!
Re: Summer Tours??
LolaPelusa wrote:Si,I really do miss you; bruuuce.com is a daily habit.
Okay!! If you have any info on “The Summer Tour, 2006,” Please, please tell us. Every year, just about this time, I start getting antsy for Bruuuce and the Band. I plot and scheme to get almost anywhere, the UK included. From his year end post, it sounds as though BRH will be spending most of his winter/spring in the studio with the ‘Ricky and Bruce’ album and then, [be still, my heart!] a jazz album with [o my god!] Jack Dejohnette and Christian Mc Bride [O MY GOD!!!]…so, Si, What do you know? ??
I know precisely nothing, I’m afraid, although Bruce has hinted at a tour in the second half of the year on his own site. I can’t imagine he’ll release the bluegrass album, and the box set, without a tour.
Bruuuce.com shoudl return properly on January 30, in the meantime I’m rehabbing a shoulder/neck injury and trying to type one-handed!
goaves wrote:SI,Do you happen to have Bruce singing along side Huey Lewis in that same November 1998 concert in Oakland playing “Jacob’s Ladder”, the same song that Bruce wrote for Huey Lewis?
Thanks,
-goavesThat was always the plan – it’ll be up soon.
Okay, someone’s e-mailed me to suggest a “Request of the Year” award.
Nice idea… I’ll cobble some nominees together from the setlists, but do any of you have any that spring to mind, or any more award suggestions??
– Si.
Hi Rob:
Thanks for your message. I appreciate the sentiment,and others have suggested the same.
To be honest, I get my jollies out of the various e-mails – and this forum – on an ongoing basis. That’s really enough for me.
Aside from that, I’m not really comfortable with running a website which tells people how great it is! I’d rather let the content speak for itself.
Thank you, though. I appreciate your words.
– Si.
Moment of the year
I’m suggesting some “Moments of 2005” here – your ideas are also welcome before we put it to the vote. Either leave a post on here or e-mail me.
Some moments, then:
Bruce plays with Trey Anastasio at the Jerry Garcia tribute
The “Three Nights on the Town” DVD is released
J.V.Collier starts his own website and online diary
Shadow Hands tribute is released
Debbie Henry returns at Asheville
An impromptu “Billie Jean” in Reno
JV and Sonny’s guest vocals in Hyannis
Bruce plays guitar in Westbury
Playing with Bob Weir and Ratdog
Sonny and Jay Lane’s “drum-off” during “The Way It Is”
JV’s “Michael Row The Boat Ashore” in New Yorkolstar wrote:Hey Si,Have been listening to some of the MP3′ s available for download on the site and I quite enjoy the ones with the orchestral side to them. Do you know if Bruce has ever thought of doing a record like this or even an instrumental cd.
Do you know when is his next record due?
Keep up the good work.
I believe that an orchestral CD has been on the cards for a quite a while – a studio CD.
I always like those shows also, but I’m not sure that Bruce feels the same… he seems kind of hamstrung and unable to do the usual free-flowing improv.
Makes for a nice new take on his music though.
Hi Ed –
I’ll be there and hoping to make a decent taping of it myself. No idea where I’m sitting yet, though.
As far as requests go, it’s a matter of shouting it out, or writing something on whatever’s handy and throwing it onto the stage – preferably before the show, or during a break!!
Both Josh Dodes CDs, who many will know from this site’s features in the past (and if not, I urge you to check him out – http://www.joshdodes.com)
Also Counting Crows, who I’d recommend live to anyone (Adam Duritz is great – he has a cooresponding “action” for about every line of every song).
