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Between the shimmery shirt and the rattail a decade earlier, not to mention, what was he wearing in the “Sugar Walls” vid, a muscle shirt and some RayBans? A Members Only jacket, a PCH buttondown shirt with the sleeves rolled up?
We’ve all got fashion faux pas in our closets…we ain’t laughin’ atcha Bruce, we’s laughin’ witcha! 😆
T, rocking the mullet with Vans and parachute pants circa ’83 – ’85
Yeah, I’m sure BH would just love to do that…go shopping, I mean. 😆
Maybe you two could present him with a love offering of B.C.’s finest rocking casual menswear at your next get-together?
Shall we discuss JV’s tees, or Sonny’s do-rags, or JT’s Birks? Why does Derryberry wear that Stax shirt a lot? And what about Bobby R. — ballcap or no; discuss! 🙄
T, XOXO
G, check yer messages…
Taking it offlist to spare the uninterested the uninteresting uninterestedness. You know you’d be bored…
T
GuinnessGoon wrote:Tampa/St.Pete eh, I have a house in Treasure Island on Gulf Blvd that I rent out to vacationers but I do stay there usually for the months of February and March as I go for spring training and getting autographs from baseball teams.I will drive up to 5 hours to see a show if I am with the right group of friends and if the band I am going to see will play at least 2 hours. Someone like Phish who play for 3 hours is my typical band…
T that request photo sounds pretty funny. Bruce should have put it up on one of his collages.
Treasure Island: Small world, man…the better half’s parents retired from the Woodstock, NY school system to live in TI; she followed them after finishing univ.
Spring T: Interesting; who’dya like?
5 hours to see Phish: Better you than me, G! 😆
Collage: It was up! (Are the old ones accessible…from a barely-cursory glance at the new off. site, it looks like only the 2 most recent are available ‘for viewing.’) I believe that, along with the breadlock canasta rasta there were pix of Ornette, Ravel, and I can’t remember right now…it was for the Lowell ’08 show. (My virgin experience, and what a great show…sigh 😆 )
EDIT: Here it be, look for the pix of Ravel and Ives at the top left, then click to enlarge…
http://www.brucehornsby.com/collage/collage-10/
T
babytweety2yo wrote:I personally don’t see what difference it matters who opens or closes or who does what set. I’m riding the bus again all the way from Texas to Biltmore..ain’t the happiest of rides, but to see Bruce play what ever he plays it worth it.Yeah, but M — everyone knows that you, my dear, are the very HARDEST of the hard core… 😆
T
Wow G —
So 4 hours is yer cut-off, huh? You’re hardcore, mang…even in my childless and single days, I’d start cryin’ if I had to drive from (back when I lived there) say, Tampa to Gainesville 😆 . Back in them days, more groups would go down Tpa/St Pete/Clearwater way, so it was awfully convenient for small shows at clubs, larger shows at theaters and halls, and of course, the Sombrero (old Tampa Stadium) for Pink Floyd, etc.
Even now, you drive 2+? That’s about the distance from here to Beantown…which I will never do again without staying over. It’s not fun slapping yourself in the face most of the drive back, even for BH….
I think most around here get where BH is coming from vis a vis reqs. for Dead covers (dare I say that most around here were BH fans and NOT Dead fans?) — save for maybe the hardcore Deadheads who just go to see Bruce for a lil’ bit o’ nostalgia trippin’? Heh. That’s a mindset that I have to actively try to empathize with; I can understand the appeal of cover/tribute groups, and I can attempt to appreciate the devotion that the old school ‘heads have, but Bruce was Bruce before filling in, and he’s still Bruce now. He’s not Bobby or Phil or Mickey or Kreutz, right?
One time though, on one of my request lists, I photocopied a pic of a cliched-looking trustafarian and added a comic-book caption of him saying “C’mon bro…play ‘Jack Straw’!” down at the bottom of said list, under my legit wishes. I wonder how many other smartasses are out there, joshing ol’ Bruce with such crap?
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David Day wrote:Whoever has the “top bill” usually does not open. At Biltmore, it’s Bruce and Bella which means usually Bella will open. The next night at Chastain, it’s Bella and Bruce which usually means Bruce will open.I’m sure that no matter who opens…..There will probably be a party at the end!
I read ya, Dreadlock Dave, but GG points out that BH’s site has actual stagetimes, my friend….as in, “Bruce at 7 pm, Bela at 8:30 pm, etc etc.”
BTW, and take it in stride (as I’m sure you will
), but dude, it’s “Bela,” NOT “Bella.” “Bela” is Austro-Hungarian male Jewish, not an Italian/Latin nickname for a young female, i.e. “Isabella” or “Izabella.” Bela Fleck, not Bella. Sorry, that’s just a pet peeve of mine, as my third bundle of combined DNA is named after (20th century mod-composer) Bela Bartok, and I usually have to correct peeps who see his name in print; like drs. and nurses, etc:Me: “Um, no…he’s not a girl. At least last time I checked. It’s pronounced ‘Bay-lah’…”
Embarrassed nurse/secretary/receptionist: “Oh, I’m sorry…mumble mumble mumble…While there might be a party at the end at the Windsor Locks Summer Wind Blowin’ Innapalooza, I won’t be attending. Just can’t ever seem to get in with right peeps. And, as there are only so many hours in the day, and so many bucks I don’t feel like spending for people I don’t feel like seeing (sorry, Jaimoe, Bela, Flecktones, Gregg whom I’ve already seen solo circa 1985) and with my creeping senescence (and occupation as Mr. Mom), I must choose my partying accordingly, knowwhutahmsayin,’ Mr. Havin’ A Ball??? 😆 😈
I’m sure BH won’t care, as he’ll be hearing from me in the ever-so sophisticated and urbane confines of the Colonial….
T
GG —
Awfully helpful of BH to help us with our decisions, huh? 😆
Gotta admit, offering the stagetimes is sho’ ’nuff straight up of BH/management, even though it’s gonna cost ’em in terms of attendance. But hey, I understand…BH got the skills to pay the bills, but this time I will regretfully not be contributing a love offering. Unfortunate, but true. 😥
So, as I’ve mentioned in the past, I’ll be traveling the 25 meager miles from my house in SE VT to the Colonial Theatre (yes, that’s “theatre,” people, NOT “theater.” That’s how ya know it’s art… 🙄 😆 ) in Keene, NH for my first ever solo show. I hope that by next April ol’ BH is ready to play some Carter, some Ives, some Ravel, some Ornette, etc etc…’cuz that’s what I’ll be petulantly asking for.
T
Damn, looking harsh for the T and possible New Eng. dates…
For a while this afternoon, I was all about going to this date after ascertaining that the show starts at 6 p.m. and goes to 11:30 p.m. Supposedly.
Jaimoe’s side project opens, then either BH or Bela, then whoever is after, then Gregg from what I can understand. (The Guinness Goon says that for some show, BH opens for Bela…are they switching spots?)
The reserved seats, under a tent, are $78. The gen ads are apparently behind said tent, and to the sides…for $45.
Have never been to the Summer Wind, and now with a grumpy and cheap wind blowin’ in across me, I can’t say that I will make it to lovely Windsor. More of the same — just don’t wanna waste the money, when BH has spoiled us so much in the past.
This could all change as the date nears, though — I won’t be able to make the 9/3 gig at Portsmouth as well as the 10/2 show in Beantown, both for fam functions, dontchaknow. P’raps another gig will pop up between those two, udderwise I’ll be heckling Bruce at the world-famous Colonial in metropolitan Keene…. 😆
T
GG —
For which show(s) is BH opening? Where did you see/read/hear such scandalous assertions??? 🙄 😆
T
Yeah GG, thanks for the info, man.
Pics would be cool, gossip would be even cooler, but anyhoo…muchas muchas for the setlist.
T
GuinnessGoon wrote:I would love to see Bruce at the Biltmo. Its where one of my favorite movies was filmed, ‘Private Eyes’ with Don Knotts and Tim Conway.
Anyways, I would love to make the 9 hour journey down south to see Bruce play at such a beautiful place, but I was looking at some of the pics that fans took of a past show and it looks like a bore fest as everybody is sitting down.
So I don’t think it would be worth sitting in a car 18 hour roundtrip to sit around while Bruce and the Makers are bustin stanky grooves to a lazy crowd.
I know there are probably a few spots on the side or back with some lone dancers but really sit down shows are drainers and usually the musicians lose enthusiasm with a stiff crowd.I had to laugh at this for 2 reasons —
1) I’ve looked at the pix, too…and from what I can tell quite a bit of the Biltmore crowd (despite the presence of many oldtimers from THIS list) DOES appear to be there for the refreshments, if ya know what I mean…
2) Damn, GG, you actually have the stones to ADMIT to not only liking, but having as a favorite flick of yours an offering with Knotts and Conway…I don’t know what to say, except for “Bravo, sir!” 😆
In the NE, I can’t say that I’ve ever been to a BH show that featured a lame crowd…searching, searching…maybe the one with the most potential to be lame, but that failed in lamitude, was The Egg; even there, though, peeps were busting moves in the aisles and narrowly avoiding falling down the somewhat precipitously angled steps…(Much of the bad mojo from me re. this venue is that there just ain’t nowhere good ’round there to get some eats and drinks. They rape you for brownies and Guinness in the Egg itself; outside they have security, well, ’cause it’s the cap. Otherwise, you can drive a bit and compete with the locals for parking, free popcorn, and overpriced beer at any of the pubs.
)Lowell is tops for summer shows, at least when it ain’t raining. Even with townies camping out and giving you the evil eye as you toe a towel thrown down at 8:55 a.m…. 🙄
At Foxwoods, BH fomented a dance revolution which “security” struggled in vain to contain. P’raps another venue with possible stifling capabilities was the Berklee Performance Center, but I’ll be damned if that hall isn’t one of the best places to see a show. It’s a cliche, but seriously people, each seat in the house looked to be awesome. I can’t complain because I had a 2nd row seat on JT’s side, but everywhere in the theater offered a great seat. Not to mention that, being in Beantown, the townies were screaming requests out; a verrrrrrrrrry vocal crowd. Not much dancing, but lots of comments and such…
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Walking Infraction wrote:Does everyone LOVE that version of “This Too Shall Pass”?? I am not a “Swing Face”-basher, but I truly love how the song gets the more traditional Noisemakers treatment here.No, everyone does NOT love “Pass.” That would be me, at least one person, who doesn’t like it.
In my defense, I must say that BSF is a fantastic cd…with the exception of “Pass.” Only bummer on the disc.
Glad that you like it, though. And I’m jealous of ya that you were at THAT St. Louie show…
T
Just finished listening to it today, still processing BUT here is my overall review (always subject to change in the upcoming months
) —— Disc 1 is very good. “Defenders” rocks, and BH’s falsetto back-and-forth is hilarious. “Bobby/Catenaires/Talk/Charlie” is awesome, “What The Hell” always tickles me, the Buff’ “Limo” is smokin,’ and the re-mastered “Doctor” sounds even better than the freebie version.
— Is “Circus” from Lowell ’08? The song begins with the same so-far unnamed Americana tune that BH began the song with at the Aladdin in ’04 and that the dude from our board here requested that BH do in Lowell.
— Wet Blanket For Ya: I’m not rilly rilly a fan of disc 2, outside of “Swan” and “Candy Mtn,” which more than justify their roles. Excellent tunes, great versions. But…why did BH cut right in from (the not on disc “Jacob”) to “Cartoons”? Doesn’t work. I suppose that BH didn’t want another “Jake” on this live one. Despite the Barber intro, that version of “Gonna” just don’ta work for me. “Good” is a bit overplayed, as is “Resting.” “Dreamland” with its Derryberry 12-string solo at the end is kinda blah. The novelty of “Line” appearing is cool, but the song is average. And, I know that it was interesting to have BH try something new, but the dulcimered versions of older tunes like “Shadow”…swing and miss.
Sorry, that’s just how I feel, man…So, all in all, a little bit better than average…I dunno, IMHO, just good when it coulda been great? 😳 😥
T
babytweety2yo wrote:I was considering saving up funds for the upcoming Jam Cruise that happens in 2012…Jan 9-14th. Anyone ever went on one..worth the money? This the first time Bruce and the band ever been on one? Just the first time I’ve noticed one, but hey I’m not a road scholar.Honestly its two of my favorite things…a cruise, which I’ve always wanted to take, and secondly a Bruce show…both at once..hard to decide whether I should or should not??
Sounds like you’ve answered your own question; Hornsby and a cruise. Well, there ya go… 😆 (Hold on — how could a cruise be simultaneously a favorite thing AND something you’ve always wanted to take? Unless you mean a cruise with Bruce, and that you’ve already been for a cruise without Bruce
…)I’ve never been on one, but have thought about it. The timing and the expenses have never really worked out, and I think that I’d be walking around humming either “The Love Boat” theme or that horrible Celine tune from “Titanic” the whole time.
Plus, I like to go home after a show, not back to a bunk…but hey, that’s me! It’s a good opportunity for BH to wow the potheads and trustafarians that I understand populate said cruises. Another reason that I’ve been hesitant to attend one o’ dem’ cruises, mon, know what I mean, kind bro’? Too old to do that shit. Would be another thing ENTIRELY if was getting paid to play…
Between that and Bonna, BH and The NM will be showing many unconverted how it’s done. It’s just that a few of us older younguns won’t be able to swing it…hope you can, BTweets!
T
sunflowerkat119 wrote:We’ve been so spoiled here in the NE that so far the tour schedule leaves us feeling a little neglected. Hopefully there will be a string of northeast dates announced eventually.Hey, can I get a witness? Looks like I just did! 😆
Preaching to the choir,
T
Ah yes, p’raps I shouldn’t have posted while trying to watch the rain-delayed Sox/Angels game. A bit cranky…
The tix for the Summerwind Came Blowin’ In show are nowhere near as much as some of those for the EC tour with Lobos opening were; the better half was looking into tix (as she was in Los A during a swing of said tour) and she came back saying “hell, no.” So, a lil’ bit of “late-night exag” there…
(Aside: What was the deal with the Eric Johnson and 2 Other Dudes Unplugged show? I don’t think that I even heard of that one..)
As for Allman, I get his stature and the tour for the new TBone-produced solo disc. I don’t begrudge him or anyone that (big of me, huh 🙄 ), but he just ain’t my bag. I’m just wary of driving from Bratt-area to Hartford for a little bitty Noisemaker set.
Bruce usually spoils us North Elitist-coasters with all kinds of dates — for instance, in Fall ’09, we got (what I can remember off of the top of my carping head) NYC, Boston, Portsmouth, Albany, Great Barrington (West MA), and Bridgeport. That doesn’t even count the gig at Foxwoods in March of that year, or the gigs in ’08 (including the monster Lowell performance). $35 to $50 to for at least 2 hours of prime rockitude from BH. Spoiled, I tells ya!
I’m hoping that a few more shows get slotted in somewhere around that Windsor Locks Airport Sinatra Tune In The Middle Of Nowhere date, otherwise I might ending up eating my words and whine…
All summer long, we sang the song
And then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind…T
Setlist —
-Tango King
-Sadie/White-Wheeled/Veil
-Woods (with the Nightcrawlers sitting in)
-Big Stick
-Gulf of Mexico
-Resting P
-Funhouse (w/Nightcrawlers)
-Jacob’s/Spell/Cartoons
-Evangeline
-Lady With A Fan>Across The Riv
-Big Rock Candy Zion Mtn.
-Tipitina’s (as JT gets his keys fixed)/Straight, No Chaser/Rainbow’s (w/Nightcrawlers)/Backhandencore:
-Cat (short version, no segues, bits, or quotes)Decent show, coulda been longer.
Guess they had to vacate so that Galactic (who are due to come on at 2 a.m. Central!) can set up. I dunno.Also, the damn live feed kept cutting out once BH/NM hit the stage, but that’s how it goes, right? Hey, it was free, so I guess that I’ll shut the hell up…
Nighty night, boardsters…Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz………….
T
GuinnessGoon wrote:I met LaRussa two years ago and he turned me down for an autograph saying that ‘he’s been burned too many times’ probably meaning that he signed for someone and they sold it afterwards. I even mentioned Bruce Hornsby and TL acted like he didn’t know him. I know TL knows BH but who knows maybe he was having a bad day.Yeah, good ol’ Tampa Tony, AKA Tony Baloney, AKA “I love me some Big Mac” but “I gots zero tolerance for A-Rod” La Russa; the biggest enabler of ‘roidheads this side of George W. and Tom Hicks. Tony was Canseco and Mac’s manager at Oakland and Mac’s manager at St. Louis, and now Mac is his “hitting coach.” What a joke. “I’m not here to talk about the past.” Indeed.
La Russa, after Mac cried a river not really admitting anything, first said he knew nothing about Mac, but THEN said he (La Russa) knew all about what was going on during “the steroid era.”
After Mac’s self-inflicted disintegration into a human loop of “I’m not here to talk about the past” at the hearings, ESPN caught up with La Russa — he said “I believe in Mark” and walked away. What a douche.
We all have friends who are jerks with some sort of secret, big or small. With faults. Can’t blame BH for La Russa’s idiocies.
T, not a La Russa fan (duh) 😆
Re: “Bruce Hornsby Is Back From The Dead To Make A Little No
He’s a bit more prominent in “Sugar Walls,” isn’t he?
T
Re: “Bruce Hornsby Is Back From The Dead To Make A Little No
Monica —
You have made my night! I almost fell off my chair, taking the laptop with me… 😆
What I thought was the funniest about “Strut” was that you really can’t see BH until midway thru, when BAM! there he is, looking all Loverboy/mid 80s smarmy AS HELL. Hilarious.
Speaking of working for Sheena, wasn’t a story about BH meeting JT somewhere ’round these parts; something like JT showed up to audition for BH (as Sheena’s mus. dir.), BH loved JT but one of BH’s buds needed the gig as he’d just had a kid or sumthin’…
BH felt so bad about “dogging” JT he called him at next possible convenience…?BH’s got the “Strut” skillz ta pay the billz…
T
JF1 wrote:How would I go about doing this?Scribble, or draw, or “decoupage” (hee hee 😆 ) something having to do with a BH tune on a piece of paper or posterboard, bring it to the gig (enduring your friends’ potential jibes), and place it on the left side of the stage closest to the Steinway.
Add water, makes own sauce —
T
Re: “Bruce Hornsby Is Back From The Dead To Make A Little No
From the article —
“This trip to Houston features Hornsby backed by his decade-old band, The Noisemakers. The ensemble’s most recent album, Levitate, is a return to the structured adult-contemporary fare Hornsby began his hit-making career with. Onstage, however, this crack group of musician’s can make any facet of Hornsby rich musical progression come alive…”
For me, the author of this admittedly enthusiastic piece hits a potential inside the park home run and flops rounding 3rd. I think that the above paragraph does all the damage: 1) The Noisemakers are older than a decade, by at least 1 year. 2) “Levitate” is “a return to adult-contemporary”? Really??? When was the last time you heard MOR that sounded like “Levitate”? And, again, 3) I HATE to be pedantic (not really, sarcasm 😆 ), but any grammatical error sets me the hell off — a “crack group of musician’s”? A “musician’s” what?
I can appreciate the effort, and Treah, I certainly, greatly appreciate you posting this (any read of BH is a good read, usually…) but the author doesn’t even mention the “Bride.” That’s just irritating. Kinda like me, sometimes.
Should the author get a few extra points for bringing up Sheena? 😆
T
JF1 wrote:rmtyler wrote:Yes, it’s Moyes Lucas. Nice moment at the show in Houston tonight. A spur of the moment Sugaree was played really well, after which Bruce notes “That’s the first time Lucas has heard that song. Ever. You wouldn’t know it.”Did you find out where Sonny is, and if he’ll be returning at some point during the tour?
Quite a few of us got to see Moyes rock the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in March ’09, so we can attest to the man’s rockitude, as it were. 😆
Seems like, if memory serves, Sonny was at an Indonesian drum clinic (back then)…I think that JV confirmed this. I was thinking that Son Yemry was still gettin’ his Vegas on as the Divine Miss M’s timekeeper, but no….
T
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