Will_S

go to http://www.brucehornsby.com/tour.php

The solo shows are identified with the note note that this is a Solo show, e.g. 6/10/06 and 6/22/06. Thus it appears Charlottesville is with the band.

Pretty sure it’s not about rape. “This time I’ll go where she wants me to go”.

I suppose you could interpret “gone to her sister’s” as gone to get an abortion. I always figured she was “gone for a while” to complete her pregnancy and put the baby up for adoption (or otherwise have it “taken care of”) out of the public eye.

Also see https://bruuuce.com/valleyroadshowgoeson.htm

Hmmm. If he’s arguing that the loss of fidelity resutling from MP3 compression is what turns it into “sonic wallpaper”, I disagree. If passion for music survived the phonograph (at least as it sounds on playback systems assembled by mere mortals) and the cassette tape it will survive the iPod. Done properly, MP3s sound far superior to even the $$$$ Nakamichi tape decks of yesteryear.

But if he’s arguing that what’s to blame is the constant availability of music, 24/7, with random playlists, no tape flips, and 800 hours in your pocket, maybe he has a point. Maybe that does make the music a little less special, a little taken for granted.

I work on a college campus and see lots of kids walking around with their iPods and their earbuds and I wonder just how much they care about what they hear (especially with those ***awful earbuds). But would these kids be any more likely to be passionate about their music if the only place they could hear music was on a dedicated system in their home?

Thinking more about this sonic wallpaper issue: People have been using FM radio to provide background music for a long time. I don’t see MP3 playlists as qualitatively different – in fact with the control users have I think someone playing MP3s of their own choosing is probably MORE engaged in the music than someone listening to the radio (especially in these days of ClearChannel). Sometimes at work I’ll fire up my computer speakers and tune my internet radio to a station I know won’t play anything all that engaging – for the explicit purpose of drowning out other less pleasant sounds. (If I fire up a Bruce show, even in MP3, I’m liable to get too wrapped up in the music and not get any work done.) I don’t think this makes me enjoy it any less when I get a chance to sit down at home and fire up a tasty show on my home stereo.

I’d say I’m pretty passionate about my music. I’ve put a lot of time and money into making my home playback system sound good. At the same time, I have an iPod and love it for bringing tunes with me in the car etc. I think MP3 and internet radio are wonderful things, exposing me to music I’d never hear otherwise.

If people don’t care about the music anymore, I think it’s because they aren’t finding the right SOURCE MATERIAL, regardless of the playback format. I’d blame ClearChannel, the big record labels, and the standards of the current pop music market before I thought of blaming MP3s.

According to BruceBase, he first played this song at a show in 1990 and last played it at a show in 1999. So:

http://homepage.mac.com/satterwill/Easy … -09-08.mp3

http://homepage.mac.com/satterwill/Easy … -08-04.mp3

Yeah, I wouldn’t put too much stock in whether or not the setlists include the segue, as the setlists are compiled from a variety of sources, usually fans writing stuff down in the dark and doing their best to decode their notes a few days later (been there, done that).

[quote/Si man, if you have any of these shows please dose a wharf>valley when you get a chance. Probably after the tour…[/quote]

In the meantime, if any old Wharf Rat -> Valley Road will do, here’s one from August 2, 1997, at the Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, CA. This was a Furthur Fest show, so there’s a “special guest”. Sorry about the dropout going back into Wharf Rat – I taped this one myself back when DATs were very expensive and hard drive recorders unheard of, so it was always a tough decision when to flip the tape. I was right around 44 minutes as Bruce started jaming his way out of Valley Road, so figuring he was probably going into something longer than two minutes I made the flip. Turns out I would have been safe, oh well:

http://homepage.mac.com/satterwill/Shor … eyRoad.mp3

(long song, big file, ~20 megs)

For the 2002 Biltmore show, by far your best option would be to purchase the official release from http://www.brucehornsbylive.com

The soundboard recording there is missing Lady With a Fan, which I can provide you with via download or trade if you’d like.

Using Safari, log in and then ctrl-click on the song title. From the contextual menu that appears, choose Download Linked File. At first, a cgi file will appear in your download window but then the mp3 file you want will start to download.

Si, I seem to have to re-login every time I visit the site if I want to download a dose, even though I have cookies enabled. Is there any way to stay logged in for those who don’t mind persistent cookies?

Fair enough. For those who are really concerned about privacy, you might also allow one username/password to get out, either freely available on the site, available trhough emailing you, or left for people to find themselves via something like http://www.bugmenot.com.