Bruce Hornsby - 1988-09-24 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (FM)

Bruce Hornsby 

& the Range

1988-09-24

Rain Forest Benefit

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Western Skyline

02. Jacob's Ladder

03. Mandolin Rain

04. Every Little Kiss

05. Road Not Taken

06. Working in a Coalmine

07. The Way It Is

08. Look Out Any Window

09. Defenders of The Flag

10. Valley Road

Bruce Hornsby - 1988-09-24 - Madison Square Garden, NY (FM)

In September 1988, The Grateful Dead sold out a then record 9 nights at Madison Square Garden. Thanks to the Dead’s mail-in ticket program, which enabled long time fans to bypass the monopoly known as Ticketron (and later Ticketmaster) I was able to get 2 seats to each of the first 8 nights. On night 9, however, one of my closest friends had a 30th birthday celebration, so I had to take a break from Jerry and the gang. The show I missed, on September 24, 1988, 2 dozen years ago today, was a special benefit concert to help raise money to Save The Rain Forest. The Dead had become interested in environmental issues in the early 1980s and even addressed the subject in the lyrics to the song Throwin’ Stones. Prior to the benefit show, the band held a press conference at the U.N. to discuss the issues of climate change and to call for more measures to protect our environment. The night of the concert, the Dead brought in a host of guest stars to help them out. They even had a opening act, unlike the other 8 nights at MSG. hat lead-in artist was an old friend who would, of course, join the Dead 2 years later, the one and only Bruce Hornsby. Download this FM Broadcast of Hornsby’s opening set now; then come back later today for the Dead’s performance.