Bruce Hornsby - 1990-09-08 - Holmdel, NJ (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby

1990-09-08

Garden State Arts Center,

Holmdel, New Jersey

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. On The Western Skyline > (slight quality issues)

02. Not Fade Away >

03. On The Western Skyline

04. The Valley Road

05. The End Of The Innocence

06. Fire On The Cross >

07. Barren Ground

08. talk

09. Jacob’s Ladder

10. Stranded On Easy Street

11. Evangeline

12. A Night On The Town >

13. Jack Straw

CD 2:

01. Every Little Kiss

02. Lost Soul

03. Rhapsody In Blue tease

04. Tangled Up In Blue

05. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry >

06. The Letter

07. Mandolin Rain (mid-cut)

08. Tupelo Honey

09. The Way It Is

10. Across The River >

11. Look Out Any Window (mid-cut)

12. ovation & talk

Encore

13. Another Day >

14. Defenders Of The Flag >

15. Happy Birthday >

16. Star Spangled Banner

Bruce Hornsby - 1990-09-08 - Holmdel, NJ (SBD)

As promised a few days ago, here’s Bruce Hornsby’s final solo performance before joining the Grateful Dead, from September 8, 1990, 22 years ago today. This soundboard recording captures Bruce at what was then called the Garden State Arts center in Holmdel, NJ, right off exit 116 on the Garden State Parkway. New Yorkers seeking to escape the city in the summer would often choose between the Long Island (such as Jones Beach, discussed in our September 1 post), and the Jersey Shore. Holmdel is just a few miles north of the beaches at Point Pleasant and Seaside Heights, two prominent Jersey Shore destinations. The Arts Center is a magnificent outdoor amphitheatre, with seating for 7,500 people under a saucer like roof, and room for another 10,000 on the lawn. The lawn seats were once the perfect spot to picnic under the stars while enjoying a show. Once PNC Bank acquired naming rights to the arena in 1996, however, concert goers could no longer bring in food while limits were placed on the size of blankets and lawn chairs that could be brought to the venue. Isn’t corporate sponsorship great? In any event, download this one and relive a friendlier time at the Garden State Arts Center!