Bruce Hornsby - 1998-11-01 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Bruce Hornsby

1998-11-01

Yoshi's

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

Early Show

01. How Far Am I From Canaan

02. Rainbow's Cadillac

03. Spider Fingers > (Tempus Fugit) > (Itsy Bitsy Spider) > Spider Fingers > (Parisian Thoroughfare) > Spider Fingers >

04. Valley Road > (Classical Jam) > Valley Road, (Little Deuce Coupe)

05. Sunlight Moon

06. Wharf Rat >

07. (Terrapin Jam) >

08. The Way It Is

Encore:

09. In The Wee Small Hours

10. Great Divide

Late Show

01. Song C > Sad Moon > Barber Nocturne

02. Sunflower Cat > Going Down > Staying Alive

03. Till The Dreaming's Done

04. Fortunate Son

05. What A Time

06. The River Runs Low

07. Swing Street > Spider Fingers > Tempis Fugit > ? > Arkansas Traveler

08. Down The Road Tonight*

09. Jacob's Ladder*

Encore:

10. Song D > Swan Song

11. White Wheeled Limousine > Nardis

12. Country Doctor

Bruce Hornsby - 1998-11-01 - Oakland, CA (SBD) 

1998: In 1998, after several years of performing solo, Bruce Hornsby formed the Noisemakers, a new backing band consisting of John "JT" Thomas on keyboards, Bobby Read on woodwinds, JV Collier on bass, Doug Derryberry on guitar, and Michael Baker on drums, who was eventually replaced by Sonny Emory. The Noisemakers provided Bruce with new opportunities to reinvent his music in innovative and creative ways. In fact, at this point, Hornsby stopped planning set lists for his concerts, instead taking spontaneous requests from the audience to build each performance. Within each show, Hornsby encompassed rock, jazz, blues, country, Broadway and classical music all within a jam band framework. He often interspersed snippets of tunes from other artists into his own songs, such when The Band’s Don’t Do It was incorporated into Western Skyline. In addition to experimenting with the Noisemakers, Hornsby also used 1998 to innovate and grow as a solo artist. He headlined at Yoshi’s Jazz Club in Oakland, playing a 10 night run of solo concerts, with 2 shows a night, in late October and early November 1998. This soundboard recording includes both shows from November 1, 1998, 19 years ago today. By the way, all the shows from Yoshi's are courtesy of my good friend Si Twinning who runs the fabulous site bruuuce.com.