Bruce Hornsby - 2013-08-04 - Vienna, VA (ALD)

Bruce Hornsby

2013-08-04

Filene Center at Wolf Trap

Vienna, VA

ALD Recording

320 Kbps

Artwork Included

01. He's My Friend Until The End

02. Neighborhood Watch

03. Candy Mountain Run > Holy Trinity > Candy Mountain Run

04. Across the River

05. Mandolin Rain  

06. Life in the Psychotropics

07. Great Divide

08. Every Little Kiss

09. Dark as the Night

10. The Valley Road

11. Talk of the Town > No Diggity

12. Rainbow's Cadillac

13. Cluck Old Hen

14. Jacob's Ladder > Cartoons & Candy

15. band intro's

16. The Way It Is

Bruce Hornsby - 2013-08-04 -  Vienna, VA (ALD)

On Sunday, September 5, 1993, I took my lovely bride to see Bruce Hornsby for the first time. She loves piano, and became a huge fan. I had long enjoyed Hornsby’s music, especially after his stint as keyboardist for the Grateful Dead. The show was everything you could hope for – outdoors at the beautiful Garden State (today PNC Bank) Arts center in Holmdel on a perfect fall evening with Hornsby playing a wonderful mix of solo tunes, Grateful Dead classics, and cover songs. Incredibly, this show seems to have been erased from all memory but mine! If I didn’t have the program from that night, I wouldn’t be able to prove it happened. The website Bruuuce.com, which has an extensive list of Hornsby’s shows and set lists, does not list the September 5, 1993 performance. I actually emailed Bruce himself (you can do that on his website, which just shows you the kind of guy he is) and he responded, saying he remembered the gig but didn’t have the set list or the tapes from it. He must have felt bad for me, because he offered to autograph the program for me so I could give it to my wife as I gift. I was amazed by the offer, and even more so, when 2 weeks after I mailed that precious program to Bruce, an autographed copy came back in the mail. My bride has it proudly framed! In any event, while I may never find a set list or bootleg of that show,I have plenty of Hornsby shows in my collection.  This one is from just about 20 years after the show discussed above, an ALD recording from August 4, 2013, 5 years ago today.