Bruce Hornsby - 1998-11-03 - Oakland CA (early) (Ex Aud)

Bruce Hornsby

1998-11-03

Early Show

Yoshi's

Oakland CA

Excellent Audience Recording

128 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Long Tall Cool One

02. Just a Swinging > Will It Go Round in Circles > Great Divide

03. Sneaking Up On Boo Radley

04. Fortunate Son

05. King of the Hill

06. Mandolin Rain

07. Spider Fingers

08. The Way It Is

Bruce Hornsby - 1998-11-03 - Oakland CA (early) (Ex Aud)  

Bruce Hornsby 1998 - Back To Back - #1: 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 excellent audience recording captures the early show from  November 3, 1998, 23 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. Download this one, then come back later today and tomorrow for parts 2, 3 and 4 of this Back to Back set.