Track Listing
1. Piano Intro/Great Divide
2. Long Tall Cool One
3. Red Plains
4. Road Not Taken
5. Lady With A Fan
6. Stander On The Mountain
7. Jacob's Ladder/Blackberry Blossom
8. Piano Intro/I Loves You Porgy/Nocturne
9. Way It Is
10. Twelve Tone Tune/King Of The Hill
11. Spider Fingers/Tempus Fugit
12. Sneaking Up On Boo Radley
13. Fortunate Son
14. Valley Road
15. End Of The Innocence
16. Sunflower Cat/It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cr
17. Rainbow's Cadillac
18. Mandolin Rain/Black Muddy River
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Producer: | Bruce Hornsby, Wayne Pooley | | Recording Type: | Live | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel: Bruce Hornsby (vocals, accordion, piano); Doug Derryberry (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Bobby Read (vocals, bass clarinet, saxophone); John "J.T." Thomas (vocals, organ, keyboards); Michael Baker (vocals, drums); Debbie Henry (vocals); Steve Kimock (guitar); John D'Earth (trumpet); J.V. Collier (bass); Bonny Bonaparte, Land Richards (drums).Recorded live between 1988 & 2000. Includes liner notes by Bruce Hornsby.Ever since 1986, when Bruce Hornsby won his first Grammy for Best New Artist, he's maintained a successful solo career, hop-scotched between recording and touring, and become a temporary member of the Grateful Dead. He's also collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Branford Marsalis, Bonnie Raitt, and Don Henley. Fourteen years into his career, Hornsby released this 2-CD live set as a gift to fans who'd asked for an in-concert document of this immensely gifted pianist's diverse talents. Over the span of 18 songs, Hornsby and his band stretch and twist through well-known hits like "Mandolin Rain," "The Way it Is" and "The End of the Innocence" along with covers by some of Hornsby's favorite artists. Among the composers the lanky Virginian pays tribute to are Bob Dylan ("It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry"), George Gershwin ("I Loves You Porgy"), Samuel Barber ("Nocturne"), Bill Evans ("Twelve Tone Tune"), and Bud Powell ("Tempus Fugit"). Hornsby even works in a pair of Dead tunes ("Lady With a Fan," "Black Muddy River") amidst eclectic improvisation that finds him putting a bluegrass spin on his "Jacob's Ladder" before segueing into the high-lonesome standard "Blackberry Blossom."
Editorial Reviews
...Rootsy and artful....Hornsby's rich, spontaneous piano work works well...
CMJ (11/27/2000)
...An excellent and essential album...
Dirty Linen (04/01/2001)
...No matter what the genre...almost every track breaks down into a 7-minute-plus free-form jam...that Medeski, Martin and Wood could groove to...
JazzTimes (05/01/2001)
...No matter what the genre...almost every track breaks down into a 7-minute-plus free-form jam...that Medeski, Martin and Wood could groove to...Dirty Linen (4-5/01, pp.64-5) - ...An excellent and essential album...CMJ (11/27/00, p.33) - ...Rootsy and artful....Hornsby's rich, spontaneous piano work works well...
JazzTimes (05/01/2001)
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