This collection serves to add to the "Ultimate Hornsby torrent" which I first compiled in 2009. I revised it in 2015, and now present an additional 25 tracks to bring it up to 2021.
I claim no credit for any of the tapings, bar one. These recordings have been donated to me or harvested from the very generous taping communities online.
I'm releasing this as two different versions: the full 135 track collection, and this smaller versions of 25 songs as an addendum to the original. It makes 13 CDs altogether, or 2 in this torrent.
I hope you enjoy this special collection, created mainly of songs from Bruce's three studio records from 2016 to 2020: Absolute Zero, Rehab Reunion and Non-Secure Connection.
***** If you enjoy what you hear, please visit my Hornsby website at www.bruuuce.com. If you're so inclined, we're holding a fundraiser for the ALS Association on May 1 2022 at www.DailyDoseDay.com - 24 concert downloads, connect and festival ticket giveaways, release of a Hornsby cover CD and a live video feed for the whole 24 hours. Please consider a donation if you feel able to help eradicate ALS in our lifetime. *****
Thanks very much for reading, and please stay safe.
- Si Twining
www.bruuuce.com
www.DailyDoseDay.com
CD Twelve
111. May 25 2015
Dallas, TX
Tipping
Bruce's "back porch trio" on dulcimer with Sonny Emory on washboard and Ross Holes on fiddle and mandolin.
112. July 24 2015
Portland, OR
Jack Straw
24 years after Deadicated, Bruce updates his most well-known cover, complete with Ross Holmes' fiddle.
113. August 21 2015
Wilmington, NC
Rehab Reunion
Title track of Bruce's all-dulcimer 2016 release.
114. May 28 2016
Cumberland, MD
Celestial Railroad
Written in the early 90s, and recorded with Mavis Staples in 2016.
115. May 28 2016
Cumberland, MD
Mighty Rainbow
This is Bruce's latest incarnation of Rainbow's Cadillac - a "Leon Russell" version incorporating Quinn the Eskimo.
116. July 16 2016
Sioux Falls, SD
Every Little Kiss
Bruce took a request for this at the Wolf Trap, having not played it in years. Dulcimer in hand, he reinvented it on the spot.
117. November 19 2016
Tucson, AZ
Might As Well Be Me
This was co-written with the grate Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.
118. November 19 2016
Tucson, AZ
Where's the Bat?
Unreleased on a stdio record, this was a song from the SCKBSTD musical that Bruce worked on in the late 2000s.
119. April 9 2017
Charleston, SC
Tropical Cashmere Sweater
As noted on the recording, this is another song co-written with Robert Hunter, from the Rehab Reunion release.
120. June 16 2017
Black Mountain, NC
Brown-Eyed Women
This Grateful Dead cover was to "practice" for an all-Jerry Garcia set that Bruce and the Noisemakers were to play the following month. First time performed live.
121. June 16 2017
Black Mountain, NC
Pete & Manny > Barcelona Mona
Ross Holmes opens this always-fun accordion song on fiddle. It moves into Barcelona Mona, which won Bruce and Branford Marsalis a Grammy in the 90s.
122. November 10 2017
St Paul, MN
Love Me Still
With Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price.
CD Thirteen
123. November 29 2018
Wickenburg, AZ
Meds
A solo version of this song from the 2019 record, Absolute Zero.
124. November 29 2018
Wickenburg, AZ
Soon Enough
Tis song was written for the piano, crossed over to the dulcimer for the Rehab Reunion record, and then back onto the piano for this solo show.
125. April 29 2019
Brooklyn, NY
Cast-Off
This is one of those songs that you just know is going to make a monster live extended jam once you've heard the studio record. You'd be right!
126. April 20 2019
Brooklyn, NY
Voyager One
Performed with chamber ensemble yMusic, this was the popular first single from Absolute Zero, featuring J.V. Collier on bass synth.
127. May 3 2019
Los Angeles, CA
Over the Rise
The original with Justin Vernon opened the Absolute Zero record. A popular request since at concerts since that release in 2016.
128. June 29 2019
Asheville, NC
Fractals
Gibb Droll backs Bruce up on vocals as well as guitar on the Absolute Zero track.
129. August 13 2019
Lawrence, KS
Never in This House
Another from the SCKBSTD musical and Absolute Zero.
130. July 17 2020
Grand Rapids, MI
Funhouse
A standout version of this song; Bruce donated it for download in our last fundraiser in 2018.
131. June 14 2021
Westport, CT
Echolocation
The studio version of this song has a lot of fun and wacky sound effects and the band are clearly having fun replicating them here. This was one of several songs which evolved from a cue written for a Spike Lee movie... something about it reminds me a lot of Dave Porter (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul)
132. June 14 2021
Westport, CT
My Resolve
From Bruce's 2020 lockdown release Non-Secure Connection, the original was recorded with the Shins' James Mercer, without the pair ever having met. John Mailander is on fiddle here.
133. June 16 2021
Lafayette, NY
Cleopatra Drones
This song opened Non-Secure Connection with an extended single string note, resembling the opening to the prior record, Absolute Zero.
134. June 16 2021
Lafayette, NY
The Rat King
An excellent recording of this crowd favourite from Non-Secure Connection. Gibb Droll on guitar.
135. June 16 2021
Lafayette, NY
Absolute Zero
Extended intro to the title track of Bruce's 2019 dulcimer record.
***** If you enjoy what you hear, please visit my Hornsby website at www.bruuuce.com. If you're so inclined, we're holding a fundraiser for the ALS Association on May 1 2022 at www.DailyDoseDay.com - 24 concert downloads, connect and festival ticket giveaways, release of a Hornsby cover CD and a live video feed for the whole 24 hours. Please consider a donation if you feel able to help eradicate ALS in our lifetime. *****
- Si Twining
www.bruuuce.com
www.DailyDoseDay.com