BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS
NY State Fair
Chevy Court Stage
Syracuse NY
August 28, 2016
Monday 8:00 pm Show

A Gratefully Little Deadicated Feat Recording [2016, show #25]

Aprox. 8,000 in attendance

Recorded, Mastering & Editing by Happy Jack [aka: dedhed69]

Audience Recording
Location: Right of Board about 75' in front of Right stacks. Intenal Mics were held about 5' in the air
Lineage: Sony PCM-M10 Internal card mics > Sony PCM-M10 Micro SDHC
Settings: Sony PCM-M10 record level just under 6
Recording Mode: LPCM [wav] 96.00kHz/24bit

Transfer: Sony PCM-M10 [ SanDisk Ultra [MicroSDHC] 8gb (class10)] > my Laptob HD [by way of USB] > 96.00kHz/24bit.WAV file

Mastering: 96.00kHz/24bit.WAV file > Audacity [fade ins & outs] Adobe Audition 3 [ for gains & smooth out transitions if & where needed .] NO music has been altered or touched !!

Converting Sample Rate: Adobe Audition 3.0 was also used to to convert 96.00kHz/24bit.WAV to sample rate to 44.10kHz/16bit with High Qulaity at 100%, Pre Post Filter checked, Dither enabled, Dither Depth at 1, P.D.F set to Triangular and No Noise Shaping.

CD Wave Editor To Split Tracks & converted to Flac [Level 6]

Setlist
On Western Skyline [missing song]
01. Across the River * @ [partial song]
Funhouse ^ [missing song]
02. Genesee Ted #
03. Celestial Railroad
04. Pretty Polly
05. Every Little Kiss
06. Over the Rise ^
07. Jacob's Ladder *
08. Life in the Psychotropics ^
09. Mandolin Rain *
10. The Way It Is *
11. Encore:
12. Rainbow's Cadillac ^

Show Notes
* - Bruce Hornsby & The Range covers
^ - Bruce Hornsby songs
Hornsby is a very talented musician. I was surprised more people were not there for a $5 show for such a performance. With a talented band behind him

Band Members
Bruce Hornsby - piano, dulcimers, vocals
John "J.T." Thomas - keyboards
JV Collier - bass
Sonny Emory - drums, washing machine
Gibb Droll - guitar
Ross Holmes - mandolin, violin

Source Notes [1st Time Using Internal mics on the Sony PCM-M10]
@ - Partial song was recording far to the right stacks & board from where I was recording the other band. just was testing. [fades in & out]
# - cuts in at end of song. just started recording. Pissed I missed this song. Was late getting over to show as I was recording another show before this one.
My arm was the human mic stand. I was not really expecting to record this show. But I decided it to do it for my buddy since he was my ride home & he likes Hornsby. I just got done standing for an 1 1/2 hours as a human mic stand at the first show I recorded. Things all changed when I did not patch into the boards because not all instruments were running through. So I had to improvise & go to an audience recording with no mics or preamp all night. I was tired by the end of this night

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BUY There Music. Go See Them LIVE !!!

A GREAT LIVE SHOW from Bruce Hornsby. Sound is GOOD for not expecting to record !!!!

Happy Jack Final Notes
This is the only known source in Circilation that I am aware of this show. There was one other taper there. I am sure with the complete show. I have not found it in circulation though
1st Time Using Internal mics on the Sony PCM-M10
SBEs fixed verified & OK
added md5
added ffp
added shn tool.len text
added photos

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ENJOY/SHARE WITH A FRIEND [That you trust & enjoys music]

Happy Jack
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REVIEW


SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- "Scarlet Begonias!"

Those were the first words Bruce Hornsby shouted as he darted onstage at Chevy Court Sunday night -- a nod to a request from a fan. From the top, then, it seemed the former Grateful Dead keyboardist might have a Dead-esque show in store for his audience.

But despite his popularity among fans of the psychedelic rock group, Hornsby's show had barely a trace of his brief Dead stint.

Instead, the singer-songwriter showcased his versatility, offering a varietal patchwork of styles, all sewn together with his unbridled love for the music.

Throughout his career, Hornsby has submerged himself in genres from bluegrass to jazz to what we now might call easy listening. A restless musical soul, he's written songs for Huey Lewis, toured with the Grateful Dead and lent his seminal song to Tupac Shakur.

The result of that long, winding career is a performer with nothing to prove and a lot to give. Hornsby carries with him pieces of his former selves: A catalog catering to the easy listening Baby Boomer as much as the buttoned-up bluegrass fan or dreadlocked Deadhead.

In certain circles, Hornsby is best known for his 100-plus shows as a keyboardist with the Grateful Dead. He's a rare survivor of that band's keyboard chair -- he joined after three other keyboardists died, either from drugs, booze or car crashes. The man brought in to replace Hornsby after he left in 1992 committed suicide in 2006.

But Hornsby -- in many ways -- defies the conventions of the Dead. He's largely avoided the pitfalls of a rock 'n roll lifestyle, even after finding instant fame with his 1986 hit "The Way It Is" and touring with one of the nation's biggest bands (at the time). Instead, he's spent a career focused on songwriting, instrumental perfection and performance.

All of that showed during his concert Sunday night as he sampled from the various incarnations of his musical self, invoking names like Ralph Stanley, Elliott Carter and even Justin Vernon.

He darted onstage a minute early, an accordion strapped to his chest, and lit into "Western Skyline."

In front of a disappointingly sparse crowd at Chevy Court (there were plenty of open seats in the back bleachers), Hornsby gave a performance characterized by sheer joy of performing.

The 61-year-old sings and plays with genuine jubilee, wearing a grin so joyful it's heard in his voice. He smiles even while singing about poverty, oppression, race relations, depression and drugs.

Hornsby spent time at his piano rifling through requests scribbled on pieces of paper by fans -- a habit of his onstage. He laughed as he read through requests for songs like the Dead's "Scarlet Begonias" or a page on which someone gave a shout-out to the Dallas Mavericks (whose head coach sat in with Hornsby last year).

The bulk of the set came from his latest album, "Rehab Reunion," on which he abandoned the ivories for a dulcimer. He played unplugged for half the evening, twiddling away on four strings while his band -- the Noisemakers -- chimed in on washboard, guitar and organ.

For the casual fan, it's sometimes hard to keep up with Hornsby's wealth of musical knowledge and his subtle tributes. He clued in the audience about a "perpetual motion" piece he teased on piano called "Catenaires," by the late composer Elliott Carter. He reminded us that he wrote "Jacob's Ladder" for Huey Lewis several decades ago, then played a bluegrass version of it. He paid homage to Ralph Stanley just before sharing some kind words for Justin Vernon (the man behind Bon Iver).

He even put a slight Upstate New York twist on the Dead's "Tennessee Jed" with his own version: "Genesee Ted."

Still, he rewards those who appreciate his dedication to the craft, giving the seated crowd 100 minutes of his soul and a few bits of knowledge and laughter for good measure.

Fun fact (which I couldn't work into the review): Hornsby has a distant tie to this town. In 2009, Syracuse's Bobcat Goldthwait plugged him into his dark comedy, "World's Greatest Dad," starring Robin Williams. In the film, Williams' character loves Hornsby's music and his son despises it. His music litters the soundtrack, and Hornsby makes a cameo, playing "Mandolin Rain" as Williams' character listens.

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