''Bride of the Noisemakers'' is the fifth album—and second live album—by
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...
with his touring band the Noisemakers. The double album, released in 2011, consists of 25 songs recorded between 2007 and 2009.
The album debuted on ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 125, selling around 4,000 copies in the first week. It has sold 16,000 copies as of May 2016.
Track listing
All songs by Bruce Hornsby, except where noted.
;Disc one:
# "Cyclone" (
Robert Hunter, Hornsby) – 5:40
# "Country Doctor" – 7:59
# "Funhouse" – 7:45
# "This Too Shall Pass" – 5:03
# "Circus on the Moon" – 7:09
# "Defenders of the Flag" (John Hornsby, Bruce Hornsby) – 5:03
# "Intro/Variation II (excerpt)/Catenaires (excerpt)" (Bobby Read/
Anton Webern
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/
Elliott Carter
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...
) – 2:04
# "Talk of the Town/Charlie, Woody 'n' You" (Hornsby/
Charles Ives, Hornsby) – 6:17
# "What the Hell Happened" – 3:38
# "Fortunate Son/
Comfortably Numb
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" (Hornsby/
Roger Waters,
David Gilmour) – 10:20
# "Levitate" (
Thomas Newman
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, Hornsby) – 4:58
# "Little Sadie/White Wheeled Limousine/Just One More" (Traditional/Hornsby/
George Jones
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) – 13:08
;Disc two:
# "The Wind Up/
Big Rock Candy Mountain
"The Big Rock Candy Mountains", first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where "hens lay soft-boiled eggs" and there ...
/Candy Mountain Run" (
Keith Jarrett/Traditional/Hornsby) – 7:36
# "Line in the Dust" – 5:43
# "Shadow Hand" – 4:16
# "Tango King" – 7:11
# "Resting Place" – 10:16
# "Michael Raphael" (Chip deMatteo, Hornsby) – 3:36
# "
Sonata, Movement IV (excerpt)" (
Samuel Barber) – 2:18
# "Gonna Be Some Changes Made" – 5:48
# "Dreamland" – 8:22
# "The Good Life" – 4:26
# "Cartoons & Candy" – 2:54
# "Swan Song" – 6:42
# "Standing on the Moon/Halcyon Days" (
Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter/Hornsby) – 8:55
Personnel
* Bruce Hornsby – lead vocals, acoustic piano,
accordion,
dulcimer
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Hammered dulcimers
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of ...
* John "J. T. " Thomas – keyboards,
organ, backing vocals
* Doug Derryberry – electric guitars, acoustic guitars,
mandolin, backing vocals
* R. S. Hornsby – guitar ("Standing on the Moon")
* J. V. Collier – bass
* Sonny Emory – drums
* Bobby Read – saxophones,
bass clarinet, backing vocals
Production
* Produced and Mixed by Bruce Hornsby and Wayne Pooley
* Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
* Cover Photography – Pat Martin
* Other Photography – Katherine Fisher, Sean Smith and Carey Wilhelm.
* Management – Marc Allan
* Road Crew – Reggie Bankston, Peter Banta, Vic Goel, Caldwell Gray, Jeremaine Israel, Mo Jackson, Charles Keith and Wayne Pooley.
Charts
References
{{Bruce Hornsby
2011 live albums
Bruce Hornsby albums