Here’s the link to the video: http://www.iclips.net/watch/rre-jam-cruise-8

I’m not sure how long this will be available to watch, so check it out soon.

Once again the balcony folks were discriminated against and I was denied access to place my request on the stage. Oh well. I yelled out my request a number of times and I heard it yelled out by other folks too, but Bruce must not of heard it because “Across the River” didn’t get played.

No worries though. He did play what would have been my second and third choices, including “Cyclone”. I think “Cyclone” is fast becoming one of my all time favorite Hornsby songs. I didn’t realize this until Bruce talked about it last night, but the lyrics for “Cyclone” were written by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Truly another masterpiece by one of the greatest lyric writers of all time.

Meeting Joe “Rock and Roll Guru” Heuer,  was cool too. Met him for dinner before the show and talked a lot of rock and roll. He’s a very cool guy. But what else would you expect from a fellow Deadhead. He’s now putting up video blog posts from the concerts he goes to and shoots them after the show is over. Guess who was the guest camera man last night? That’s right, little ol’ me I’ll put a link up to his post once he gets it online today.

Seeing Bruce Hornsby two times in four days was amazing. The solo show was great and last night’s show was awesome.
So, I guess my Bruce Hornsby fix is taken care of for awhile.
Ah hell who am I kidding, I could go see him again tonight in Iowa and Thursday in Missouri.

Tonight we get the whole band and I know it will be rockin’. Looking forward to meeting up with my buddy, the RockandRollGuru too. If you haven’t checked out Joe’s blog yet, you can at RockandRollGuru.com

Here’s a live video featuring one of Bruce’s new songs. The song is call “Cyclone” and is pretty darn good. I’m hoping they play this tonight.

I didn’t get to put up my request on Saturday night because security wouldn’t let me place it on the stage before the show because my seat was in the balcony. That kind of sucked.  Hoping that I can get the request on stage tonight. It would make my night to hear “Across the River”, it’s my favorite Hornsby song. Wish me luck

Then on Tuesday I get to see Bruce again. This time in Milwaukee with his band The Noisemakers. This will be another amazing show. I’ll be meeting up with a Twitter buddy of mine, Joe (aka The RockandRollGuru). Go check out Joe’s site at RockandRollGuru.com he’s a pretty cool cat that loves to share his knowledge of rock and roll.

I’m expecting it to be a little emotional for me tonight and Tuesday. The last concert Tammy and I went to was Bruce Hornsby in Reno. That was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been too. I still get a little teary when I hear songs that he played that night, so I’m sure some tears will flow at these two shows. Especially if he plays my request. (Bruce doesn’t use set list for his shows. Instead the set is composed of request from the audience and what he feels like playing. So every show is unique.)

Here’s a video of Bruce doing a solo performance of his song Spider Fingers. If you’ve never seen Bruce live, this will give you a good example of how great his playing is.

“Soulshine”
The Allman Brothers

When you can’t find the light,
That got you through a cloudy day,
When the stars ain’t shinin’ bright,
You feel like you’ve lost you’re way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Now you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my daddy used to say.

[Chorus]
He used to say soulshine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometime,
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

I grew up thinkin’ that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now sometimes I feel a cold wind,
Blowin’ through my achin’ bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said “Boy, in the darkness before the dawn:”

[Chorus]
Let your soul shine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take control.

[Chorus]
Let your soul shine,
It’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Oh, it’s better than sunshine,
It’s better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don’t mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

The first two came right to mind, Jerry Garcia and Mick Jagger. Then I thought one of the Beatles, but which one? Couldn’t decide so I left them out. Then I thought, well Dylan has to be up there. If I don’t put him up Tammy’s ghost would come smack me in the head. Because in the immortal words of Tammy Bourelle, “Dylan is a GOD!”

Now I have three, Jerry, Mick, and Bob. Who’s the fourth? For some reason David Crosby popped in my mind. Not because of his music, though I love his music, but because he would look so damn cool up there carved in stone! And who better to represent the hard living and somehow surviving it all rock and roller than Crosby?

But answering the RockandRollGuru’s question just wasn’t enough for me. I needed to see what the rock and roll Mt Rushmore would look like. So I found a mountain to carve and started……

Oh wait a sec, no I didn’t. Not that many mountains in Wisconsin, just hills. Well anyway, here’s what I did do

Guitar legend Les Paul dies at age 94

By LUKE SHERIDAN (AP) – 27 minutes ago

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.

According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by his side.

He had been hospitalized in February 2006 when he learned he won two Grammys for an album he released after his 90th birthday, “Les Paul & Friends: American Made, World Played.”

“I feel like a condemned building with a new flagpole on it,” he joked.

As an inventor, Paul helped bring about the rise of rock ‘n’ roll and multitrack recording, which enables artists to record different instruments at different times, sing harmony with themselves, and then carefully balance the “tracks” in the finished recording. More….

Lynne and I had the pleasure of viewing an exhibit about Les Paul called the Les Paul House of Sound at Discovery World in Milwaukee.  It had many of his inventions on exhibit including the first solid body electric guitar and the first multi-track recording device. The exhibit also showed the evolution of the electric guitar with many of Les Paul’s personal guitars. It was pretty awesome.

Les Paul was born in Waukesha WI, a suburb of Milwaukee, in 1915. He still played guitar and performed once a week. He will be missed.

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What band or performer would you have liked to seen live, but can’t now because they are no longer with us?

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