--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:19 AM, george_deforest wrote: > > >> TurquoiseB wrote: > >> > >> And y'know...I just can't work up that much > >> Buddhist guilt about it. I was a Deadhead for > >> too long as a youth to believe overmuch in > >> copyright in my dotage. :-) > > > > Dead Head, eh? then prehaps you also like their > > recurring collaborator, Bruce Hornsby?? > > > > i got to see Bruce live a couple weeks ago, > > at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco > > (comped by my Deadhead brother-in-law). > > > > it was a beautiful experience, what an uplifting > > stage presence ... plus, they handed out a > > new "live" DVD, for everyone who had a ticket! > > > That's cool, I'd never heard of anything like that before. > > An old friend who was a member of the official Bruce Hornsby > fan club used to go, every year, to a gig he would hold, just > for his fans, in the town where he lives (IIRC Williamsburg, > VA). And of course you got to hang with him and have dinner. > He sounds like a pretty cool guy. At least he appreciates > where his success really came from: his fans.
Bruce personifies the best of that phrase, "good ole Southern boy." He is the nicest of "nice guys." Plus he is a *remarkable* improvisational keyboard player. A few years ago he decided, after something like 20 years in the business, that he needed to learn some new things, so he took a year off from performing and "went back to school," studying improv with some of the best jazz players in the music business. His concerts are an utter delight, as is he.
