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Bruce Hornsby's Popular Music Videos
Bruce Hornsby and Polo G - Wishing for a Hero (Live - Bonnaroo Virtual ROO-ality)
Bruce Hornsby & Polo G
The End of the Innocence (Live)
Bruce Hornsby
Mandolin Rain
Bruce Hornsby
The Way It Is (Live at Town Hall, New York City, 2004)
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
Walk In the Sun
Bruce Hornsby
The Valley Road (Live)
Bruce Hornsby
Rainbow's Cadillac (Live)
Bruce Hornsby
White Wheeled Limousine
Bruce Hornsby
Jack Straw (Live)
Bruce Hornsby
Cruise Control (Live in Manhattan, 1995)
Bruce Hornsby
Artist Playlists
Bruce Hornsby Essentials
Whirling, contemplative piano pop-rock from a prolific musician.
Bruce Hornsby: The Session Musicians
A pianist renowned for his stylistic versatility and ace musicianship.
Artist Biography
It might have seemed as if singer/songwriter/keyboardist Bruce Hornsby’s smash 1986 single “The Way It Is” made him a star straight out of the gate, but appearances can be deceiving. Hornsby, born in Virginia in 1954, had been kicking around for a good while. In his twenties, he and his older brother Bobby had a band together, and in 1980 he and his younger brother John moved to L.A. and landed a songwriting gig with 20th Century Fox. He then toured as a keyboardist with Ambrosia and Sheena Easton before forming Bruce Hornsby & The Range (including Ambrosia’s Joe Puerta on bass), who released their debut LP, The Way It Is, in 1986, blending rootsy rock influences and adult-contemporary pop. Combining Hornsby’s fluid piano playing with trenchant observations about racism in America, the title track became a radio staple forevermore, and more hits followed. In the late ’80s, Hornsby began guesting onstage with the Grateful Dead, and after their keyboardist, Brent Mydland, died in 1990, he spent a couple of years touring with them. This affected his solo recordings, which became more open-ended and jazz-tinged. Over the years, Hornsby has worked with Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, Ricky Skaggs, and others, but he has never stopped growing as a solo artist.