Bruce Hornsby
Saturday, June 11th, 2011 - 14:30
Sonic Stage/Village - Bonnaroo X
Great Stage Park
Woodland Avenue and South 1st Avenue,
Manchester, TN, USA

Taper:  LeifH
Source:  CSB's (filter) > Sony WM D6C (Dolby B) > Maxell XL-II 90
Transfer:  Master cassette > Sony TC-WE475 (Dolby off) > H/K 3500 > Creative X-Fi Soundblaster > Wavepad Master's Edition @ 48000Hz > downsample to 16/44.1 > flac (8) via Frontend

Setlist:  34:26
00 introduction
01 20/20 Vision
02 Prairie Dog Town
03 Drunkard's Hiccups
04 Long Valley Road
05 Shadow Hand
06 I Truly Understand > Little Lion Man tease
07 The Black Rats of London
08 outro

As I found a spot to record this one, I watched !!!'s set, which was very short.  I'm not really into their music, but they are unique in a way, and full of energy.  The crowd was loving them.  As soon as they finished, most of the existing crowd cleared out of this tiny venue and a new audience entered.  The sun was facing the stage, and the backs of the audience.  I know Bruce's music fairly well, but I had never seen him live, other than some Grateful Dead footage.  Quite a set for just him and a couple of dulcimers.  I saw another taper set up and as soon as Bruce started, within 30 seconds, they tore down.  

Bruce mentions himself that its going to be, "...hard to compete with all this sound..." but after a bit of feedback, the PA was put to a semi-decent level, drowning out as much of the surrounding noise as possible.  He had an electric fan pointed at him and a rainbow panel umbrella shading him, which he comments on.  I can see myself in the pictures of the crowd posted on bonnaroo.com.  Bruce did a tease of the Mumford & Sons song Little Lion Man.  This got a good reaction from some crowd members.  After the show, Bruce was signing autographs, "One item per person - no pictures."  People were taking pictures anyway.  I had brought my Hot House cassette j-card and got Bruce to sign that.  My tape was still running, he explains the cover, and to put it in short, it represents, "Bruce's dream..."  Neat character he is, very friendly and approachable.  He had his twin sons there with him, one was in the crowd, one sat on the side of the stage during the set.  His sons were also offering their signatures, but few people had items that they were a part of.