A Night on the Town (Bruce Hornsby album)
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Bruce Hornsby and the Range's third and final album is titled A Night on the Town. Following albums would be credited to Bruce Hornsby
(solo). A Night on the Town features Hornsby's last significant hit single, "Across the River", which spent one week at the top of the Billboard
Album Rock Tracks chart. Bruce Hornsby chose Laurelle Brooks
as the female lead in the music video for "Across the river".
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Fire on the Cross
Barren Ground
Across The River
Stranded on Easy Street
Stander on the Mountain
Lost Soul
Another Day
Special Night
These Arms of Mine
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...
(solo). A Night on the Town features Hornsby's last significant hit single, "Across the River", which spent one week at the top of the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Album Rock Tracks chart. Bruce Hornsby chose Laurelle Brooks
Laurelle Mehus
Laurelle Brooks Mehus, also known as Laurelle Brooks and Laurelle Mehus, is an American model and actress.-Overview:Under the name Laurelle Brooks, she worked as a model doing pictorials in and on the covers of local and national magazines along with national commercials in Chicago, Illinois...
as the female lead in the music video for "Across the river".
Track listing
All songs written by Bruce Hornsby and John HornsbyJohn Hornsby
John Hornsby is an American composer, musician and actor. He is a brother of musician and composer Bruce Hornsby, and the two have collaborated often....
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- "A Night on the Town" 4:27
- "Carry the Water" (Bruce Hornsby) 5:08
- "Fire on the Cross" 4:38
- "Barren Ground" 5:29
- "Across the River" 5:10
- "Stranded on Easy Street" 3:54
- "Stander on the Mountain" (Bruce Hornsby) 6:09
- "Lost Soul" (Bruce Hornsby) 5:45
- "Another Day" (Bruce Hornsby) 4:23
- "Special Night" (Bruce Hornsby) 4:10
- "These Arms of Mine" (Bruce Hornsby) 5:54
Personnel
- Bruce HornsbyBruce HornsbyBruce Randall Hornsby is an American singer, pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. Known for the spontaneity and creativity of his live performances, Hornsby draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions with his songwriting and...
– vocals, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.... - George Marinelli – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single... - Joe PuertaJoe PuertaJoe Puerta is the bassist/vocalist and co-founder of the American rock group Ambrosia. He is credited with co-writing one of their earlier hits, Holdin' On To Yesterday . Puerta is also credited with forming Bruce Hornsby and the Range. He currently lives in Milwaukee, WI.-External links:* * *...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - John MoloJohn MoloJohn Molo , is an American rock and jazz drummer and percussionist. He has played with a variety of bands, combos, and soloists, including Bruce Hornsby and the Range, The Other Ones, Phil Lesh and Friends, Delaney Bramlett, John Fogerty, Keller Williams, Mike Watt, Paul Kelly, David Nelson,...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional personnel, by track
Carry the Water-
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- Laura Creamer – backing vocals
- Shaun Murphy – backing vocals
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Fire on the Cross
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- Béla FleckBéla FleckBéla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
– banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new... - Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
– saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Béla Fleck
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Barren Ground
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- Shawn ColvinShawn ColvinShawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
– backing vocals - Béla Fleck – banjo
- Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Shawn Colvin
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Across The River
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- Laura Creamer – backing vocals
- Jerry Garcia – guitar
- Shaun Murphy – backing vocals
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Stranded on Easy Street
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- David MansfieldDavid MansfieldDavid Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer....
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Jimmie Wood – harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
- David Mansfield
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Stander on the Mountain
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- Charlie HadenCharlie HadenCharles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
– bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - David MansfieldDavid MansfieldDavid Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer....
– violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Shawn Colvin – backing vocals
- Charlie Haden
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Lost Soul
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- Shawn Colvin – vocals
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Another Day
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- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
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Special Night
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- Shawn Colvin – backing vocals
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These Arms of Mine
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- Brigette Bryant – backing vocals
- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
- Fred White – backing vocals
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