Thanks Bruce!
Thanks Bruce Innes, for
a great show the other night. The program was really upbeat, with
a good variety of blues, originals, and some of your favorites by
other artists. You’re right, that piano at the
I always enjoy learning about where different songs come from, and you really took me by surprise with your version of “Old ’55.” I know it off of the Eagles album “On the Border,” but it was really cool to learn that your friend Tom Waits taught it to you back in the early 70s. What a treat!
Keep in touch, and I look forward to meeting up with you and your band next time you’re in town.
Bruce’s setlist for
Early Morning Rain
Stormy Monday
Wayfaring
Stranger
One Tin Soldier
Old Gal
Jack Daniels
Old 55
Nightlife
Baby's Gone
Country Roads
Few Old
Friends
Black Snake Moan
Comments: jdrake@hoodrivernews.com
Trishia Jacobs comments on the Bruce
Innes show:
Our man bruce....and an ape:)
Popular Culture
Bruce Innes was briefly mentioned as a friend of Hunter S. Thompson's in his book Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (novel). In the text, Bruce phoned Hunter Thompson from Circus-Circus, a Las Vegas casino that he performed at, and told him that he had located the owner of an ape that Hunter wanted to purchase. Innes then persuaded Hunter not to buy the ape after it assaulted a patron of the bar and was arrested.