Here Come the Noise Makers

Bruce Hornsby's first live release is titled Here Come the Noise Makers. It is a double album compilation of songs recorded between 1998 and New Year's Eve 1999/2000. This is Hornsby's first album with his touring act Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers.

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Hornsby unless otherwise noted.

Disc 1

1. "Piano Intro" > "Great Divide"
2. "Long Tall Cool One"
3. "The Red Plains" (w/ John Hornsby)
4. "The Road Not Taken"
5. "Lady with a Fan" (Garcia/Hunter)
6. "Stander on the Mountain"
7. "Jacob's Ladder" (w/ John Hornsby) > "Blackberry Blossom" (Traditional)
8. Piano Intro > "I Loves You Porgy" (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward) > "Nocturne" (Barber) >
9. "The Way It Is"
10. "Twelve Tone Tune" (Evans) > "King of the Hill"

Disc 2

1. "Spider Fingers" > "Tempus Fugit" (Powell)
2. "Sneaking Up on Boo Radley"
3. "Fortunate Son"
4. "The Valley Road" (w/ John Hornsby)
5. "The End Of The Innocence" (w/ Don Henley)
6. "Sunflower Cat" (w/ Garcia/Hunter/Mangini) > "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Dylan)
7. "Rainbow's Cadillac"
8. "Mandolin Rain" (w/ John Hornsby) > "Black Muddy River" (Garcia/Hunter)

Personnel

Band

• Bruce Hornsby - accordion, piano, vocals
• John "JT" Thomas - organ, keyboards, vocals
• Bobby Read - bass clarinet, saxophone, vocals
• JV Collier - bass
• Doug Derryberry - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Michael Baker - drums, vocals

Additional players

• John D'earth - trumpet ("Spider Fingers", "Long Tall Cool One", "Sneaking Up on Boo Radley")
• Debbie Henry - vocals ("Great Divide")
• Steve Kimock - guitar ("The End of the Innocence")
• Bonny Bonaparte - drums ("The End of the Innocence")
• Land Richards - drums ("Road Not Taken", "Stander on the Mountain", "The Valley Road", "Sunflower Cat", "Jacob's Ladder")