''Intersections (1985–2005)'' is a 4-CD and DVD retrospective boxed set by

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...

. The tracks are a mixture of previously unreleased live recordings, unreleased studio recordings, and album cuts. The boxed set's title emphasizes the large number of musical collaborations Hornsby has embarked upon during his career, as evidenced by the list of collaborators below. The discs are thematically broken into three categories: "Top 90 Time", "Solo Piano, Tribute Records, Country-Bluegrass, Movie Songs," and "By Request (Favorites and Best Songs)" (two CDs). A full third of the music is previously unreleased; many familiar tracks are presented as unreleased live versions rather than the original studio recordings, and the majority of the remaining tracks are from single b-sides, collaborations and/or tribute albums and movie soundtracks. Some noteworthy collaborations include a piano-and-

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duet with

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Ja ...

and a performance with

Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...

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's "

Comfortably Numb "Comfortably Numb" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on their eleventh studio album, ''The Wall'' (1979). It was released as a Single (music), single in 1980, with "Hey You (Pink Floyd song), Hey You" as the A-side and B- ...

." The set also offers a number of excellent examples of Hornsby's re-inventiveness with his own compositions, particularly in a live setting, for instance three different versions of “The Valley Road” are included—a live "bluesy funk" version with the Noise Makers, a

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-winning bluegrass version with the

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, and "a loose and sloppy but totally grooving boogie" take with the Grateful Dead. Critics have said that Hornsby's particular integrations of different musical genres, and his passion for reinventing his own compositions, create a kind of music many might "never hear" otherwise as it is "a kind of music no one else is making." "Song H" was a new composition that was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental at the

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Track listing

:''All songs written by

, except where noted.'' :(*) ''denotes previously unreleased live version'' :(**) ''denotes previously unreleased track''

Disc one: "Top 90 Time"'

#" The Way It Is" * #" Mandolin Rain" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #" The Valley Road" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #"

Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder () is a ladder or staircase leading to Heaven that was featured in a dream the Biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28). The significance of the dream has been de ...

" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #"Nobody There But Me" (w/ Haden / J. Hornsby) * #" The End of Innocence" (w/ Henley) * #"Look out Any Window" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #"Across the River" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #"Lost Soul" * #"Fields of Gray" > "That's Where It's At" (Alexander / Cooke) * #"Walk in the Sun" #"Gonna Be Some Changes Made" * #"Dreamland"

Disc two: "Solo Piano, Tribute Records, Country-Bluegrass, Movie Songs"

#"Song A" #"Song B" #"Song C" #"Song D" #"Variations on Swan Song & Song D" #"Song F" #"Song H" ** #"Barcelona Mona" #"Backhand" (Jarrett) #"

Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretar ...

" (Hunter, Weir) #"

Madman Across the Water ''Madman Across the Water'' is the fourth studio album by English musician Elton John, released on 5 November 1971 by DJM and Uni Records. The album was his third album to be released in 1971, at which point John had been rising to prominence ...

" (

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...

Bernie Taupin Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist and visual artist. He is best known for his songwriting partnership with Elton John, recognised as one of the most successful partnerships of its kind in history. Taupin co-wrote th ...

) #"Darlin' Cory" (traditional) #"The Valley Road" (w/ J. Hornsby) – bluegrass version #"Crown of Jewels" * #"Big Stick" #"The Valley Road" (w/ J. Hornsby) – performed live with the Grateful Dead * #"Hop / Skip and Jump" (Coleman) ** #"Love Me Still" (w/ Stevens) * #"Shadowland"

Disc three: "By Request" (Favorites and Best Songs)

#"The Show Goes On" * #"Barren Ground" (w/ J. Hornsby) #"A Night on the Town" (w/ J. Hornsby) * #"Talk of the Town" * #"Rainbow's Cadillac" #"Pastures of Plenty" #"Spider Fingers" > "

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" (Powell) * #"White Wheeled Limousine" > "Long Black Veil" (Dill / Wilkin) * #"King of the Hill" > "Twelve Tone Tune" (Evans) > "Mystery Train" (Parker / Phillips) *

Disc four: "By Request" Part 2

#"Resting Place" #"Preacher in the Ring, Part I" #"Preacher in the Ring, Part II" #"Fortunate Son" > "

" (

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...

)" * #"Sneaking Up on Boo Radley" * #"Shadowhand" * #"Sticks & Stones" * #"The Chill" #"The Good Life" #"What the Hell Happened" #"Hooray for Tom" #"Candy Mountain Run" *

DVD

#"The Way It Is"

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#"The Valley Road" music video #"Look out Any Window" music video #"Defenders of the Flag" music video #"Across the River" music video #"Talk of the Town" music video #"Fields of Gray" music video #"Walk in the Sun" music video #"Swing Street" music video #"Go Back to Your Woods w/

Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous and Jewish ancestry. He was the lead guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s. Robertson was also the ...

#"Barcelona Mona" w/

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ens ...

#"Love Me Still" w/

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...

#"The Valley Road" w/

#"The Mighty Quinn" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

) w/ B. B. King &

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. Althoug ...

#"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) (as

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, Folk music, folk, country music, country, bluegrass music, bluegrass, roc ...

) #"Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour, Waters) w/Roger Waters #"Imagine" (

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

) #"Another Day" #"The Tide Will Rise" w/

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her Bonnie Raitt (album), self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed Americana (mu ...

#"Talk of the Town" w/

Gregory Hines Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for '' Wolfen'' (1981), '' The Cotton C ...

#"Star-Spangled Banner (Key)" w/Branford Marsalis #"Gonna Be Some Changes Made" #"Candy Mountain Run"

"Cast of Characters"

Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home". Early life Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...

* Bill Evans *

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...

* Big Chief Bo Dollis *

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Hel ...

* David Hollister *

Steve Kimock Steve Kimock (born October 5, 1955) is an American rock guitarist. He was a member of San Francisco Bay Area bands Zero and KVHW. His tone and some of his playing approach has been compared to Jerry Garcia, who was a friend of his, and he has ...

Spike Lee Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary ...

* Levi Little *

* The Meters *

* The Noise Makers *

* The Range *

Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...

Frank Vincent Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr. (April 15, 1937 – September 13, 2017) was an American actor and musician. Known for often portraying violent mobsters and criminals, he was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Martin Scorsese, appearing as Salvy in ' ...

Musicians

* John "J. T." Thomas * Bobby Read * J. V. Collier * Doug Derryberry * Sonny Emory * R. S. Hornsby * George Marinelli *

John Molo John Molo (born December 5, 1953, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American rock music, rock and jazz drummer and percussionist. He has played with a variety of bands, combos, and soloists. Best known for being the drummer for Bruce Hornsby and the Rang ...

Joe Puerta Joe Puerta (born July 2, 1951) is the bassist/vocalist and founder of the American rock group Ambrosia. He co-wrote one of the band's early hits, "Holdin' On To Yesterday" (1975). Puerta was a touring member (bass/vocals) of the bands for Chi C ...

* Shawn Murphy * Laura Creamer-Dunville *

Jimmy Haslip James Robert Haslip (born December 31, 1951) is an American bass guitarist who was a founding member of the jazz fusion group the Yellowjackets, which he left in 2012. He was also an early user of the five-string electric bass. Early life and ...

* Levi Little * David Hollister * John Paris *

Robert Brookins Robert Brookins (October 7, 1962 – April 15, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, producer and musician. A member of the band Earth, Wind & Fire he also worked with artists such as George Duke, Stephanie Mills, Stanley Clarke and The Whis ...

* Lloyd Jones * Woody Green * Ralph Payne *

* Theodore 'Bo' Dollis * Tim Green * Clarence Johnson * Reginald Houston * Craig Klein *

Jason Marsalis Jason Marsalis (born March 4, 1977) is an American jazz drummer, vibraphone player, composer, producer, band leader, and member of the Marsalis family of musicians. He is the youngest son of Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and the late Ellis Marsalis ...

* Percy Miller * Joshua Paxton * Matt Perrine * Stuart Duncan * Mark Fain * Kim Fleming * Bob Bailey * Vickie Hampton * Clay Hess * Jim Mills *

* Jeff Hanna * Jimmy Ibbotson * Jimmie Fadden * Bob Carpernter *

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...

* Roy Huskey Jr. *

Bernie Leadon Bernard Matthew Leadon III ( ; born July 19, 1947) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of thr ...

* Mark O'Conner *

Randy Scruggs Randy Lynn Scruggs (August 3, 1953 – April 17, 2018) was an American music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four Grammy Awards and was named Musician of the Year at the Country Music ...

* Terry Burell * Rodney Denton * John Tracy *

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024) was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30 ...

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead ...

Vince Welnick Vincent Leo Welnick (February 21, 1951 – June 2, 2006) was an American keyboardist and singer-songwriter, best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s. He was inducted ...

* Bonny Bonaparte * John Bigham * Jean McClain * John D'earth * Glen Wilson *

* Debbie Henry * Matt Chamberlain * Kyle Davis * John Leventhal * John Pierce * Michael Baker * David Bendeth * Steve Kimock

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Intersections (1985-2005) Bruce Hornsby albums 2006 compilation albums Legacy Recordings compilation albums 2006 live albums Music video compilation albums Legacy Recordings live albums