Search - Bruce Hornsby :: Hot House

Robert S. from AMHERST, MA
Reviewed on 3/1/2011...

This is a very fine work from the masterful Bruce Hornsby. This was his second release sans The Range. Bruce's unique storytelling, virtuoso playing, and American roots music influences are here in full force. Guest appearances include Chaka Kahn, Pat Metheny, Bela Fleck, and the late Jerry Garcia.

"Hot House" indeed...

Van hella Lippz | The Cat Cave, Mt. Fromunda | 09/17/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"...and to get the bad out of the way first, "Big Rumble" is the only matter that needs composting. Otherwise, these tuneful flowers are beauties: standouts are "Swing Street," "Walk In The Sun," "The Changes" (contra the previous reviewer who wrote about whiny musicians, this is the only song that deals with disaffected musos, and does it well) which rock and swing with the best of 'em. "Spider Fingers" (Hornsby's nod to his Dead fans) and "White Wheeled Limousine" are good here, but even better in a live setting, as are "Hot House Ball," a tongue-in-irradiated cheek ode to living near a nuclear power plant ("where everyone glows in the dark") and "Country Doctor," a sinister funk rocker about a very wicked character.



One of Hornsby's best, and another criminally-underrated 90's release."