That’s just … The Way It Is. Beautiful live version.

In my opinion one of the most beautiful albums ever produced

these vocals are something else

The music you find and post is awesome. Thank you.

One of my favorite songs. Might not be a popular take, but I like the earlier versions better where Bruce is just at the piano with the basic piano rift & lyrics. Don’t need the strings or the extra notes on the piano. Absolutely love the main rift of this song.

I have posted the original a few times

1986… what a year.

Ahh but don’t you believe them…

Chicago Tribune: September 5, 1986 at 1:00 AM CDT If you formed a band and were looking for a recording contract, would you want rock heavyweight Huey Lewis to put in a personal recommendation for you at the offices of record labels? You bet you would. Would Huey`s good word clinch that recording deal for you? Possibly–and possibly not. Consider the case of vocalist/keyboard player/songwriter Bruce Hornsby, who was looking for a label that would sign his band, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, a while back. Hornsby indeed had Lewis talking up his cause in the corridors of the music industry, but in the end it was a kind of left-handed turn of fate, not Lewis` efforts, that got Hornsby and his band their contract with RCA Records. Hornsby formed the Range in Los Angeles in 1984, after spending some time as a session performer and songwriter. The band made some demo tapes and began shopping them around to labels. A couple of years earlier, Huey Lewis had asked Hornsby if he could record a song Hornsby had written. At the time, Hornsby thought, mistakenly, that he might be on the verge of getting a record deal, so he decided to keep the song for himself and turned down Lewis. ”In hindsight,” says Hornsby, ”that was not a very great move. But Huey and I became friends, and he just helped me out later, championed our cause in the music industry for two or three years. He would call record companies. For example, the band made one demo and turned it in to a label. The label pondered it for a few days. Well, Huey called them one day and said, `This is Huey Lewis. Sign the Range.` He was always in there pitching for us. Ironically, that wasn`t what knocked down the doors for us finally, but that`s the sort of thing he would do.” What flattened the doors was a solo demo tape Hornsby made. ”I had been playing a lot of accordion with the band, which I still do, but I wanted to play more piano,” says Hornsby. ”So I made a tape of some songs I`d written –just piano, bass, drums, accordion and vocals–kind of a one-man show. Thinking no major label would have an interest in it, I sent it off to Windham Hill, the New Age label. ”They offered me a deal, and I thought that was great. But then the tape was `leaked out` to a couple major labels: My lawyer said, `Hey, I`d like to play this for a few people at labels,` and I said, `Well, I don`t know. I`m kinda tired of being passed over.` I`d been through that route several times. They`d all kind of turned me out a couple times. ”But a couple major labels offered us deals. It was kind of ironic: When I wasn`t trying was when it happened.” Lewis and Hornsby have remained friends, playing an occasional game of golf together, and Lewis produced three songs on ”The Way It Is,” the current album by Hornsby and the Range (who will play the Park West Saturday). ”The Way It Is,” Hornsby`s first record ever, is in the middle region of Billboard`s 100-top-albums chart, while one of its songs, ”Every Little Kiss,” is on the Hot 100 singles chart. Recording the album, says Hornsby, was something of a revelation. —————————— (Article continues)

This song is so much feelings 🙌🏻🥹

What a talent

I remember going camping with my best friend as a kid in about 1985 or so. We listened to the radio all night in our tent and it rained. We woke up early and this song was playing on radio and made me smile. We got up and ate a can of chili for breakfast and went home happy.