Bruce Hornsby

===Grateful Dead===
[[File:BruceCentralPark.jpg|left|thumb|Hornsby playing accordion in [[Central Park]] in [[New York City]]]]
In 1988, Hornsby first appeared on stage with the [[Grateful Dead]], a recurring collaboration that continued until the band's dissolution.<ref name=grateful>{{cite web | last=Heisler | first=Brett I. | title=Grateful Family and Friend: Bruce Hornsby | url=http://www.philzone.com/interviews/hornsby/ | publisher=philzone.com | date=October 9, 2000}}</ref> Hornsby was frequently a guest before becoming a regular fixture in the touring lineup for the Grateful Dead a few years later.

From 1988 until [[Jerry Garcia]]'s death in 1995, Hornsby played more than 100 shows with the Grateful Dead.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bruce-hornsby-grateful-dead-interview-2015/ |title=Bruce Hornsby on the Grateful Dead, Connecting with Trey Anastasio + Going Beyond His Hits: Exclusive Interview |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=August 22, 2015 }}</ref> At some shows in 1988 and 1989, he joined the band as a special guest and played [[accordion]] or synthesizer. Following the death of Grateful Dead keyboardist [[Brent Mydland]] in July 1990, Hornsby played [[piano]] (and frequently accordion) at many gigs. Mydland's place was filled in September 1990 by [[Vince Welnick]], who became the sole keyboardist by March 1992, although Hornsby still sat in with the band on occasion.

Hornsby's own music evolved significantly during this time period. Critics have suggested that the Dead's vibrant tradition of melding [[folk music]] and the [[blues]] with [[psychedelic rock]] in "loose-knit expressions" and extended jamming "further pushed [Hornsby] outside the confines of mainstream pop".<ref name=Grain/> Critics have also commented upon the close musical connection formed between Hornsby and Jerry Garcia, suggesting that Hornsby's particular style of jazz-fueled improvisation added to the band's repertoire and helped to revitalize and refocus Garcia's guitar solos in the band's sound.<ref name=grateful/> Hornsby's friendship with Garcia continued, both inside and outside the band, as the two "challenged" each other to expand their musicianship through several other album and live collaborations.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19951008-1995-10-08-9510060238-story.html | title=BRUCE HORNSBY: MUSIC IS HIS THERAPY | first=SAM | last=MCDONALD | work=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] | date=October 8, 1995 | url-access=limited}}</ref> Above all, Hornsby's musical versatility and ability to slip in and out of extended freeform jams won over longtime Grateful Dead fans.<ref>{{cite web | last=Barry | first=John W. | title=Bruce Hornsby Live Set Puts New Spin On Old Tunes | date=November 7, 2000 | url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1224281/20001107/hornsby_bruce.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930221006/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1224281/20001107/hornsby_bruce.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 30, 2007 | access-date=May 4, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bruce-hornsby-interview-jerry-garcia-grateful-dead-1038619/ | title=Bruce Hornsby Looks Back on Jerry Garcia's Last Days: 'I Miss Him So Much' | first=DAVID | last=BROWNE | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=August 8, 2020}}</ref>

Since his first involvement with the Grateful Dead, Hornsby's live shows have drawn [[Deadhead]]s and Hornsby has commented: "I've always liked the group of fans that we've drawn from the Grateful Dead time, because those fans are often adventurous music listeners".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/artists/850/bruce-hornsby-trio | title=Bruce Hornsby Trio | work=[[Hollywood Bowl]]}}</ref> He has performed several of their songs at his concerts and as homages on studio and live albums, while Hornsby originals "[[The Valley Road]]" and "Stander on the Mountain" appeared several times in the Dead's setlists. Hornsby also co-performed the improvisation "Silver Apples of the Moon" for the Grateful Dead's ''[[Infrared Roses]]''.

Hornsby was the presenter when the Grateful Dead were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1994<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/grateful-dead | title=The Grateful Dead | publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccnKwiCVst4 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/ccnKwiCVst4| archive-date=November 17, 2021 | url-status=live| title=Bruce Hornsby Inducts the Grateful Dead into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1994 | via=[[YouTube]] | publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] | date=January 18, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and in 2005 he participated in "Comes a Time", a tribute concert to Jerry Garcia. He continues to work with Dead-related projects, such as [[Bob Weir]]'s [[Ratdog]], [[Mickey Hart]]'s solo projects. He performed as part of [[The Other Ones]] in 1998 and 2000, and on occasion sat in with [[The Dead (band)|The Dead]]. Hornsby continues to be involved in the Grateful Dead and Furthur community. He played at the [[All Good Music Festival]] in 2012 with Bob Weir on rhythm guitar.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.last.fm/festival/3208005+All+Good+Music+Festival+2012 | title=All Good Music Festival 2012 | publisher=[[Last.fm]]}}</ref> In mid-2013, Hornsby performed with Grateful Dead-influenced bluegrass group [[Railroad Earth]]. Hornsby reunited with surviving members of the Grateful Dead along with [[Trey Anastasio]] from [[Phish]] and Jeff Chimenti at [[Levi's Stadium]] in Santa Clara, California, and later at [[Soldier Field]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], in July 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-celebration-with-anastasio-hornsby-in-chicago | title=Grateful Dead Celebration With Anastasio & Hornsby In Chicago | work=[[JamBase]] | date=January 16, 2015}}</ref>