Bob Dylan — Portsmouth, Virginia. 8th May, 2003. Stereo recording of the full show

Bob Dylan and his band —

Freddie Koella (guitar)

Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)

Tony Garnier (bass)

George Receli (drums & percussion)

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Bruce Hornsby (piano) on All Along the Watchtower (Bob on piano and electric guitar) — I think he played the few notes on the piano and then moved to the guitar

Bob on piano apart from:

Drifter's Escape (Bob on electric guitar)

One Too Many Mornings (Bob on acoustic guitar, Larry on pedal steel)

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NTELOS Pavilion Harbor Center

Address: 901 Crawford Street

Capacity: 6500

Showtime: 8:00 PM

Opening act: The Waifs

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Bruce Hornsby had previously played on Bob Dylan's album Under the Red Sky (1990) —

Born In Time

Bob Dylan — Accordion, Vocals

David Crosby — Background Vocals

Bruce Hornsby — Piano

Robben Ford — Guitar

Randy Jackson — Bass

Kenny Aronoff — Drums

Paulinho Da Costa — Percussion

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T. V. Talkin' Song

Bob Dylan — Guitar, Vocals

Bruce Hornsby — Piano

Robben Ford — Guitar

Randy Jackson — Bass

Kenny Aronoff — Drums

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Bruce Hornsby was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992—playing over 100 shows with the band.

I am not sure if he had been on stage previously with Bob. Was anyone here at this show in Portsmouth? I can’t seem to find any footage from this show.

His piano playing here sounds really good on All Along the Watchtower I think —and Bob seems to have enjoyed his playing with how he was after the song ends..

I have also set the full recording of the show to play as a broadcast over on YouTube. Thank you to the taper — I don’t have a name — It’s from LB-01021 ‘version j’. Here are the lossless files for the recording —

https://www.mediafire.com/file/dkwl3f44k59wu3b/Portsmouth,+Virginia.+(8th.+May+2003)+(+(LB-01021)+(flac).zip/file

..and in fact Bruce Hornsby played at one of the Outlaw festival shows just a few days ago!.. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 21st June, 2025. Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers.

https://blackbirdpresents.com/concert/outlaw-music-festival-tour-2025/

Of course Bob has been playing the song Under the Red Sky at these shows recently.. a song from the album Bruce Hornsby played piano on.

Footage from The Gorge, Washington. 26th May. 25th May, 2025. Recorded by me. — Just before the performance was cut short due to high winds / the speaker stacks and big screens were swaying quite a lot!..

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Bruce Hornsby is from Williamsburg, Virginia.

Born in Time (Bruce Hornsby playing piano on this)

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T.V Talkin’ Song (Bruce Hornsby on piano)

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Piano Player — Bob Dylan. Point Blank (Quick Studies). Halcyon Gallery, London. https://www.halcyongallery.com/exhibitions/93-bob-dylan-point-blank/

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