Bruce Hornsby & The Range is tagged as: 80s, classic rock, rock, singer-songwriter, pop Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, virtuoso pianist, accordion player, and songwriter, best known for his 1980s signature song “The Way It Is”, the top five hits “Mandolin Rain” and “The Valley Road”, and for being a recurring collaborator with the Grateful Dead. Hornsby is the second of three sons born to Lois (Saunier) and Robert S. Hornsby, who was a successful oil and real estate executive in Williamsburg, Virginia. The other sons, Robert “Bobby” Jr., and Jonathan, are highly regarded musicians in their own right. Hornsby grew up listening to all types of music. He studied music at the University of Richmond, as well as the highly regarded Berklee College of Music and the University of Miami, from which he graduated in 1977. In the spring of 1974, Hornsby’s brother Bobby, who was a brother of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Virginia, formed a band, “Bobby Hi-Test and the Octane Kids” to play fraternity ragers, featuring Bruce on Fender Rhodes and vocals. “We used to play college grain-alcohol parties,” remembers Hornsby. “We did a little Allman Brothers, a little Band, but almost all Dead. We used to do ... Read More About Bruce Hornsby & The Range Biography...  Send Bruce Hornsby & The Range ringtones to your cell
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