across from midnight is the sixteenth studio album by joe cocker, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). it has an audience of about 40,000 people each night. from here, the road runner speeds off, leaving the coyote to fall on the ground. at the trio's first live show, ellis attached a guitar pick-up to his violin with a rubber band, providing the instrument with a distorted, feedback-drenched tone unlike the violin's more traditional sound. one such ferry was called the ss san pablo, after the bay. 