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Category: Neil Young
Sad Movies: The Secret History of Neil Young / 1973-1978
Dig into an assortment of choice live recordings from Neil Young’s peak 70s period — the period that will presumably be covered by the next volume of the songwriter’s Archives […]
Neil Young :: Live At The Bottom Line – NYC, 1974
In 2013 we highlighted Neil Young’s “Pushed It Over The End”, culled from a 1974 performance captured at the now-defunct, long running NYC club, The Bottom Line . Below is that evening in its entirety […]
Neil Young :: The Old Homestead / A Medley (1969-2005)
What do you play during the holidays? Besides, you know, ‘holiday’ music. A friend posed this question a couple of days before 24 of us descended upon his Echo Park […]
Hello, Mr. Soul :: Neil Young Covers, 1967-1978
Dig into this — a wide array of Neil covers from his first decade or so in action. There’s folk rock, funk rock, country rock, yacht rock, pop rock — […]
Neil Young :: Homefires – Live, 1974
40 years after the fact, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are commemorating their massive, cocaine-fueled 1974 tour with a big box set. Sprinkled amidst the group’s tried-and-true warhorses are several […]
Neil Young :: A Letter Home
In almost 50 years full of sharp stylistic left turns and confounding career moves, A Letter Home has to be in Neil Young’s top 10 most Neil Young-y moments. In case you missed […]
Neil Young :: Live At The Cellar Door
Neil Young had a hell of 1970. Let’s review. He kicked off the year with a quick European jaunt with Crosby, Stills & Nash, where they were hailed as “the […]
Neil Young & The Ducks :: Little Wing (Santa Cruz, 1977)
In honor of the man’s 68th birthday today, let’s take a listen to a recently surfaced rarity from the summer of ’77. Neil spent much of that year out of […]
Neil Young :: Pushed It Over The End (Live, 1974)
“I’d like to start with a kind of a quiet song,” Neil Young mutters, having popped up unannounced at a Leon Redbone/Ry Cooder gig at NYC’s Bottom Line in May […]
Neil Young :: Sad Movies / Let It Shine (Amsterdam, 1976)
Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers :: Manchester, 1973
If we’ve learned anything from the music of Joy Division and The Smiths, it’s that the good people of Manchester, England, can handle bleak, uncompromising music. They were certainly given […]
Neil Young :: American Stars ‘n Bars
On paper, American Stars ‘n Bars is Neil Young’s followup to his 1976 album-length collaboration with Stephen Stills, Long May You Run. The truth, as it often is with Young, is more complicated. Having […]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse :: Psychedelic Pill
Coming on the heels of the vexing Americana comes Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s second album of 2012, the double disc Psychedelic Pill . And it’s a doozie. Longtime fans […]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse :: Fukuoka, Japan – March 8, 1976
“I’d like to do this song for Rodan the Flying Monster,” announces Neil Young towards the end of the opening acoustic set on this excellent audience tape. The song that […]