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100 Greatest Madison Square Garden Shows of All Time - Neil Young, February 1991
Original at thrasherswheat.org
• Thu, Nov 19
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) For those that experienced Neil Young's 1991 Weld tour with Sonic Youth and Social Distortion, it was one of the loudest concerts of all time.While this poll isn't for loudest concert, the folks at Madison Square Garden are running a poll for "100 Best: Vote Down to the Greatest Garden Show...
Neil Young Catalog in Syracuse, New York on 11/27
Original at thrasherswheat.org
• Tue, Nov 17
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) When we plugged the Neil Young tribute band Live RUST earlier this week, we were somewhat taken aback by those who fail to appreciate what these tribute bands are all about.Of course everyone is always entitled to their opinion but it struck has being in poor form to attack those who cover Ne...
Live RUST: "You'll believe you're at a Neil Young Concert"
Original at NeilYoungNews (Feedburner)
• Sun, Nov 15
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) It has been said of the Neil Young tribute band Live RUST that "you'll believe you're at a Neil Young concert".With incredible attention to every detail, LIVE RUST have worked extremely hard to bring the Full Concert Experience of Neil Young to each and every Show.Quite simply, there is not...
Live RUST: "You'll believe you're at a Neil Young Concert"
Original at Neil Young
• Sat, Nov 14
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) It has been said of the Neil Young tribute band Live RUST that "you'll believe you're at a Neil Young concert".With incredible attention to every detail, LIVE RUST have worked extremely hard to bring the Full Concert Experience of Neil Young to each and every Show.Quite simply, there is not...
Neil Young's first solo albums remastered, reissued
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Mon, Nov 9
All the latest news and festival reports from LiveDaily Neil Young [ tickets ]'s first four solo albums have been remastered and will be reissued Nov. 23 as part of the ongoing "Archives" campaign, according to a press release. The special reissues--1969's "Neil Young" and "Everybody Kno...
Comment of the Moment: "Neil Young's Imperfect Nature"
Original at NeilYoungNews (Feedburner)
• Sat, Oct 31
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) The Neil Young Comment of the Moment is from Greg M (A Friend Of Yours regarding some recent criticism of his concerts:I can’t think of a better way to address the issue of the “imperfection” in Neil’s approach to performance standard, which after all these years a lot of people still have a...
Tom Waits Gallery Spotlight: Mountain View, CA - Oct. 28, 2007
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Thu, Oct 15
In the fall of 2007, Waits performed with The Kronos Quartet as part of Neil Young [ tickets ]'s 21st Annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA, and LiveDaily photographer Tim Mosenfelder was there to get some shots. Neil Young news at LiveDaily Tom Waits news at LiveDaily
Comment of the Moment: FLASHBACK - Concert Review of Neil Young, Williamsburg, October 7, 1978
Original at Neil Young
• Mon, Oct 12
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) Neil Young - 1978 Rust Never Sleeps TourThe Neil Young Comment of the Moment is from FLASHBACK: Concert Review of Neil Young, Williamsburg, October 7, 1978 by BIGCHIEF:I had already been a hopelessly obsessive fan for nine years prior to the 'R.N.S.' shows which were my first of over 30+ to da...
FLASHBACK: Concert Review of Neil Young, Williamsburg, October 7, 1978
Original at Neil Young
• Fri, Oct 9
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) Concert Review of Neil Young at William and Mary CollegeOctober 7, 1978Of the many, many Neil Young concerts we've attended over the years -- without a doubt -- our all time favorite has to be the Rust Never Sleeps tour we saw on October 7, 1978 at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Vir...
FLASHBACK: Concert Review of Neil Young, Williamsburg, October 7, 1978
Original at NeilYoungNews (Feedburner)
• Wed, Oct 7
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) Of the many, many Neil Young concerts we've attended over the years -- without a doubt -- our all time favorite has to be the Rust Never Sleeps tour we saw on October 7, 1978 at William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia.31 years ago today.In many ways, it was in the days, weeks and months...
20th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live Performance of "Rockin' In The Free World"
Original at NeilYoungNews (Feedburner)
• Tue, Sep 29
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) Twenty years ago today, on September 30, 1989, Neil Young served notice that he was back with a vengeance with his legendary performance of Rockin' In The Free World on Saturday Night Live. There are many, many defining moments in Neil Young's career. His appearance on SNL was another such o...
Willie Nelson broadens 'American Classic' support tour
Original at LiveDaily.com
• Thu, Sep 17
Since last check, the Red-Headed Stranger has tacked an additional 14 shows onto the itinerary, including a performance tonight (9/17) in Newkirk, OK, and an Oct. 4 headlining spot at St. Louis' Farm Aid 2009, the benefit concert Nelson co-founded with Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 19...
Record Review: 'Demos,' Crosby, Still...
Original at San Antonio Express
• Tue, Aug 25
Record Review: 'Demos,' Crosby, Stills and Nash The elements all there: Crosby taps the cosmos, Stills is the earth and Nash the air. Neil Young appears with Crosby and Nash on the original mono ... and more »
Opinion: Neil Young Daily Deconstruction: Day #5 Answer
Original at Minnesota Public Radio
• Mon, Jun 15
Time for the final answer from our week-long Neil Young Daily Deconstruction, where we invite you to guess the identity of the Neil Young album cover that we'd photoshopped to exlude certain key elements. Everyone correctly guessing any of the five ...
Lifetime passes
Original at Herald & Review
• Fri, Jun 12
Herald & Review, IL In music, my lifetime passes go to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Pete Townshend. Each of them has written and produced music that attracted me from the very beginning. Each of them grew and had different phases. I didn't like all phases, ...
Original at The World Wide Glen
• Wed, Jun 3
By Glen Boyd(noreply@blogger.com) amp;lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">CSN's dEMOS (Their Spelling, Not Ours) Compliments Neil Young's Box Nicely</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImage...
How To: Neil Young " Heart of Gold" guitar + harmonica coverOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Apr 22
By rss@youtube.com (Sitchad1) Author: Sitchad1 Keywords: neil young harmonica guitar cover heart of gold acoustic guitare how to play algerie alger bruxelles brussels epiphone hohner piemont blues Added: April 22, 2009
How To: Heart of Gold, Neil Young, cover & lesson in 1, rogersgitarOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Mar 19
By rss@youtube.com (rogersgitar) Author: rogersgitar Keywords: neil young free guitar lesson learn how to play rogersgitar cover pop music 60s oldies classic rock rock heart of gold Added: March 19, 2009
SPOTLIGHT: NEIL OR NO NEIL
Original at zakkorama
• Sun, Mar 15
By Zakk(noreply@blogger.com) To make a justified comparison here and here is the archive release from an early Neil Young solo live performance recorded in 1968. Released by Neil Young last year as Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House. It does not include any of the 17 songs from The Lost Tapes.
How To: Video Q&A Old Man by Neil YoungOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Mar 13
By rss@youtube.com (TotallyGuitars) Author: TotallyGuitars Keywords: acoustic guitar lesson how to play guitar beginning guitar lesson Added: March 13, 2009
Podcast: Ben Kweller covers Neil Young + plays some new songs
Original at I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
• Sun, Feb 1
By browneheather Also — man. I love that Neil Young song (from 1992’s Harvest Moon) and just like everything Kweller does, the way he sings it is here is so purely unaffected and honest: Ben Kweller - Live on BBC2 13th December 2008 Intro/Chat I Sawdust Man (new) Chat II From Hank To Hendrix (Neil Young cover)
How to Play our Album the Right Way... All the Time!Original at YouTube
• Tue, Jan 20
By rss@youtube.com (stereoreel) Author: stereoreel Keywords: Stereoreel vinyl LP Save Me Neil Young The Moody Blues The Byrds Psalty The Music Machine Beards Ears Awesome Tutorial Added: January 20, 2009
How To: Hey Hey My My introOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Jan 11
By rss@youtube.com (DaveyXRated) Just me screwing around. Guitar: Custom Made Les Paul (I made myself) Amp: Crate something rather Song: Hey Hey My My - Neil Young Peddles: Distortion, Wah, Another Distortion with more effects. Amp Settings: Gain Maxes, RVB 6, Delay A7, Delay A7. Thanks for watching! Subscribe and visit me...
How To Play The Guitar! Heart of Gold, Neil YoungOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 3
By rss@youtube.com (epiphonewhiltshire) How To Play Heart of Gold by Neil Young on Guitar Author: epiphonewhiltshire Keywords: Heart of Gold Neil Young how to guitar Added: January 3, 2009
Podcast: Bests of 2008Original at flickr.com
• Tue, Dec 30
By nobody@flickr.com (quadb) The trap boys can get pretty intense at times, but the title track from their excellent September release showcases a softer side of their sound. This song is folk music at its finest, with its sublime and intelligent lyrics proving to be a welcome companion to the song's simple, yet beauti...
Podcast: New Music - The Killers, The Fireman, Neil YoungOriginal at mjsbigblog
• Sun, Dec 7
By mj Neil Young - Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968 - Recorded 40 years ago, this live acoustic recording of Neil Young on the eve of releasing his first solo album, doesn’t sound the least bit dated. Indeed, Young is one of those rare artists who manages to remain timeless and relev...
Opinion: Sacramento Single: Christopher Fairman's "Pages"Original at Sacramento Bee
• Fri, Dec 5
By rleibrock@sacbee.com (Rachel Leibrock) Inspired by his musical hero Neil Young, Sacramento's Christopher Fairman always knew he wanted to be a musician. It's like a diary of a year in my life," he says. "The songs are more personal than anything I'd done before." The painting will be the album cover for "85, 87" and the fit, he says, i...
How To: Neil young World on a stringOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Dec 4
By rss@youtube.com (ollyoscar) Some More Neil Young In my favourite tuning Dropped D Author: ollyoscar Keywords: Neil Young Acoustic Guild D25 Cover Lesson tutorial Added: December 4, 2008
Opinion: We Interview: Kathleen EdwardsOriginal at Seattlest
• Mon, Nov 17
By Jack Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter who claims her primary influences are Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. She spent some of her youth in Korea and Switzerland and she studied classical violin for twelve years. Do you have a favorite song from the new album?
Podcast: Melbourne singer-songwriter Gerard Daley releases Diff’Rent States + download MP3
Original at Band Weblogs » Albums
• Thu, Nov 6
By bandweblogs ‘Diff’Rent States’ also includes the track “The Wrongness of Righteousness”; a song which is featured on Neil Young’s online ‘Songs of the Times’ chart, as well as “Butcher’s Blocks”; a track completed in 2007 after a few musician friends recorded each of their parts in their own home st...
Neil Young Kicks Off North American Tour
Original at Spin
• Wed, Oct 15
By Eric Nowels From the start, his set became a veritable greatest hits collection. Young and crew wielded electric guitars, pounding out staples like "Hey Hey, My My," "Cortez the Killer," "Everybody Knows THis Is Nowhere," and "Cinnamon Girl" Then they shifted into a powerful acoustic portion that...
Key Tracks: TV On the Radio, Jackson Browne, Jenny LewisOriginal at Rolling Stone
• Tue, Sep 30
Finger-snapping acoustic blues that’s sharper than the knife Lewis brags about brandishing. Murder ballads never sounded so sexy. Review] Channeling Neil Young circa Harvest, these Oregon kids spin the prettiest-ever folk tribute about a giant tree-shaking bird.
Podcast: Rogue Wave cover Neil Young's "Birds"
Original at I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
• Thu, Sep 11
By noreply@blogger.com (heather) When I posted the new Rogue Wave video at the beginning of the summer, a reader posted a comment looking for Rogue Wave's cover of the 1970 Neil Young song "Birds" that they'd just covered at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Intriguing. Birds (Neil Young cover) - Rogue Wave
How To: Guitar Lesson- My My Hey Hey
Original at Sharkle's Video
• Mon, Sep 8
By Neil Hogan Continued at http://www.TotallyGuitars.com Neil Hogan teaches how to play the intro to the rock classic My My Hey Hey by Neil Young. From the 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps.
Album review: Nils Lofgren
Original at Scotsman
• Sat, Jun 14
United Kingdom - By COLIN SOMERVILLE Lofgren played with Neil Young on After The Goldrush when he was just 17 and went on to join both his group Crazy Horse and Bruce ...
Podcast: “The Last Days” of Amos LeeOriginal at Music Maven
• Sat, May 31
Last Days is produced by Don Was, and is accompanied by a star-studded musical cast including, the formidable Doyle Bramhall, Jr who plays with the great Eric Clapton on guitar, legendary keyboarder Spooner Oldham who has backed Neil Young and Aretha Franklin, bassman Pino Palladino o...
BNB: The Mail: Concert Review
Original at bad
• Sun, Mar 9
By bh NEIL MAY BE 62, BUT HE'S FOREVER YOUNG; NEIL YOUNG; HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, LONDON; Neil Young, who always was his own man, has gone the other way. In the past old bands - Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. His concerts
BNB: NY Post concert review
Original at bad
• Fri, Dec 14
By bh OLD MAN' ON FIRE band in an exquisite electric set. of "Old Man," followed by "Heart of Gold." Both were concert highlights, and While the acoustic material was pretty and clean, it was during his electric his just-released "Chrome Dreams II."
Review: Neil Young in Wallingford
Original at Hartford Courant
• Fri, Dec 7
By Hartford Courant First set (solo acoustic) 1. From Hank To Hendrix 2. Ambulance Blues 3. Sad Movies 6. Harvest 9. Love Art Blues 10. Old Man 11. Heart Of Gold Second set (full-band electric) 13. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 14. The Loner 15. Dirty Old Man 16. Spirit Road 18. Winterlong Encore 22. Cinnamon Girl
BNB: Chicago Tribune concert review
Original at bad
• Wed, Nov 14
By bh Twenty-two songs, divided into acoustic and electric sets. He dug deep, performing four unreleased songs and myriad long-buried album Harvest" memories with "Old Man." Young and his longtime drummer Ralph Molina. The Crazy Horse veteran flew the
BNB: Chicago Sun-Times concert review
Original at bad
• Wed, Nov 14
By bh 13 November 2007 NEIL YOUNG nod to a more recent concert film, last year's Jonathan Demme-directed "Heart of drummer Ralph Molina, pedal steel player Ben Keith and bassist Rick Rosas -- and mixed greatest hits ("The Loner," "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere") with
Opinion: At Northrop: the complete Neil Young - Pioneer Press
Original at Pioneer Press
• Thu, Nov 8
At Northrop: the complete Neil Young BY ROB HUBBARD Which Neil Young do you like better? The reflective and frequently melancholy guitar-strumming, harmonica-blowing folkie? ... Concert review: Guitar god Neil Young stretches out on both the ... Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
Podcast: Don't mean to push, but I'm being shoved :: Twelve years of live Pearl Jam
Original at I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
• Sun, Nov 4
By heather So it's not like I light a candle or get a tear in my eye, but I do always smile when I write the date on November 4th because the dork in my brain will always remember that as the first time I saw Pearl Jam live in concert. photo credit] I know. In other Pearl Jam news -- PREORDER: PEARL JAM VS. AMES BROS
BNB: Variety LA concert review
Original at bad
• Thu, Nov 1
By bh Neil Young Band: Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Pegi Young, Eric Nokia -- the acoustic one opened with "Hank to Hendrix" and the electric guitar solos. 77, included songs that would show up on "Rust Never Sleeps" and versions Young album ever. Old Man").
Podcast: Blogosphere Beats: The Muso's SA Blogosphere Colab
Original at Isolation
• Wed, Oct 3
By Lloyd The connection between Sonic Youth and Young are well documented, it was the Youth who helped to revive Young’s career in the late eighties and early nineties when they were touring buddies, by introducing him to new audiences as ‘the Godfather of Grunge’ during the Ragged Glory era. This...
BNB: graham nash box set
Original at bad
• Mon, Oct 1
By bh Crosby, me with Neil (Young), me with Stephen (Stills) and Neil, and me with Stephen, Neil and David." Among the material included in the box set will be unreleased tracks, as well as Australia with Stephen (for a Crosby, Stills and Nash tour), and then after Reuters/Billboard
Ahmet Ertegun Memorialized in New York CityOriginal at Rolling Stone
• Wed, Apr 18
By Brian Hiatt Towards the end of Tuesday night’s star-packed tribute to late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, Neil Young spoke for his fellow artists: “Ahmet was our man,” he said, after singing “Helplessly Hoping” with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. “I just hope that today...
Music Review: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Live At The Fillmore East March 6 & 7, 1970 (Neil Young Archives - Performance Series)
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Nov 17
By Glen Boyd But this set is noteworthy for yet another reason. Live At The Fillmore East 1970 in fact, represents the first available live recording of the original Crazy Horse, when Neil was sharing guitar and vocals with the late Danny Whitten. The subject of several latter Neil Young songs such as "T...
Music News: Two New Neil Young Releases Expected In Stores Before Christmas
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Oct 19
By Glen Boyd Neil Young, fresh off a summer long concert tour with bandmates Crosby, Stills and Nash, and his annual appearance with Willie Nelson at this year's Farm Aid, will have two new CD releases in record stores in time for the Christmas season.
Toby Barlow: Farm Aid Reaches Legal Age
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Oct 1
By Toby Barlow When I mentioned I was going to check out the Farm Aid show down in Camden, a friend said "Farm Aid? Wasn't that in the eighties?" Granted, this is a friend who still worships Madonna, but yes, it was 1985 when Willie Nelson first kicked off Farm Aid with Neil Young and John then-still-the-Co...