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Music DVD Review: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live - Blogcritics.org
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• Wed, Dec 2
Music DVD Review: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live Blogcritics.org (blog) Where was Neil Young when Buffalo Springfield got inducted? Even more curious, when Crosby, Stills & Nash and Tom Petty sing "For What It's Worth," why do ...
Comment of the Moment: FLASHBACK - Concert Review of Neil Young, Williamsburg, October 7, 1978
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• 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
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• 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...
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Original at The World Wide Glen
• Mon, Jun 8
By Glen Boyd(noreply@blogger.com) Neil Young - Don't Be Denied (which begins airing on PBS stations on June 10 -- check local listings) traces the often idiosyncratic but always iconic career path of the rock legend. It begins with his roots in Winnipeg, Canada, and continues through his stints with Buffalo Springfield, C...
CD REVIEW: Neil Young's winding road
Original at The Weekender
• Tue, May 12
PA His latest twist, “Fork In The Road,” is a return to the guitar-driven rock that reflects past efforts like “Rust Never Sleeps” and “Freedom.” The material isn't quite up to the high standards of his earlier work, but it's definitely some of the most ... Neil Young: Fork in the Road KUAR
Potato Hole Review
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• Mon, May 11
By Thrasher(thrasher@thrasherswheat.org) Here's a review of the new Booker T. CD Potato Hole with Drive by Truckers and Neil Young from Jambands.com by Brian Robbins:Well, I certainly hope Booker T. Jones is happy. Does the man realize how many speeding tickets are going to be doled out this summer to people who innocently pop his new Po...
Music review: Fork in the Road by Neil Young
Original at University Daily Kansan
• Wed, Apr 29
At age 64, Canadian rock legend Neil Young has definitely still got it. His latest release, Fork in the Road, is a concept album about the energy crisis and the need for fuel-efficient cars. The idea sounds a little strange, but in reality, ... Fork in the Road' - Neil Young The Ledger
Opinion: Neil Young Ages Well on “Fork in the Road”
Original at New University Online
• Mon, Apr 13
You can listen to the entire album on Neil Young’s MySpace but he’d probably try to talk you out of doing so; he might even grimace if you download “Fork in the Road” on iTunes. Presuming you can cough up the bucks, so to speak, you can buy the album ...
Album review: 'Fork in the Road,' by Neil Young
Original at Utica Observer Dispatch
• Fri, Apr 10
Above, Neil Young's 'Fork in the Road,' a tribute (of sorts) to the 1959 Lincoln Continental he turned into a hybrid. By Patrick Varine Neil Young's electric work has earned him a permanent place in music as the Great Ragged Guitar Player. ...
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...
Opinion: Neil Young: “There’ll Never Be Another Crazy Horse”
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Dec 4
By Andy Greene Will you tour again with Crazy Horse? Maybe. • Neil Young Opens the Vaults • Cover Story: Neil Young, The Open Man • The Rolling Stone Interview: Neil Young • Neil Young: The Last American Hero • Cover Story: Cameron Crowe on Neil Young
Opinion: BNB: Sunday NY Times on Neil
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• Sun, Jul 20
By bh Morphing Neil Young For the Stage and Page 20 July 2008 The New York Times MY, my, hey, hey, Neil Young's ''Greendale'' is here to stay. the ''Greendale'' songs at a solo acoustic concert that was released on DVD. family sagas, ''Greendale'' fit.
Opinion: BNB: has neil miscalculated his fan base?
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• Thu, May 15
By bh Neil Young is making a massive mistake by limiting his forthcoming Archive collection to Blu-Ray. It wasn't for Sun Microsystems though. The technology company is having a bad year. A little Neil Young driven publicity didn't hurt that stock this week at all. Neil, this stocks for you!
Opinion: BNB: The Express: Interview with Pegi
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• Mon, Mar 17
By bh A HEART OF GOLD My extraordinary life, by Mrs Neil Young event. Paul Simon, Tom Petty and Pearl Jam are just some of the artists to have him." Mitchell, Joan Baez and Bonnie Raitt. Oh, and Neil Young. but never really as a singer/songwriter. And they're all world-class musicians."
BNB: This is London: concert review
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• Sun, Mar 16
By bh Shambling bear-like around the stage, warming up his harmonica, barely uttering a word, Young still cuts a fascinatingly outsider-ish figure. It's a position that allowed him to bypass the coked-up pomposity of his former cohorts, Crosby, Stills and Nash; that earned him the respect o...
BNB: The Mail: Concert Review
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• 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
Opinion: BNB: LAH
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• Wed, Mar 5
By bh Neil Young always makes it into my stack of CDs designated for long car rides. There's something about the momentum of his songs, especially the ones performed with Crazy Horse, that fits my motoring mood. Maybe it can be credited to Young's known love of automobiles that make his songs road...
Opinion: Europe Tour Highlights
Original at NeilYoungNews (Feedburner)
• Fri, Feb 22
By Thrasher Looking for Tickets in Paris Lots of highlights coming out of the Euro tour. Here are a few faves. Great Paris review on Neil Young Noticias: En Febrero, Neil Young y la Playa están en París (1ª parte) · En la playa de Neil and Translated English version. One of Neil's most loved songs, HARVEST, l...
Opinion: BNB: live at the fillmore article
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• Wed, Feb 6
By bh Billed as the second volume of the "Performance Series" -- clearly, the numbers are assigned chronologically in order of recording, not release -- Live at the Fillmore East is not dissimilar to the subsequent entries in Dylan's bootleg series: it focuses on a specific, significant tou...
Opinion: BNB: The Observer article
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• Sat, Dec 15
By bh passion injected into past glories: Neil Young United Palace Theatre, New York JOHN DUNCAN his own biggest ghost, Danny Whitten, the guitarist he lost to a heroin overdose sounded almost naked and apologetic. The dirgy 'Journey Through the Past' was
Opinion: BNB: they did it for neil
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• Thu, Dec 13
By bh for sold- out Neil Young concert 12 December 2007 Boston Herald The Orpheum Theatre is known as a rock 'n' roll venue and the site of at the 155-year-old venue, emerging the next night in time to catch Neil Young's sold- out concert. overnight." incident. "It's very rock n' roll."
BNB: The Hartford Courant concert review
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• Mon, Dec 10
By bh NEIL YOUNG'S ARTISTRY ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC by a somber take on "Heart of Gold." album "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," before turning to songs from his on "Oh, Lonesome Me," with piano tracing Young's acoustic guitar part and subtle
BNB: Rolling Stone mag Chicago bootleg review
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• Wed, Dec 5
By bh The Rolling Stone with Led Zepellin on the cover: Neil Young Chicago Theater, November 13th, 2007 Bootleg seventies gems, with a sprinkling of hits like "Heart of Gold" and "Cinnamon Girl" to stop the crowd from revolting. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" with Crazy Horse
BNB: Worcester Telegram & Gazette concert review
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• Wed, Dec 5
By bh Harvest," "A Man Needs a Maid" and "Heart of Gold," all from the the never-released first volume of "Chrome Dreams" for the aching piano ballad album). and his electric band. Chrome Dreams II" provided the backbone of the electric set. The hypnotic
BNB: The Patriot Ledger concert review
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• Tue, Dec 4
By bh gt;From the first pounding notes of ‘‘The Loner’’ it was evident the band segment would be a keeper. Backed by Rick Rosas on bass, Ben Keith on guitars and pedal steel and Crazy Horse stalwart Ralph Molina on drums -- Young took no prisoners.
BNB: Boston Globe concert review
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• Tue, Dec 4
By bh Neil Young shows two of his best sides up in two flavors: contemplative acoustic Neil and familiar ebb and flow of "Heart of Gold" to the dreamy scenes of "After older material "Chrome Dreams II"; "Cinnamon Girl"; and "Cortez the Killer."
BNB: Boston Herald concert review
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• Mon, Dec 3
By bh NEIL YOUNG, with PEGI YOUNG his electric set. Young began with skeletal, acoustic guitar versions of "From Hank To Hendrix," feedback, Young's guitar powered "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," "Cinnamon electric Young has. But "Dirty Old Man," from new Neil disc "Chrome Dreams II,"
BNB: Buffalo concert review
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• Sun, Dec 2
By bh Neil Young is on fire as ever Horse record "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," made an easy transition to its Molina and Ben Keith, as well as his wife, Pegi Young. Dirty Old Man" sounded like something straight off of "Mirror Ball," Young's
BNB: Globe and Mail Massey Hall concert review
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• Tue, Nov 27
By bh REVIEW: NEIL YOUNG IN CONCERT AT MASSEY HALL 36 YEARS LATER Hall last night, as Neil Young toasted his own recent Live From Massey Hall 1971 album, and his Chrome Dreams II disc of new songs, in the first of three recorded Chrome Dreams II, a thematic album that explores issues of faith,
BNB: Toronto Star cMassey Hall concert review
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• Tue, Nov 27
By bh 27 November 2007 The Toronto Star Last night Neil Young returned to Toronto, his birthplace, and, more Old Man," "A Man Needs A Maid," "From Hank To Hendrix," "Cowgirl In The Sand," drummer Ralph Molina - a musical colleague from the Crazy Horse Days in the
BNB: Massey Hall concert review
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• Tue, Nov 27
By bh Neil Young digs out favourites for acoustic, electric sets at historic Massey The Canadian Press Chrome Dreams II''. pedal steel and guitar; Ralph Molina on drums; Rick Rosas on bass and wife Pegi acoustic night was released earlier this year.
BNB: Washington Post concert review
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• Sat, Nov 17
By bh The fans had come to hear Neil Young sing Neil Young songs. He had upset a in the upper bowl screamed for "Old Man" during the opening, solo acoustic by a band (led by longtime drummer Ralph Molina) and plugged in Old Black, his vintage Les Paul. During the electric portion, the title of each son...
BNB: Star-Tribune concert review
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• Thu, Nov 15
By bh Guitar god Neil Young stretches out on both the acoustic and the electric; 9 November 2007 year on his "Livin' with War" album and his tour with Crosby, Stills, Nash & three former colleagues - drummer Ralph Molina (Crazy Horse), bassist Rich Rosas
BNB: Chicago Tribune concert review
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• 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
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• 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)
BNB: Rocky Mtn News concert review (Denver, night 1)
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• Wed, Nov 7
By bh Leave it to Neil Young. Here he has a new album, Chrome Dreams II, that's one of who cheer at the first notes of the unreleased 1974-era Love Art Blues. And with a super-rare unreleased Sad Movies). In the acoustic set, the most recent Neil Young
BNB: Variety LA concert review
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• 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").
BNB: LA Times concert review
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• Thu, Nov 1
By bh 1 November 2007 christening of the new downtown Nokia Theatre on Saturday, Bruce Springsteen hushed, reverential tones that typified the acoustic set. Keith, bassist Rick Rosas and Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina to let his inner full-fledged Crazy Horse shows.)
BNB: Reuters LA concert review
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• Thu, Nov 1
By bh Neil Young rocking in a postmodern world 1 November 2007 Neil Young (Tues. (30), Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles) The times, they are a-changin' -- even if Neil Young hasn't. crunchy rhythm and blues jangle carrying "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,"
BNB: Calling all geeks: CDII review
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• Thu, Nov 1
By bh 1 November 2007 NEIL YOUNG -- CHROME DREAMS II (WARNER) American dream, but Young's scorching guitar solos -- there's one after each of shortly embark on a mutual love affair with Sonic Youth and the grunge is plodding, and the horn section is a wasteful distraction. No wonder he kept
BNB: Portland concert review
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• Mon, Oct 29
By bh pantheon of rock 'n' roll. behind Bob Dylan. on innovative groups such as Pearl Jam and Nirvana. Acoustic set is highlight number, "From Hank to Hendrix," off the 1992 album, "Harvest Moon." 5. "Southern Man" (1970): A bristling critique of racism, "Southern Man" led to Decade."
BNB: Seattle Times concert review
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• Wed, Oct 24
By bh Neil Young thrills with opening acoustic set acoustics were fine. The set was low-key, with Young going from guitar to piano self-titled solo album. Fans probably hoped husband Neil Young would join her at Neil Young's acoustic set followed, and after another intermission, electric
BNB: Young/Sprinsteen joint Observer review
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• Mon, Oct 15
By bh American way: 1. NEIL YOUNG: Chrome Dreams II (Warners) pounds 12.99: 5/5: 2. 14 October 2007 Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, the twin peaks of American rock'n'roll, have reassembled old friends like Crazy Horse drummer Ralph Molina and steel
BNB: Farm aid Review "Just Sing Neil!"
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• Mon, Sep 10
By Autoroute After 22 years, the annual Farm Aid benefit concert finally made its way just sing, Neil." him on vocals and acoustic guitar) and smile. Human Highway" and "Four Strong Winds." Nelson and his longtime This is Nowhere" and "Heart of Gold."
Opinion: Finding a Neil Diamond in the rough
Original at Tallahassee.com
• Thu, Sep 6
By Mark Hinson I've always had a love/hate relationship with Neil Diamond, aka The Jewish Elvis. For every great song like "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" he's horked up a hairball like the E.T.-inspired "Heartlight." He was cool enough to be invited onstage with Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Bob D...
Music Review: Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Mar 22
By Mark Saleski There are a pile more of these anecdotes, from the timeless Rust Never Sleeps (nestled between memories of learning how to drive a stick shift in my sister's Volkswagen and the horror of a family member's alcoholism) to my friend Steve doing a hilarious Neil Young-meets-Johnny Mathis ve...
Music Review: Neil Young Archives Series: Live at Massey Hall
Original at Blogcritics
• Sat, Mar 17
By Glen Boyd The story here is Neil did an acoustic show at Massey Hall in Toronto in 1970, debuting much of the material that would eventually show up on Harvest. The set that night was so good that Neil's producer implored him to put out this concert, rather than the album which eventually became Harves...
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...