Neil Young in Concert, 1971
Sit back and enjoy the above with this report from my hometown paper, which I used to deliver, about the Canadian singer, "who returns to Shea's Performing Arts Center for a performance Wednesday" — Crazy about Neil: Young's fans share top memories. I saw him perform, at least three times I remember, in the '80s just south of the border. Obviously, from the songs in the videos above, my favorite albums of his are After the Gold Rush and Harvest.
Labels: Folk Music, Her Majesty's Dominion of Canada, Popular Music, The City of Good Neighbors
9 Comments:
God bless Neil Young.
You are the man when it comes to music on Korea blogs!
Did you know he and Rick James were in a band together while James was draft dodging in Canada?
Anonymous, Amen.
DC, thanks. Baroque will always be the mainstay here, but I like to spice things up with Jazz, Bluegrass, Folk, and even Hardcore Punk when appropriate.
Procopius, no way! Are there any recordings? Rick James lived a couple of miles away from me and his daughter went to my high school. She was gorgeous.
DC, I forgot to mention that music was one of the primary Confucian concerns.
Rick James and Neil Young's band was called the Mynah Birds and they played R&B covers in the 60's.
Oh to live on Sugar Mountain!
There are some good fan videos of him covering The Beatles' "A Day In The Life", that are pretty fun. I like the "then" and "now" Massey Hall performances that you can sometimes find on YT, too. Not the cuddliest rock star ever to tread the boards, no, but I couldn't imagine my inner furniture without him, rock-wise.
walt, thanks for the info. "Oh to live on Sugar Mountain," indeed! With a Cinnamon Girl!
Inspector, didn't he use "A Day In The Life" (with Jawas) to open on his "Rust Never Sleeps" tour? I have the DVD behind me and can verify that myself. Anyway, it's one of my favorite Beatles songs. Here are some vids you mention:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=neil+young+day+in+the+life
Joshua, it's interesting that the other day's post about how so many pop songs are based around 3 or 4 chords at the most and how cliched it can become. Then there are guys like Neil Young, the Beatles, John Prine, Johnny Cash etc. that can really write something moving with just 3 or 4 chords. Something like this...
http://video.libero.it/app/play?id=84c1bc1d1be92e3356c16e4cf3ebe02e
God bless Neil Young and God bless Iris Dement.
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