Bridge School Benefit Concerts - 2006

See 2007 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Updates.


Dave Matthews Band & Neil Young at Bridge 2006 Concert
photo by Craig Abaya

UPDATE: 10/23
Setlists via Sugar Mountain:
10-21-2006
Neil Young w/ Pegi: Flags Of Freedom / Long May You Run / Comes A Time w/ Pegi// Country Girl w/David Rawlings and Gillian Welch // Good Vibrations w/ Brian Wilson // Throw Your Hatred Down w/ Pearl Jam // Cortez The Killer w/ Dave Matthews Band // Neil Young w/ The Prairie Wind Band: Field Of Opportunity / Homegrown / After The Garden / Goin' Back/ Four Strong Winds / Harvest Moon / Human Highway // Encore - All Rockin' In The Free World

10-22-2006
Neil Young: Ambulance Blues w/ Bert Jansch/ Long May You Run / Comes A Time w/ Pegi// Country Girl w/David Rawlings and Gillian Welch // Military Madness w/ Death Cab For Cutie // Good Vibrations / Barbara Ann w/ Brian Wilson // Throw Your Hatred Down w/ Pearl Jam // Down By The River w/ Dave Matthews Band // Neil Young w/ The Prairie Wind Band: After The Garden / Goin' Back / Harvest Moon / Old Man / One Of These Days // Encore - All: Rockin' In The Free World

All Artists Setlists - both days


Gillian Welch, David Rawlins & Neil Young
photo by Craig Abaya


Eddie Vedder & Neil Young
photo by Craig Abaya






Photos:
- The Bridge School - Concert Stills 2006 - 20th Anniversary

- Bridge School Benefit 2006: Getty Images

Reviews:
- San Francisco Chronicle: Young sings to family of 20,000 at 20th Bridge School concert:

"The Bridge concerts, among many others things, have served to humanize Young and bring out the family side of his life into the public eye. With their son at the bottom of all this and his wife's tireless dedication to creating and building this pioneering school, Young has drawn back the curtain at these Bridge shows on a private life he has otherwise not been disposed to reveal."

- ContraCostaTimes.com | Neil Young a fitting highlight to 20th Bridge School concert
- Neil Young rocks with Pearl Jam, Wilson, Matthews - Yahoo! News
- MercuryNews.com | Bridge School Benefit concert: Familiar feel, spirited collaborations


Pegi & Neil Young at Bridge 2006 Concert
photo by Craig Abaya

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Pegi & Neil Young at Bridge 2005 Concert
photo by Craig Abaya

This weekend is the 20th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert.

The concerts are scheduled for Saturday, October 21st at 4 pm and Sunday, October 22nd at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California.

Featured artists scheduled to include:

Pearl Jam

Dave Matthews Band

Brian Wilson

Foo Fighters

Trent Reznor

Death Cab for Cutie

Gillian Welch

Devendra Banhart

Neil Young

Updates on the 2006 International Rust Fest



And for all of you IRF campers, here's the recipe for Honey Slides.


Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bridge 2005 Concert
photo by Craig Abaya

More on last year's Bridge School Benefit Concert 2005

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Jeff Tweedy - Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest

Longtime readers of Thrasher's Wheat know that one of my favorite bands is Wilco. So needless to say when I heard about Jeff Tweedy's upcoming Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest I went and out and did a pre-order. The DVD is scheduled for release on October 24.

The concert DVD features performances and conversations recorded over five nights on his February 2006 solo acoustic tour.

Track listing, venues and pre-order information.

Hear Wilco perform a full concert, archived webcast from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club from Thursday, Oct. 19 on NPR. Also, view clip of "The Thanks I Get".

More on Wilco, Jeff Tweedy and Neil Young.

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Songs Of The Times: Where Do We Go From Here?

An interesting letter on Neil's LIVING WITH WAR TODAY webpage regarding the Songs Of The Times submissions. The question is: where do we go from here?

From song contributor Kenton R. Adler:

"It's great that so many of us submitted songs, and there are some really great submissions among them. Not only did I contribute mine, but I have I listened to a bunch of the others, and I have also written to a number of the artists who contributed to congratulate them on their efforts. But, where do we go from here? You've obviously generated a kind of grass roots head of steam here, and people are speaking out. Artists are voicing the collective conscience as we should. But how do we spread it to the next level and keep the snowball moving?"

So where do we go from here?

It would seem that at the very least we should support the artists as best we can by listening to their music first and spreading it second. Where available, support the artists by purchasing downloads or CDs. Or attend their local concerts. Emailing links to the songs is also an effective grass roots networking tool.

Other ideas on where "Songs Of The Times" goes from here?

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The Raw War: New "Living With War-Raw" Release

Neil Young's "Living With War-Raw" Scheduled for Release via Digital Download on November 7th, Election Day

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Joni Mitchell and CSNY "Helpless" on YouTube

Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Young with Joni Mitchell in 1974 perform "Helpless".

More on Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

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Neil Young: An Enemy Of George Bush. An Enemy Of God.

Sometimes we come across some really bizarre stuff. But this one is off the charts and makes a lot of the usual Neil-bashing seem pretty tame.

From Shelley The Republican posting on "Neil Young: An Enemy Of George Bush. An Enemy Of God" that has so many errors it's hard to know where to start? For example:

"He likes to call himself the Godfather of Grunge. I have heard that this name is a reference to a sick sex-act during which his fellow Canadians and caffeine-crazies from Seattle cover themselves in a disgusting gloop (the “grunge”) and embark on unspeakable rites and crypto-pagano-sex rituals."

Hmmm, never heard that before about grunge?

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Bruce Springsteen & Neil Young on "All Along The Watchtower" on YouTube

Here's a YouTube video from the 2004 's Vote For Change concert in St. Paul, MN of Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young performing "All Along The Watchtower".



Also, see more on Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young musical collaborations over the years.

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Comment of the Moment: The Archives - Live at the Fillmore East

Lots of discussion on the forthcoming Neil Young Archives: Live at the Fillmore East. Here is a recent comment on the contretemps:

"I don't know if I can tolerate all this disagreement on the streets of Miami...We've begged Neil to release some of the treasures from his vaults, and now that he's finally taking the plunge, everyone starts bitching about the missing acoustic part. And really now, how many off key versions of Cinnamon Girl do you want to hear? This stuff has been bootlegged adnauseum, and I for one am damn sick of 128 kbps mp3 downloads of unmixed hissy 3rd generation soundboard copies! This is for real! Neil has made it clear that he is releasing the acoustic concert from the Riverboat, I'm sure there are some better acoustic versions of his Buffalo Springfield and 1st album material on this(hope it's next in the releases). Remember now Rusties, you've been ripping this material off for years now. Give the man a break! I'll be the first to buy this! Certainly looking forward to Danny singing on key with Neil after the truly dissonant Cinncinati Music Hall vinyl I've owned since the mid 1970's. This morning, I noticed a prerelease copy of this on ebay from a UK seller, so this could just be the beginning of a steady steam of archival material. Come on Folks, Don't Spook the Horse!"

More background and comments on The Archives.

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