
Dave Matthews and Neil Young
Covering Hank Williams’ “Alone and Forsaken”
Hope For Haiti Telethon
Screen Grab by Patricia
The Dave Matthews Band and Neil Young have performed together a number of times together over the years. Matthews is a fellow Farm Aid concert organizer along with Neil, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. Dave Matthews has also supported the Bridge School Benefit Concerts on several occasions.

Farm Aid 2010 in Milwaukee, WI
Photo Gallery by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Farm Aid Press Conference
Photo Gallery by photographer Mary Francis Andrews
(via Linda @ www.stillisstillmoving.com)
Dave Matthews Band played Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My" on June 4, 2008 as the first encore at Camden, N.J. It was the first performance of the song by Dave Matthews Band who have previously covered Young's "Cortez the Killer" and "Down by the River."

"The Needle and The Damage Done"
Dave Matthews
MusiCares Honors Neil Young As Person Of The Year
Neil Young joined the Dave Matthews Band concert at the Vote for Change Concert Tour on October 3, 2004 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, MI. Dave Matthews introduced Young by saying 'a good friend of ours,' before launching into a 15 minute electric performance of Bob Dylan's 'All Along the Watchtower.'
Dave Matthews Band with Warren Haynes cover "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young Live at Central Park, New York City in 2003
In what is probably one of the greatest videos of a "Cortez the Killer" cover with a 10 minute plus killer jam.

Dave Matthews Band & Neil Young at Bridge 2006 Concert
Photo by Craig Abaya
Neil Young, Dave Matthews & Woody Harrelson at 2000 Bridge School Benefit Concert
Photo by Clay Butler
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