CNN Neil Young YouTube Interview on YouTube

A CNN piece on Neil Young and his then upcoming CD with Crazy Horse, Ragged Glory (1990) on YouTube.

Thanks Andrew!

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Kim Richey and The Long Players cover Neil Young's "Helpless" on YouTube

Kim Richey and The Long Players cover Neil Young's "Helpless" at The Mercury Lounge, Nashville, TN on September 24, 2010 for the Nashville Cares benefit on YouTube.

The Long Players are:
Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd) - Guitar •
Steve Allen (20/20) - Guitar •
Steve Ebe (Human Radio) - Drums •
John Deaderick (Patty Griffin) - Keyboards •
with Tim Marks (Taylor Swift) - Bass •
Jim Hoke (Aquavelvet) - Harmonica, Steel •
Dave Harrison (Edwin McCain) - Percussion •
Trisha Brantley - Vocals •
Lisa Oliver-Gray - Vocals •

Also, see The Long Players perform CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG's "Deja Vu".

Thanks Art!

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Bob Mould w/ Peter Buck Covers "Cinnamon Girl" on YouTube

Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould with REM's Peter Buck covers Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" in Athens, Ga., on July 25, 1990on YouTube.

Second half of the video features Mould and his band on Cheap Trick’s “Surrender.”

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Review: "Neil Young looks back down that long road"

A rather extensive review of Le Noise from NewsTime by Mervyn Dendy, "Neil Young looks back down that long road".

The review has a nice survey of Neil's career, recognition of his contributions to music history and definitely recommended. Here are just a few sample quotes from Dendy's review:

• Neil Young is one of rock music’s greatest troubadours.
• His catalogue is now so large that it rivals even that of Bob Dylan, and he is second only to Dylan as a singer-songwriter of literary excellence and philosophical depth.
• More than any other artiste in all of rock (even Dylan), Neil Young is the one most likely to come up at any time with yet another towering masterpiece; he can never be ignored or written off.
• Every track on Le Noise is arresting, from the bracing opening chord of “Walk With Me” that calls to mind the start of the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night”, to the apocalyptic fading tape loop of electronic noise at the end of “Rumblin’”, with which the album signs off.
• Thematically, Le Noise is mainly an autobiographical album in which an older and wiser man looks back down the long and eventful road along which he has traveled.

More on NewsTime by Mervyn Dendy, "Neil Young looks back down that long road".

Also, see more on Neil Young's "Le Noise".

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▶ Smoke Fairies Cover Neil Young's 'Alabama'

Smoke Fairies

Smoke Fairies' cover of Neil Young's 'Alabama' for this month's Mojo magazine.

To commemorate their UK tour they are including the song on a tour-exclusive 7-inch alongside the radio-edit version of new single Strange Moon Rising.

A very limited edition of the record have been pressed on white vinyl. Initially only available on tour dates any stocks left will be added to the band's web-shop next month. The 7" will also slip inside the outer sleeve of the ‘Strange Moon Rising’ 7" single alongside the other record released 24th January.

Smoke Fairies - 'Alabama' by user23896

More on Neil Young's song 'Alabama', which some folks thought Lynyrd Skynyrd misunderstood.


Mojo Magazine - February 2011

Neil Young on the cover of this month's Mojo Magazine (February 2011).

A 25-page tribute of stars (Paul McCartney, David Crosby, Metallica, MGMT, Rush etc) choose their favorite Neil Young compositions, Phil Sutcliffe tells the story of Harvest, Nils Lofgren explains how to play with Shakey, while the Neil tells Sylvie Simmons about the ancient mystic art of songwriting.

Includes free CD "HARVEST REVISITED", Neil Young’s classic album re-recorded exclusively for MOJO by Villagers, Phosphorescent, Doug Paisley, Smoke Fairies, Neville Skelly, Chip Taylor, Jane Weaver, Kelley Stoltz, Sam Amidon and Danny And The Champions Of The World.

Order Mojo on Amazon.com.

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Harvest Live @ The Cobblestone, Dublin on 29 Jan 2011

Harvest, a tribute band to Neil Young, will be playing at The Cobblestone, Dublin on Saturday, January 29.

Harvest are: Dara Mulhern (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica), Sean O'Leary (lead guitar, backing vocals), Peter White (bass guitar) and Conor Mc Cluskey (drums).

More at The Cobblestone, Dublin and Facebook | Harvest.

Also, see Bands Covering Neil Young songs.

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Rare Photo: Neil Young - Hammersmith Odeon, March 1976

Neil Young - Hammersmith Odeon, March 1976
Photo by Tony Fahy

Well, here's an interesting little story behind the photo of the nearly revolutionary "Like a Hurricane" video.

"Like a Hurricane" was written by Neil Young in July 1975 with friend and La Honda neighbor Taylor Phelps in the back of his car, when he was unable to sing due to an operation on his vocal cords. The song was first released on the album American Stars 'N Bars in 1977. Driven by Young's trademark fierce guitars, the song has been a concert staple over the years.

There are a number of factors which make the film extraordinary. Besides the near 10 minute length, the film/video is a single take performance filmed during a 4 night run at London's Hammersmith Odeon March 1976. This is not a lip synch performance as is now standard. Also, this was in the pre-MTV age when performance videos were virtually unheard of marketing tools. Then, of course, there was "The Fan" -- which brings us to the story behind the photo.

We recently posted the "Like a Hurricane" video on our Facebook wall where -- somewhat unexpectedly -- it had one of the largest reactions of any of our FB posts in terms of impressions and feedback. Unexpected in that this video has been floating around for over 30 years and it would seem that any interested Neil fan would've seen a few dozen times or so by now.

What follows are memories from Tony Fahy who was at all 4 of the Hammersmith gigs. Here are Tony's memories as FB blogged:

Tony Fahy: I was at this gig in Hammersmith. All four in fact! 3 on the last three days of March and the fourth on the 1st April 1976. Best set of gigs I was ever at.

It's amazing to find this, just posted!

Sebastien R.: Where the fuck is that wind coming from?

Tony Fahy: Sebastian, there was a huge fan to the side of the stage, that Neil would just lean into when he played lead. He actually balanced against this 'hurricane\'. If the fan had been turned off, he would have fallen on his face! The fan was about 5 feet in circumference...if my memory isn't fooling me. I took a pic, which is still the best I've ever seen of Neil leaning in...

Thrasher's Wheat ‎@Tony - you gotta find that photo! Very cool that you were at all 4 gigs. You must tell us more.

Tony Fahy:I have the photo, but I've always resisted putting it out there. Let me think about it...I wasn't the only one there the four nights. There was another guy who was there the first three nights he shouted out for Neil to sing: "I am a child'. Finally on the last night a very loud 'I AM A CHILD' was heard all over the theatre....Neil said dryily into the michrophone: "Me too man!".

In those days, there were no bouncers and immediately after the last gig, I waited till the crowd had gone...climbed up on the stage only to run straight into Neil! Had a long chat with him and somehow had the nerve to ask him why he had never played Ireland. He said to me that they had considered it back in Hamburg, but because of what they were reading in the paper about what was going on in Ireland, that they wouldn't play there!

I said to him: (wherever I got the nerve from): 'Neil, you should listen to your own songs more!'...' I guess you're right at that' he said. The next European tour, he did play Ireland. I often wondered if I'd played a part!

Thanks Tony for sharing the great memories! Very cool that you saw 4 consecutive shows in 1976.


Neil Young - "Like a Hurricane": Hammersmith Odeon March 1976

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MTV interview with Neil Young by Kurt Loder in 1990 on YouTube

Folks seemed to have enjoyed the recent blast from the past MTV interview with Neil Young, so we bring you another installment from the video vaults.

Here's a MTV interview with Kurt Loder from 1990 in "one of the most revealing interviews you will ever see from Neil Young, fresh off his epic Ragged Glory album."

YouTube - Neil Young - MTV interview with Kurt Loder - 1990, Part 2

YouTube - Neil Young - MTV interview with Kurt Loder - 1990, Part 3

Thanks RustedTelevision! Good stuff. namaste


MTV credits for "Last Words"

and remember, neil ain't nobody's personal jesus....

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