Neil Young 2015 Year in Review: The Year of The REAL
Stephen Stills & Neil Young
Light Up The Blues Benefit Concert
Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA on 2015-04-25.
Photo by Jeff Allen
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Photo by David Parias
Reflections on Red Rocks: Neil Young + Promise of the Real, July 8 & 9, 2015
Photo by thrashette
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Staggering 3 hour, 15 minute Concert in Camden, NJ - July 16, 2015
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY - July 21, 2015
Photo by Hounds That Howell
"L.A." in concert in Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 14, 2015
("L.A." first performance since 1973-04-01, Sacramento)
Farm Aid 2015 (30th Annual) in Chicago
Photo by Brooklyn Vegan
Neil Young Donates $100,000 to Blue Dot Environmental Campaign
JUNG NEIL: Love and Only Love from the Baghavad Gita (It’s All One Song)
Tim Drummond: 1940 – 2015 (Center rear)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - London, Sept. 14, 1974
Photo by Joel Bernstein
Dallas Taylor: 1948 - 2015
Dallas Taylor, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Bruce Palmer, Neil Young, Graham Nash
Shady Oak Drive in Studio City.
Photo Henry Diltz, 1969
Rusties Ascend to Shoreline for International Rust Fest Bridge Concerts
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend
Neil, Pegi & Ben say "Good Night. Thanks for coming. We love you all."
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend
For those of you who have made the annual pilgrimage to the Bridge School Benefit Concerts, you know that it can be a life altering and transcendental experience.
Rusties Hanging Out with Lukas & Micah Nelson After Bridge Concerts
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend
Photo by Hounds That Howell
Unlike some of those years of Neil Young past -- 2015 was one of the most surprising years of all. 2015 was the year it all got REAL. We mean really REAL.
The man's productivity, resilience and sheer drive continues to be both amazing and inspiring.
We began 2015 with our sense of dread as the looming "Big Shift" rolled on, yet here we all are -- both irrevocably changed -- and yet still much the same as we ever were.
2015 had many amazing highlights as noted above for both Neil Young and Thrasher's Wheat.
Once again, we ponder that age old question: Is Neil burning out or fading away? We argue that he is neither. Neil Young is the quintessential survivor.
We had our moments here on TW in 2015. Like:
- Yes, There's Corruption on THE HIGHEST FLOOR: Yet More Inconvenient Truth in Greendale
- "Flags of Freedom" For Memorial Day: A Neil Young Idea
- Science, GMO's and Our Futures: Why We Need To Heed The Coming of Neil Young's The Monsanto Years
- "Got A Man of The People Says Keep Hope Alive": Neil Young’s "Rockin' In The Free World"
- Americana and The American Dream - This Land Is Our Land, This Land Is Your Land or Who's Really Going To Stand Up?
- The Inconvenient Truth of Neil Young Rolls On
But a friend told us that we hit a bad chord with our posting Fear Not! We'll Always Have Paris. Forever. . Maybe so... When we blog about love and war, we don't really know what we're saying...
So we must be doing something right here at TW. Afterall, Facebook suspended our account on the eve of the Rebel Content tour. Surely a coincidence...
Nonetheless, we celebrate the music, achievements and all the good folks at Shakey Pictures. Onwards to 2016!
As for us? Well, Thrasher's Wheat will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2016. So stay tuned for some hopefully exciting announcements in the months ahead as we celebrate our remarkable little milestone as the longest running music blog on the internet. So we'll see you down the road in 2016.
because it's not about me.
and it's not about you.
it's all about about us.
you & me.
peace & love,
thrasher & thrashette
ps - For all of you who help us wage heavy wheat and made contributions of support recently, thank you notes have been going out and we hope to get them all completed by the end of the year. Apologies on delay and we truly appreciate your support.
It means that much to us, to mean that much to you.
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