Neil Young's Equipment: CONN ST-11 Strobotuners

CONN ST-11 Strobotuners used by Neil Young on stage since the 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour.

Via Rusted Moon, a cool little 3D video.

Since the "Rust Never Sleeps" tour with Crazy Horse in 1978 stood at almost all tours Neil Youngs these five Tuners, Model ST-11 manufacturer CONN, on stage. The analog strobe tuner indicate the mood by means of an illuminated stroboscope which rotates depending on the pitch in the clockwise or counterclockwise. The mid-1970s-built devices are considered expresses exactly. The video from the Rusted Moon 3D project shows the legendary Tuners in detail.

More on Neil Young's Sound.

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Photo of the Moment: Willie Nelson & Neil Young - Farm Aid 2016

"Are There Any More Real Cowboys"
Willie Nelson & Neil Young
Farm Aid 2016 - Bristow, Virginia, Sat., Sept. 17
Photo by thrasher
(Click photo to enlarge)

The Photo of the Moment is Willie Nelson & Neil Young at Farm Aid 2016.

More on:

• Farm Aid 2016 - Bristow, Virginia, Sat., Sept. 17
• Neil Young @ Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference - COMPLETE
• About That Time That We Went To A Farm Aid Concert...

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Shirts of the Moment: The McQ Family in Dewey Beach, Delaware

The McQ Family in Dewey Beach, Delaware - 9/16

As we announced earlier, all of the Thrasher's Wheat Anniversary T-Shirts (ROUND #2) have now been shipped. And folks are already starting to report their safe and happy arrival.

Here's a bunch of happy TW shirt owners -- The McQ family in Dewey Beach, Delaware.

Again, thanks to all -- as we noted earlier -- 2016 is the year that we here at Thrasher's Wheat are celebrating our 20th anniversary of archiving Neil Young's music and rustie fan communities.

Be sure and wear the shirt this Fall at Telluride/Desert Jam/Bridge etc, and send us a photo. We love to see folks letting their freak flags fly.

ps - got a Shirt of the Moment shot?! Send it to us at thrasher@thrasherswheat.org

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About That Time That We Went To A Farm Aid Concert...

About that time that we went to a Farm Aid concert...

It happened between the songs "Human Highway" and "Harvest Moon".

Neil Young begins his commentary on the state of the family farmer. My seatmate was TW's Tour Manager "Hounds That Howell" -- who hoisted a F*CK Mon$anto shirt (see below), which caught Neil's eye.



Neil says: "I like that shirt. Fuck Mon$anto."


Neil Young Speaks: There's a Revolution Starting... (Full clip live at Farm Aid 2016)
(Thanks Steve R. & HtH!)

We flipped off Neil and his band Promise of the REAL -- to which they in return flipped us all off back.

Quite a joyous little moment in our concert going decades.

Farm Aid Fans Enjoying Jamey Johnson & Alison Krauss
(Click photo to enlarge)

Our friends the FarmAidians brought down a busload of shirt wearing "F*ck Mon$anto" shirts which were a big hit.

Thanks to all for so many wonderful Farm Aid 2016 memories.

And there is only one place we'd rather be right now...

inside the warmth of the "Huddle Hop".

With The Sisters At The Back of The FarmAidians Bus

Get on the Magic Bus, get REAL and do the "Huddle Hop".
oh and "F*ck Mon$anto"!

peace & love,
thrasher

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Neil Young @ Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference - COMPLETE

Here is complete video of Neil Young at the Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference held on September 17 at [Giant Corporation] Amphitheatre in Bristow, Virginia.

Neil Young speaks plainly about the corrupting influence of money in politics and the devastation it has wrought to the family farmer community. Neil says: "Eating good food is the revolution."

Thanks to Howell Posner of Howell Media for videography and tour management!

Carolyn Mugar, Willie Nelson, Neil Young & John Mellencamp
Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference - September 17, Bristow, VA

Neil Young
Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference - September 17, Bristow, VA

TRANSCRIPT: Neil Young @ Farm Aid 2016 Press Conference

We have just begun. This is a revolution. And we will look back on this one way or the other in ten or fifteen years and see what folks like this are doing. We recently have seen giant corporations that are selling for billions and billions of dollars that are joining together and we heard just a few minutes ago about how somebody was eating bad food and got sick and had to take a lot of drugs and now they are eating good food and are starting to not take so many drugs. And you have to notice that one of the biggest drug companies on the planet and one the largest pesticide providers on the planet, Monsanto and Bayer, have just joined together.

And if our government lets them do this and we can’t stop it with the regulatory laws then we’re going to have them working together. And this is what you’re up against. This is a huge thing. That’s why you really are heroes. Because these are huge corporations and they don’t want you to give your food to the people. They want to give you their seeds and they want to control you. And they want to sell the food that has been degraded. And they want to sell it – and drugs – at the prices that allow these giant corporations to support each other. It’s so big that you can hardly see it. People don’t really believe that this is really happening. But it is happening and our politicians and our government, especially our president, is behind it. And it is something that needs to be addressed at our level where people can do things for themselves, where people take back their own rights. You have a right to the land. You can grow your own food.

There’s another video coming up with someone in it who is so happy just to be growing food in their neighborhood. And it’s a beautiful thing. These people are empowered because they’ve made it possible to feed their own families with food that they grew like their grandma’s did. And we can’t lose that. This is the critical part. These are revolutionaries, these people. This is a huge thing. It’s just starting to take hold. So, you know, try to make sure when you buy your food you’re supporting these kind of people, that you’re not buying from the corporations, that you’re not buying these huge loads of food that come in from God knows where in giant metal boxes and everything. Do not do that if you can figure out how to stop it. Support your friends and support the land and support the people that want to care for the land. The revolution starts with us. It starts with you and it starts with people like this.

More on Farm Aid 2016.

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NEW SONG/VIDEO: "Indian Givers" by Neil Young

Here's a new song and video by Neil Young called 'Indian Givers'.

The video documents the Native American protests in Dakota over a pipeline.

"Now it's been about 500 years
We keep taking what we gave away
Just like what we call Indian givers"

The Standing Rock Indian Reservation have protested the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline on their territorial lands, leading to clashes with Big Energy security forces.

There’s a battle raging on the sacred land
Our brothers and sisters have to take a stand
Against us now for what we all been doing
On the sacred land there’s a battle brewing

I wish somebody would share the news

Now it’s been about 500 years
We keep taking what we gave away
Just like what we call Indian givers
It makes you sick and gives you shivers

I wish somebody would share the news

Big money going backwards and ripping the soil
Where graves are scattered and blood was boiled
When all who look can see the truth
But they just move on and keep their groove

I wish somebody would share the news

Saw Happy locked to the big machine
They had to cut him loose and you know what that means
That’s when Happy went to jail
Behind big money justice always fails

I wish somebody would share the news

Bring back the days when good was good
Lose these imposters in our neighborhood
Across our farms and through our waters
All at the cost of our sons and daughters

Our brave songs and daughters
We're all here together fighting poison waters
Standing against the evil way
That’s what we have at the end of day

I wish somebody would share the news

Willie Nelson & Neil Young
Photo by Spettacolo - Ansa.it

In 2014, Willie Nelson and Neil Young organized a concert in a Nebraska cornfield to benefit opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from Canada south to the Gulf Coast. The Keystone XL pipeline was subsequently canceled after the concert.

More on "Harvest the Hope Concert" and When Neil Young Speaks Truth To Power, The World Listens.

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Outlaw Music Festival: Neil Young, Willie Nelson + More, Scranton, PA - 9-18-16

Today is the inaugural Outlaw Music Festival being held at the Pavilion on Montage Mountain on Sunday, September 18th, with headliners Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and Lukas Nelson’s band Promise of the Real backing up Neil Young on stage.

Other performers announced for the first year festival include Lee Ann Womack, Sheryl Crow, Brothers Osborne, and the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.

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