Neil Young and Daryl Hannah Attend Monsanto Roundup Trial

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daryl Hannah, Neil Young and Michael Baum

Yesterday, on August 3, Neil Young and Daryl Hannah attended the Monsanto Roundup Trial San Francisco.

Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto Company is the first Roundup cancer lawsuit to proceed to trial. Plaintiff Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a 46-year-old former school groundskeeper, alleges exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer and its active ingredient, glyphosate, caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Johnson is one of thousands of plaintiffs to file suit against Monsanto in state court over the alleged link between Roundup and NHL. More than 450 other lawsuits filed in federal court are currently pending in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Since the start of the Johnson trial, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., co-counsel to Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, has provided running commentary of the events in court each day.

From Neil Young and Daryl Hannah at Monsanto Roundup Trial by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:

Fifty years ago, in their popular hit “Chicago,” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young asked Americans to take notice of a federal courtroom in the Windy City, where a black political activist sat bound, gagged and shackled to a chair in a legal drama where America’s justice system, values and character seemed to all be on trial.

Today, the most outspoken member of that band, Neil Young, visited another American courtroom. This one in San Francisco, where the essential values and future of our country once again are on trial. Young and his fellow activist Daryl Hannah attended the trial of Dewayne Lee Johnson, a young black man who is dying of a debilitating and agonizing form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that he says he contracted from contact with the ubiquitous weed killer Roundup.

Johnson’s case is the speartip of a new American rebellion. It marks the first jury trial of similar legal claims already filed by more than 5,000 Americans against Roundup’s manufacturer Monsanto (now owned by the German chemical giant Bayer)!

“At Bayer’s Monsanto, financial interests are placed over the health of fellow human beings and vital life support systems,” Young and Hannah told me. “We are here for justice, in support of Dewayne Johnson and the many children who played on those same school grounds where he worked.”

Full trial coverage at Neil Young and Daryl Hannah at Monsanto Roundup Trial by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Also, see more on Neil Young's "The Monsanto Years": Going Where No Musician Has Gone Before.



The Monsanto Years - Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
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Joni Mitchell and Neil Young: Here They Are, In The Years

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young - December, 1969
Heathrow Airport, England

The recent announcement of the discovery of rare concert recordings of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and others from 1968 has created a slight bit of confusion.

Some publications interpreted the news that the concert recordings included Neil Young and Joni Mitchell together. However, the recordings are of separate concerts by Young and Mitchell. Nonetheless, it did allow us to compile quite a photo gallery of Joni and Neil over (and in) the years.

Neil Young & Joni Mitchell - ~1974

Joni Mitchell & Neil Young - 1974
Wembley Stadium

Joni Mitchell & Neil Young - 1976.01.18
Elliott Hall of Music, Purdue Univ. W. Lafayette, IN

Neil Young & Joni Mitchell - 1975
"Tonight’s The Night" Album Release Party
Studio Instrument Rentals, Los Angeles, CA

Joni Mitchell & Neil Young
Photo from The Last Waltz, 1976

Joni Mitchell (~1967) & Neil Young (~1978)

Neil Young & Joni Mitchell w/ Elliot Roberts- ~1985
Recording Session for "Tears Are Not Enough"

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young
2012 Grammy Event
Los Angeles, CA - Feb 11, 2012

Joni Mitchell & Neil Young - ~2018

Portrait of Neil Young by Joni Mitchell - ~1974

"Sweet Joni
From Saskatoon
Here's a ring for your finger
Burns like the sun
Shines like the moon..."
-- "Sweet Joni" by Neil Young, performed with Stray Gators at the Civic Auditorium in Bakersfield, on 3-11-73.

More on Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

Also, see Analysis of Neil Young's song “Sugar Mountain“ and Joni Mitchell's “Circle Game”: Facing Adulthood.

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Lukas Nelson On Neil Young, 'A Star Is Born' & New Music

From Exclusive: Lukas Nelson On Neil Young, 'A Star Is Born' & New Music | Grammy:

You're a busy man! You mentioned Neil Young — what did you learn from being around him, and then what do you think Neil took away from you and your band?

Lukas Nelson: It's definitely a symbiosis between Neil and the band.

We give and we take. He's a master, and so we've become his pupils in some ways.

But then also, it's like as we learn more and we grow, then we give him energy at the same time. It's definitely a cycle. … People in the audience can feel that too I think, and they get caught up in the cycle and that's what makes for a great night.

For more, see:

EXCLUSIVE: @lukasnelson On Neil Young, 'A Star Is Born' (w @ladygaga) & always finding time to write new music: https://t.co/ej6zlMwScz

— Recording Academy (@RecordingAcad) July 31, 2018

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Neil Young's Unreleased Songs: The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Vers. 5.2

Neil Young's Unreleased Songs:
The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Vers. 5.2

Here is an update to an exclusive compilation specifically for Neil Young fans as a reference to his unreleased songs. Earlier this year, Thrasher's Wheat published the most comprehensive listing of Neil Young’s unreleased material. Long time rustie Robert Broadfoot -- who hails from Germany -- produced a PDF document which Thrasher's Wheat has been honored to serve as host.

Here is the updated version 5.2 and Robert's note.

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The Unofficial Archive - Neil Young's Unreleased Songs by Robert Broadfoot
Version 5.2 – June 2018

Dear Thrasher’s Wheat Community,

There are a lot of updates and revisions since the last version you published, and these are specially marked in green in case anyone just wants to compare what’s new. The catalogue is right up to date even including the new Nelson brothers’ songs performed at the POTR shows in June.

I have again removed the YouTube links from this TW version for safety’s sake for the both of us, but this time I have marked where the YT links are (or were!) specifically available with „See YouTube“. With a bit of detective work, in some cases a lot unfortunately, the links can be found, at least where they have not already been deactivated by copyright owners.

Please feel free to publish the Unofficial Archive again in ThrashersWheat. With the imminent (?) Archive pay wall and Neil’s promise to publish a lot of unreleased material behind it, it is probably more relevant than ever!

By the way, I have also set up a new dedicated Twitter account called Neil Young Unofficial Archive. The Twitter address is @ArchiveNeil. The @name was allocated by Twitter automatically, I don’t think I can change it unfortunately. I also add the hashtag #neilyoung when I post. I intend to publish immediate updates on unreleased material there, as well as a very limited number of tips and perhaps Archive news related specifically to unreleased material.

DOWNLOAD FILE @ NY Unofficial Archive V5.2 22062018_TW.pdf (right click to "Save As")

Robert Broadfoot
robert@zumschoenenconsul.de

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Many thanks Robert on this labor of love, which we can certainly relate to. This "Neilopedia" makes a mighty fine contribution to the global rustie/Neil fan community.

For any suggestions, corrections, updates, etc., please contact Robert at robert@zumschoenenconsul.de

Thrasher's Wheat will continue to host updates as long as possible and/or necessary.

Keep on rockin'!

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