More Crazy Horse To Come Says Neil Young: Concerts + New NYCH Album

More Horse!
via Neil Young Archives

Per a response to a Letter to the Editor on Neil Young Archives, "Lookout Management is looking at booking Crazy Horse for about 10 shows as I write this."

And the Neil news just keeps getting better every day.

Neil Young has written 5 new songs for a Neil Young + Crazy Horse album!

5 new songs!
via Neil Young Archives

btw, Crazy Horse concert flags should be issued. All in favor say "Aye!"

More importantly -- and obviously -- rock and roll can never say die.

Neil Young Says "Alchemy: Probably The Last Crazy Horse Live Album"
via Neil Young News on Thrasher's Wheat

But wait a second. What was that sound going down? Didn't Neil just say last October that "Alchemy: Probably The Last Crazy Horse Live Album"???

The times they are a changing and all for the better, all along the watchtower.

The Joker and the Thief rendezvous this July + The Band That Gets REAL.

Bob & Neil + The REAL

In a comment by Unreleased Albums of Neil Young & Crazy Horse by Ken:

With Tuscaloosa the next release, and Homegrown to follow, maybe the outline of NYA Vol. 2 is becoming clearer.

Always risky to hazard a guess, right? But if those albums are "stand alones", that leaves Odeon-Budokan, Oceanside Countryside, Chrome Dreams and Boarding House to be folded into NYA Vol. 2. Maybe he won't put them all in, or he'll put in two and also include Roxy and Songs for Judy. It's Neil. You never know. In a letter he said Odeon-Budokan is going into Vol. 2.

One thought that occurred to me last week is that Tuscaloosa IS TFA 2. It has Buttrey on drums, and it has different "new songs" (then). Still waiting for the release date, coming "soon". I am not surprised that NYA Vol 2 is pushed back to Xmas.

Why bring it out sooner when you can bring it out later? It also gives Hanlon time to work on Chrome Dreams and Boarding House, if they are being included.

Good questions Ken! Thanks. Folks, let us know thoughts on Tuscaloosa -- or whatever Crazy Horse thoughts are running out of your mind -- down below.

Also, Nils Lofgren interview on his return to Neil Young and Crazy Horse on Rolling Stone:

Nils Lofgren breaks down how his unlikely return to Neil Young and Crazy Horse came about and what the future might hold https://t.co/dAmzcOjWZB pic.twitter.com/VjycDRCScF

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 28, 2019

Nils Lofgren breaks down how his unlikely return to Neil Young and Crazy Horse came about and what the future might hold:

They managed to make to make it to Winnipeg without freezing to death or calling in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to rescue them. And once again, Young wanted the shows to be spontaneous. “He said, ‘I’m here with my old family and friends and I don’t want to even write a set list,'” Lofgren recalls. “‘Let’s just figure it out as we go. But don’t think. You guys rehearsed hard in South Dakota. Just don’t think. Let’s go and have an experience.’ The first night was a lot of rockiness in and out and the second night, man, we hit some groove and it felt kind of like flying or floating. It was very cool.”

The future for Neil Young and Crazy Horse is very unclear. Young has many shows on the books during the next few months, but all of them are either with Promise of the Real or solo. No explanation has been given for Poncho’s absence from the recent run of shows, but if Young decides to call up Lofgren again, he’ll be there. “It’s been a beautiful opportunity to play with dear friends that are still alive and well,” he says. “Look, I hope there’s more, but I’ll take it a gig at a time right now.”

but just a song before we go...

Also, see CONTEST: Uncut Magazine: Neil Young & The Legend of Crazy Horse - May 2019:

"I'm tapped into the source!"
Neil Young & The Legend of Crazy Horse
Uncut Magazine Cover - May 2019

CONTEST: Win A Copy

Induct Neil Young & Crazy Horse into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!

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DISCOVERED: Original "Thrasher" Lyrics | Neil Young Archives

Original "Thrasher" Lyrics
NEW MANUSCRIPT! : (It was hiding behind hay bales)
Neil Young Archives

A major discovery has been announced on the discovery of the original lyrics for Neil Young's song "Thrasher".

The Archives Team posts on NYA that:

Thrasher has been in heavy rotation on this year’s setlists, and we’re pretty thrilled about that; if The Archives Team were to make our own featured playlist this tune would probably come first. [emphasis added]

So, to celebrate: we dug up the original (nine page!) manuscript for this delectable tune.

The nine page original lyric manuscripts for Neil Young's epic, immortal and legendary song "Thrasher" reveal several telling lyric changes made during the evolution from writing to 1st performance. While it is quite difficult to determine exactly what Neil may have originally written, might Neil have softened some of "Thrasher"'s harshness?

Original Lyrics Manuscript for "Thrasher", page 5 (1978)
Neil Young Archives

Here's what Neil himself had to say about writing the song "Thrasher" on NYA:

"I wrote ‘Thrasher’ in a car on my way to Albuquerque from Taos New Mexico. I was being driven by Carpio, a native American who I was introduced to by Dennis Hopper filming Human Highway. . . . ."

UPDATE: NYA update on song "Thrasher":

"After leaving Taos with Carpio, a Native American friend I had met during the filming of Human Highway, sitting in the front seat of his car, I wrote this song, Thrasher. 

Driving through the magnificent beauty of New Mexico, the words just kept coming to me. I saw the eagles circling, the deep canyons, the road ahead, reflecting on my journey through recent years, and thankful to be where I was."

ny

We here at Thrasher's Wheat would be very interested to hear what others might think Neil's original intent and where the song evolved. Why's that you ask? Follow us out to the fields of wheat where we'll be hiding behind hay bales ...

Neil Young Setlist w/ "Thrasher" 12 String, Chord: D
Philadelphia - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - Show #2

Our memories of experiencing "Thrasher" from a distance of less than 10 feet @ The Philadelphia Stories from The Man in The High Tower (Theater): Neil Young Solo @ Upper Darby, PA - Sept. 30 & Oct 1.

Four spellbinding nights on March 29, March 30, April 1 & April 2, 2014, Neil Young performed solo at the Dolby Theatre. It truly was Music Heaven On Planet Earth! Sweet music memories with family, friends & Rusties! #neilyoung @DolbyTheatre @NeilYoungNYA @Neilyoung pic.twitter.com/FwUpLY2zj0

— Joni Milken-Noah (@malibuheaven1) March 30, 2019

Setlist w/ "Thrasher"
Neil Young March 29, 2014 Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Neil Young News: "Thrasher": Now Playing on Movie Night | NYA https://t.co/vUUg7Mct30 @NeilYoungNYA @Neilyoung @rustradio @neilyounglyrics @ArchiveNeil @CrazyHorse4HOF pic.twitter.com/2IAt6xn1Vk

— ThrashersWheat (@ThrashersWheat) March 2, 2019

The Essential “Thrasher” Request Fold Up Sign
(never leave home without it ... or attend a Neil concert w/o)

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The Unreleased Albums of Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Aquarium Drunkard

The Early Days of Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Palladium, New York City - 11/18/76 NYC
Photo by Andrew Jarmus

There appears to be at least 7 unreleased albums by Neil Young & Crazy Horse locked up in the Neil Young Archives vaults.

In an article on Aquarium Drunkard, a listing and summary of 7 unreleased albums by Neil Young & Crazy Horse:

• Early Daze
• Odeon Budokan
• Chrome Dreams
• Garage
• Ragged Glory II
• Toast
• Alchemy

More details on Aquarium Drunkard.

Also, see CONTEST: Uncut Magazine: Neil Young & The Legend of Crazy Horse - May 2019:

"I'm tapped into the source!"
Neil Young & The Legend of Crazy Horse
Uncut Magazine Cover - May 2019
CONTEST: Win A Copy

Induct Neil Young & Crazy Horse into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!

Induct Neil Young & Crazy Horse into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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"Music was reverberating off of the haystacks at the Harvest Barn" | Neil Young Archives

International Harvesters
L-R: Anthony Crawford, Spooner Oldham, Ben Keith, Karl Himmel, Rufus Thibodeaux, Neil Young, and Tim Drummond - June, 1984
photo by Joel Bernstein via Neil Young Archives

35 years ago, "music was reverberating off of the haystacks in 84’ at the Harvest Barn", as Neil Young tweets. So, "Get Back to the Country."

And 43 years ago Waylon Jennings cut Neil Young’s “Are You Ready For The Country”.

43 years ago Waylon Jennings cut Neil Young’s “Are You Ready For The Country” at Hollywood’s Sound Labs, with steel player Ralph Mooney adding some flavor. #MusicIsLegend pic.twitter.com/5PRU0eeDrG

— Larry Pareigis (@larrypareigis) March 25, 2019

Wait. Say what? Someone's math is off here. Either Neil's, Waylon's or Thrasher's. Please double check. See comments below.

Music was reverberating off of the haystacks in 84’ at the Harvest Barn. Get Back to the Country.

Where music lives https://t.co/zqvB0oZKEh#neilyoung #neilyoungarchives #nya #internationalharvesters #music pic.twitter.com/N5iK57tW9U

— Neil Young Archives (@NeilYoungNYA) March 26, 2019

Maybe we aren't ready for the country just yet?! Maybe ready for the school...

More on A Treasure - Neil Young & The International Harvesters.


A Treasure
Neil Young & The International Harvesters
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