Currently streaming on Neil Young Archives is Neil Young performing a solo acoustic version of ‘SOUTHERN MAN’ from the POLAR VORTEX tour.
Directed by Bernard Shakey and Camera by CK Vollick, Neil writes on NYA:
Here’s me as an old guy singin’ his 50 year old song that was written after countless years of racism in the USA. . . . and look at us today! This has been going on for way too long. It’s not just Southern Man now. . . . .It’s everywhere across the USA. It’s time for real change . . . . new laws . . . . new rules for policing . . . . “Change gonna come at last . .. .”(More on Neil Young's 2019 Solo "Big 3M Theater Tour"/"POLAR VORTEX" below.)
‘Southern Man’ is from the forthcoming ‘POLAR VORTEX’ live performance longform here at NYA.
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"Southern man better keep your head
Don't forget what your good book said
Southern change gonna come at last
Now your crosses are burning fast Southern man"
U.S. President Donald Trump @ St Johns Church
Washington, DC - June 2, 2020
Also, see Northern Man, Southern Man and The Un-Civil Wars of Donald Trump & Neil Young and Southern Man and Northern Man: Ronnie and Neil, The Un-Civil Wars & Rebels with Causes.
Hey, Hey, My, My, this is the story of Donnie, Ronnie and Neil.
Neil Young Features ‘SOUTHERN MAN’ Stream on NYA
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Donnie, Ronnie and Neil, The Un-Civil Wars & Rebels with Causes + Northern Man, Southern Man and The Un-Civil Wars of Donald Trump & Neil Young
See https://t.co/kWVSBe9ZK9
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And then there is the story of Merry Clayton's Southern Soul Cover of Neil Young's "Southern Man". Southern soul for a southern man from a southern woman.
Merry Clayton
And, so why exactly might a southern black woman cover a white Canadian man's ode to racism in the Confederate south again, now anyhow?
- Neil Young's Solo "Big 3M Theater Tour"/"POLAR VORTEX" Begins Tonight: Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 23
- Neil Young Solo: Madison, Wisconsin, January 24
- Neil Young Solo Minneapolis Residency: #1 - Pantages Theatre, January 26
- LIVE STREAM: Neil Young Solo Minneapolis Residency: Night #2 - Orpheum Theatre, January 28, 2019
- LIVE STREAM "TEST" TONIGHT: Neil Young Solo Minneapolis Residency: Night #3 - State Theatre, January 29, 2019
- Neil Young Solo Minneapolis Residency: Night #4 - Northrop Auditorium, January 31, 2019
Keep Calm, No Fear, Shut It Down, and Keep on Rockin'!
Completely off topic, but nevertheless acutely relevant to the community here, I assume. I missed the news at the time (late March), when horizons had completely collapsed in European media. Neither TW nor Times Contrarian seems to have reported on this but I am happy to be wrong. Apologies if this reached your eyes before:
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https://earthjustice.org/blog/2020-march/standing-rock-tribe-wins-in-court-after-years-of-perseverance?fbclid=IwAR3pPVpPymyFvC8Aj2kc67Fg_KqGYaDEJKT0ckaunw7D81PsCAZT9ElUD4o
Wish I could find it...
ReplyDeleteI missed that Minke. Thanks for posting it here!
ReplyDeletefor us here @ TW, it's all finally starting to come together.
ReplyDeletewe do realize lots of folks have been yawning as we've blogging away relentlessly for years about the preparations for the upcoming #BigShift.
but, as we really try hard not to say, we tried to tell you... but ...
anyways, for all of the aware rusties, all of this is no big surprise.
POLAR VORTEX meets SOUTHERN MAN meets THE GOOD BOOK. Its starting to get biblical ...
or...
Hey, Hey, My, My, this is the story of Donnie, Ronnie and Neil.
you guys all know this already ...
So, we do hope you remember that a Southern Man needs Neil Young around anyhow. Now, more than ever.
B/c, Northern Man, Southern Man and The Un-Civil Wars of Donald Trump & Neil Young and Southern Man and Northern Man: Ronnie and Neil, The Un-Civil Wars & Rebels with Causes.
peace&love
thrashers
Somewhat depressing that songs such as this, Alabama and Ohio remain as relevant now as when they were written...
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