In a posting yesterday from March highlighted on NYA on Tuesday, comes A Message From Neil Young: A PANDEMIC AND A RARE GIFT | NYA.
In March, we reported that Neil Young found that the pandemic brought "The focus, a gift". The focus was the gift, which has brought us an "avalanche of an embarrassment of riches" -- or as we characterized previously -- Expecting to Calculate Neil Young 2021: Numbers Add Up To Nothin' ... or "A Rusties Holy Grail".
Essentially, Neil Young recaps the past 6 months or so and how he and Daryl moved from Colorado to a 116 year old wooden cottage on a lake near his old hometown Omemee, Ontario, Canada.
- Neil Young Homecoming Concert "Somewhere In Canada"
- An Eyewitness Report From Neil Young's "Somewhere In Canada" Concert by Sharry (Up in T.O. keepin’ jive alive
- Omemee Thanks Neil Young & Neil Young Thanks Omemee
- Youngtown Rock ’n’ Roll Museum Has a New Canadian Home in Omemee
- Visiting Neil Young's Hometown Omemee, Canada: A Fan's Journey
Neil's message continues with a rundown on all of the projects he has completed and will be releasing over the next year or so. Most of the release details have been previously shared. See Neil Young's planned release schedule for 2021 and 2022 plus Neil Young's DVD & Official Bootleg Series release schedule.
My my Hey Hey. Well Neil sure picked an awesome winter to return to here in Ontary-ary-ary-io. It was an epic one from his youth...the snow came and it stayed...none of the freeze/thaw/rain takes away the snow and turns it all into slush crap that has become more and more the norm with these days of climate change upon us. Lots of extended sun too. Impeccable timing Neil & we welcome you back home !
ReplyDeleteIs the message you wrote about the one that’s dated a month ago? (3/28/21)
ReplyDeleteI am gonna ride my lamb
ReplyDelete@ Mark from T.O. - thanks for climate update!
ReplyDeleteLet's see what summer brings ...
@ Art - hmm, you're right. We saw the date but didn't catch month. We thought this was an update to the March post. Well somehow this got pushed to top of front page on NYA-TC.
oh well, it gave us the opp to go back and visit Omemee. such a pleasant little town.
Now I'm going back to Canada
@ Rist - From Peru to Texarkana ???
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ReplyDeleteOh Neil. If only all of us had your means and arrogance. The media made you a god and you ran with it. And pretended you didn’t. Where next?
ReplyDeleteWhat a strange thing to say.
ReplyDeleteIs there anywhere with a list of the songs Neil has put on the archives that were not released on CD? I'd like to put together a playlist to make sure I listen to them all.
ReplyDelete@ Jake - that's a really good question.
ReplyDeletethere are many sources to compile such a playlist. Here's a start:
The Unofficial Archive - Neil Young's Unreleased Songs by Robert Broadfoot
Version 7 (Abridged): 12 November 2019
To download PDF file, see
http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2019/11/neil-youngs-unreleased-songs-uncle.html
let us know if that works. and share any other helpful references.