PREVIEW: Title Track Demo of 'Deja Vu' 50th Anniversary Reissue by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Outtake from the #DejaVu album cover photo shoot 

Here is a preview of a demo of the title track from 'Deja Vu' 50th Anniversary Reissue by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

From the soon-to-be-released 50th anniversary #DejaVu album, this is @thedavidcrosby and @TheGrahamNash with a demo of the title track. Headphones on. pic.twitter.com/3RtQvxGgzn

— Stephen Stills Official (@Stephen__Stills) April 15, 2021

More details on the long anticipated -- but delayed -- 50th Anniversary reissue of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's 1970 album 'Deja Vu'. 

 

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Youngw/ Dallas Taylor & Greg Reeves - Aug. 1969photo by Henry-Diltz(See  'Deja Vu' 50th Anniversary Reissue w/ 38 Bonus Tracks - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ) 

Deja Vu - 50th Anniversary (Deluxe Edition)

(1 LP/4 CD boxed set @ $99.98)

(Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link . Thank you!!!) 

 

Also, see ESSAY: 50th Anniversary of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Deja Vu" by Harvey Kubernik.

Deja Vu Photo Composites
via Susan Miller 

See 50th Anniversary of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Deja Vu" by Harvey Kubernik

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A Message From Neil Young: A PANDEMIC AND A RARE GIFT | NYA

A Message From Neil Young: A PANDEMIC AND A RARE GIFT | NYA

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".

 Neil Young: Now & Then
 

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.

 

Welcome to 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.

Neil Young On The Beach: Reflecting on Reflections (See Neil Young Release Schedule For 2021 & 2022: TENTATIVE* DATES**)

Also, see Neil Young's "The focus, a gift": Reflecting on Reflections, with details of the dozens of release projects in the pipeline.

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The Girl in the Photo: Kent State, Ohio - May 4, 1970

The Girl in the Kent State Photo

Washington Post Magazine - April 25, 2021

This weekend's cover of the Washington Post Magazine, carried the iconic photo at Kent State, Ohio on May 4, 1970.

“That picture hijacked my life. 

And 50 years later, I still haven’t really moved on.”

 Mary Ann Vecchio - Today

The article by Patricia McCormick explores what happened to the 14-year-old Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling next to the dead body of Jeffrey Miller. How Mary Ann Vecchio has carried the burden of being a national symbol.

 

The photo taken by student photographer John Filo, captured the moment and was published across the country and around the world the following day and still continues to resonate.

Immediately after the Kent State shooting (sometimes referred to as the "Kent State Massacre") on May 4, 1970, Neil Young composed the song "Ohio" after looking at photos appearing in Life magazine and then taking a walk in the woods. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young went to the studio and recorded the song which was released to radio stations shortly after the killings. Soon, the lyrics "Four dead in Ohio" became an anthem to a generation. In some parts of the country, the song was banned from playlists because of it's "anti-war" and "anti-Nixon" sentiments. 

 

Probably one of the greatest oddities of the interview with Mary Ann Vecchio is that she was not asked about the shirt that she was wearing at the time in the iconic photo.

"SLAVE" Shirt

Now why would a runaway 14-year-old girl be wearing a shirt with the word "SLAVE"? Would not that be a valid question to ask?  Might someone have made the shirt and given to her to wear on this day?  And who might that have been?

 

Fence post cropped out (L) & with fence post (R)

 

"It's still hard to believe I had to write this song. It's ironic that I capitalized on the death of these American students. Probably the most important lesson ever learned at an American place of learning.

David Crosby cried after this take."

from liner notes of the Neil Young's Decade album

"Ohio" 45 Atlantic Records Single (w/ "Find The Cost of Freedom")
by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - May 1970

Last year, we posted our annual remembrance on 50 Years Later: "Ohio", Kent State & Tin Soldiers Still Marching . 

 

Jeffrey Miller - Age: 20

Shot @ 90 Yards From National Guard

 

 

This year, we will once again post on the four dead in Ohio.

 

Our annual tradition will continue until the tin soldiers stop cutting down students ...

May The FOUR Be With You

 #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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Neil, Ben & Amber Young and Family + Neil Young Archives Vol. II Book | Instagram

Neil, Ben & Amber Young and Familyvia  Instagram

An image of Neil, Ben & Amber Young and their family has been posted on amberjeanyoung |  Instagram.  (thanks HtH!)

Amber posts:

REUNITED. This week I saw my dad and Daryl for the first time in well over a year and my heart is full.

In other news, here's a flip thru the Neil Young Archives Vol. II Book.

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