Our 10 Year Anniversary of Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse Europe 2013 Alchemy Tour

4 concerts in 3 countries in 5 days
Thrasher's Wheat Radio Goes To Europe!

 

10 years ago, we were in the midst of planning our concert dream trip of a life time: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse in Europe 2013 for the Alchemy Tour.

The itinerary:

• 2013-06-02 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany - Opening Date of Summer Tour of Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• 2013-06-03 O2 World, Hamburg, Germany
• 2013-06-05 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2013-06-06 Le Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France

4 concerts in 3 countries in 5 days.

In addition, we had so much enthusiastic support and encouragement from our fellow fans. From all across Europe and around the world, we had generous offers of concert tickets, lodging, transportation and financial support which was so wonderfully gratifying to see how much folks really wanted to help make this happen.

The Europe adventure was a journey to the heart, mind and soul. Past, present and future with old and new friends. Alchemy, baby.

As we went In Search of the Holy Rail, we discovered The Magic Love of A Very Hot Night in Paris. To say it was all momentous would be the understatement of a lifetime as the TWR crew hit 4 concerts in 3 countries in 5 days. Exhilarating and exhausting, we wouldn't buy, sell, borrow or trade for anything different.

Anything.

Hounds That Howell, Eric & Tony + thrasher

Thrasher's Wheat Radio Crew in Berlin, Germany

 

Rusties in Amsterdam
with WBKM.org crew Eric & Tony
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Thrasher's Wheat Radio T-Shirts

 





 

 

"Like A Hurricane"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany, June 2, 2013 

 

 
 

After Berlin ...

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"Mr. Soul"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Hamburg, Germany, June 3, 2013  

 

 

 

 

 

Rusties Jam in Amsterdam

 

Holland National Anthem
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Amsterdam, June 5, 2013  

 

 Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Amsterdam, June 5, 2013

Summer 2013 Europe Tour

 

Thrasher's Wheat Radio Supporters Go To Europe
for Neil Young & Crazy Horse Concert Tour

 

Neil Young Fans - In The Line
 

The Magic Love of A Very Hot Night in Paris:
A Neil Young Story

"Rockin in the Free World"

Encore Bow
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Paris, June 6, 2013 

 

First -- and foremost -- a sincere thanks to all who have supported Thrasher's Wheat Radio Goes To Europe for Neil Young & Crazy Horse journey! We couldn't have done that without all of our loyal, dear readers' and listener's generosity and confidence. Folks who welcomed us into their homes sight unseen. Folks who donated extra tickets for nothing more than a shirt and button.

 Thanks to all who made this happen! Especially folks like Geoff, for logo design. Dee & Tim, for button production. Donna & Terri for all of the love & support in Paris. HarryO, organizer extraordinaire. Roel, Mr. "Live music is better". Marilyn, Neil singer with songs. Henrik, for the warmth and hosting generosity in Berlin. Alexander, and the Berlin pre-fest. Rainer, for hosting the Berlin club gig. Scott & Lou, for their initial enthusiasm and project support.

And big thanks to all those Rusties like Cathy & Ron, Tyler - our man on a rail, Nan, Kurt - our Travel Angel, Jacqueline - of iced towel fame, Uwe - AR Girls sign man, Neil, Olaf, Andrea, Denis, Paul D., Vincent & Dad, Graeme, Cor, Nick K., Erik D., Albert S., Johnny "Song Dog", and all the other rusties around the world!

And of course the TWR crewmates: Eric, Tony, & Howell.

Last by not least, Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse.

Crazy Horse
Berlin - June 2, 2013
Photo by Paolo Brillo
And the Crazy Horse Personnel: Neil, Billy, Ralph, & Poncho:

"Crazy Horse personnel would like to wish you all a big thank you tonight.

We hope you travel safely when you leave this building. We hope to see you somewhere the next time. We know some of you have children, and we hope they’re home sleeping soundly without a worry in the world, ready to have a good time tomorrow. And we do know we’re lucky to be here with you. The next time we meet we may not all be here so let’s thank each other for being here tonight.

From all Crazy Horse personnel, our entire crew, we want to remind you; don’t leave anything behind because tomorrow someone else will be here."

A Rustie Trifecta
Ralph Molina's drumstick & Neil Young's towel & guitar pic
Paris concert of Neil Young & Crazy Horse

 

   

 

Lastly, of course, thank you dear thrashette for letting us be a blogger with a blog for all of those singers without songs out there. namaste

peace and love and only unconditional love,
thrasher 

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Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971 - Album Visualizer + Reviews

Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971  ( Order now.  Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link. Thank you!!!))

 

Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971 album dropped last month and many folks have been asking "why wasn't this released sooner? Amazing."  

With a guest appearance by David Crosby,  Berkeley 1971 is a 14-track collection of previously unreleased era-defining live performances from that tour recorded over two nights at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, on August 20 and 21, 1971.

In the summer of 1971, Stephen Stills embarked on his first solo tour supporting his second album, opening each show with a solo-acoustic first set and closing each night with a riveting electric one. This historic debut trek, dubbed “The Memphis Horns Tour,” found Stills at peak performance.

Those in attendance at the Northern California shows were treated to one of the most unique and special of the tour. The collection, which opens with Stills’ biggest hit, “Love the One You’re With,” the first single unveiled from the album, features a set list of instantly recognizable songs, including a seamless medley of “49 Bye Byes and “For What It’s Worth, unexpectedly played on piano. David Crosby appears on “You Don’t Have To Cry” and “The Lee Shore.”

“The intimacy of the Berkeley Community Theater seemed to serve as a focal point between the audience and the energy surrounding the social climate of the day,” offers Stills. “It was my first tour as a solo artist and these shows were raucous and unrestrained, captured here in these recordings.”

Backed by The Memphis Horns, along with a cast of Stills’ friends, including Dallas Taylor (drums); Calvin “Fuzzy” Samuels (bass); Paul Harris (keyboards); Steve Fromholz (guitar); and Joe Lala (percussion), the original recording was produced by Stills and recorded by Bill Halverson. This historical reissue was produced by Kevin McCormick and Stephen Stills.

From a review on  The Old Grey Cat:

Anyway, the first thing one notices upon pressing play on the archival Live at Berkeley 1971 is that the 14-track set features pristine sound. There’s no hiss or moss, in other words. It’s well-mixed, with the clarity transporting the listener—or this listener, at any rate—to the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA, in August 1971, where Stills and band closed out their two-month tour in support of Stephen Stills 2 with concerts on the 20th and 21st. The sets for both shows, a la those from the rest of the tour, veered from acoustic to electric to brassy, and featured past favorites from Buffalo Springfield, CSN/Y and his first solo LP in addition to a healthy assortment of new songs.

Live at Berkeley isn’t a complete performance from either night, however, or—a la Bruce Springsteen’s No Nukes collection from a few years back—a best-of-breed approximation of the same. Rather, it’s an abridged presentation that strips away songs such as “Rock and Roll Woman,” “Questions,” “Go Back Home” and “Fishes & Scorpions” in order to fit the remainder onto two LPs. Yet, to quote from a song he released a half-dozen years later, “It’s no matter. No distance. It’s the ride.” Aside from a few bumps in the road, aka the brassy “Cherokee” and “Bluebird Revisited,” it’s excellent. (To quote the Oakland Tribune’s Doris G. Worsham from her review, which appeared in the newspaper’s August 25th edition, “The last thing on earth the Stills concert needed was a set of horns.”)

One highlight: the piano-only rendition of “Sugar Babe,” a Stills 2 track that resonates even more in the stripped-down presentation. Another highlight: the future Manassas track of the still-timely “Jesus Gave Love Away for Free.” The rendition of “Black Queen” is killer, too.

Here's a video review by our pal Davy over on Davy's Cinema Flicks & Music Picks:

Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971 tracklisting:

Side One

1. Love The One You’re With

2. Do For The Others

3. Jesus Gave Love Away For Free

4. You Don’t Have To Cry (with David Crosby)

5. The Lee Shore (with David Crosby)

Side Two

1. Word Game

2. Sugar Babe

3. 49 Bye-Byes/For What It’s Worth

Side Three

1. Black Queen

2. Know You’ve Got To Run

3. Bluebird Revisited

4. Lean On Me

Side Four

1. Cherokee

2. Band Introductions

3. Ecology Song

 
Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971 (Full Album Visualizer)

 

Stephen Stills Live At Berkeley 1971 is now available for order.  (Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link. Thank you!!!)

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