DUME Coming Feb 23rd - Another "Lost" Neil Young & Crazy Horse Album

 Dume - Release date: Feb 23rd
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse's  "lost" album Dume is a limited edition, all analog vinyl pressing scheduled for release on Feb 23rd.

With 16 recordings, some of which were part of the historic ‘Zuma’ album sessions and others previously unreleased, the album's vinyl release is being eagerly awaited after news emerged several years ago of future Archives releases.

Dume - Vinyl details
 Neil Young & Crazy Horse  (Click photo to enlarge)  

Dume, an album of songs from the Zuma era, and Hitchhiker, an acoustic LP from the mid-Seventies, was recorded at Producer David Briggs' house on Point Dume, CA. The Dume album includes such outtakes as the original Sedan Delivery (which later surfaced on Chrome Dreams), Powderfinger, Ride My Llama and Born to Run. 

 

The Dume album was included in Neil Young Archives Volume II (1972 - 1976) Boxset as Disc #8.

From REVIEW: Neil Young Archives Volume II (1972 - 1976) Boxset | Everybody’s Dummy:

Dume (1975) not only widens the scope on Zuma by about half an hour, but reveals some of the incredible candidates left off that album, such as an earlier version of “Powderfinger” and electric takes on “Ride My Llama”, “Pocahontas”, and amazingly, even “Kansas” and “Hawaii”.

“Too Far Gone” and “No One Seems To Know” appear a year before the live takes on Songs For Judy; “Born To Run” is not the Bruce song, but a Neil original tried and abandoned over the decades. Look Out For My Love (1976) is even more sprawling, the continuing adventures of the refurbished Crazy Horse alongside that year’s CSNY experiment that dwindled down to the short-lived Stills-Young Band, culminating in another stab at “Human Highway”. But first we get a transcendent “Separate Ways” that would have tilted Long May You Run even further in Neil’s favor, a band take of “Traces”, and two tracks with the Crosby-Nash vocals still intact. 

New Unreleased Version of "Powderfinger": 1975 Dume Sessions | Neil Young Archives Vol. II - Streaming Now 

 

Track List:

Side A:
1. Ride My Llama
2. Cortez The Killer*
3. Don’t Cry No Tears*
4. Born To Run
Side B:
1. Barstool Blues*
2. Danger Bird*
3. Stupid Girl*
4. Kansas
Side C:
1. Powderfinger
2. Hawaii
3. Drive Back*
Side D:
1. Lookin’ For A Love*
2. Pardon My Heart*
3. Too Far Gone
4. Pocahontas
5. No One Seems To Know

* next to the song title indicates that this version was on Zuma. All other songs are non-album tracks

Neil Young - "Born To Run" | DUME Album (see Comment of the Moment: Playing Videos on Neil Young Archives )

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UNCUT Magazine: Neil Young's "On The Beach" 50th Anniversary

UNCUT Magazine - February 2024
Neil Young's "On The Beach" 50th Anniversary (Click photo to enlarge)

 

UNCUT Magazine's February 2024 issue features Neil Young on the cover, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the album On The Beach.

The cover story is a deep dive into the album’s genesis and subsequent legacy/mythology – with a host of new interviews with Ralph, Rob Frabioni, Will Fuqua and assorted eyewitnesses.

There’s also a track-by-track, where Neil heads including Kurt Vile, J Mascis, Margo Price, Patterson Hood and Low’s Alan Sparhawk talk us through their favourite songs on the album.

The issue is in UK shops from Friday, January 5 and also available to buy direct from the Uncut store:  https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/uncut-magazine/334

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INTERVIEW: Micah Nelson | Guitar World

Particle Kid (aka Micah Nelson)

Farm Aid 2019 Highlights - Alpine Valley, Wisconsin 

photo by thrasher

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As a member of Neil Young's band Crazy Horse, Micah Nelson has to channel Danny Witten, Nils Lofgren and Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro as he discusses in an interview with Guitar World by Andrew Daly.

“In January of 2023, Neil called and asked if I’d like to join Crazy Horse,” Nelson tells Guitar World. “I was born in the Year of the Horse, so of course I said ‘yes!’ After I agreed, the first thing I thought was, ‘I’m gonna need a new amp.’ I wasn't sure what Neil wanted – I didn't know if he wanted me to be Nils, Poncho or Danny.”

The answer was simple: Young advised Nelson to “be true to the music”. Which makes sense, as the proverbial godfather of grunge has spent well over 50 years doing just that. “My approach has always been to complement whatever the music needs,” Nelson says. “But Neil has always challenged me to push myself beyond the norm in many situations, which became a big thing.”

One look at Willie Nelson’s battered Martin N-20 acoustic, Trigger, explains all you need to know about the rustic wisdom the elder musician has imparted to his children. Asked how he’s injected that soothsaying into his career, Micah says: “I’m sure I could write a song that sounds like Willie Nelson or Neil Young.

“I could deliberately be like, ‘I’m gonna rip off Neil Young right now,’ just like he ripped off Bob Dylan, and like my dad ripped off Django. I could do that all day, and there’s nothing wrong with that.’”

But he doesn’t believe that’s what would be going on. “We’re just borrowing timeless things and being passed down,” he argues. “So I’ll keep digging into similar patterns, and I’ll keep exploring myself. That's just part of being fractal. It’s all a part of me. My roots and lineage will remain, but where I take that remains to be seen.”

Full Micah Nelson interview with Guitar World by Andrew Daly.

Also, more on Micah Nelson and  Neil Young.

Micah Nelson  

Austin Lifestyle - Feb 2023

(see Micah Nelson "Teases" as New Crazy Horse Band Member w/ Neil Young)

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Neil Young's Original Harvest Album Cover Photo? + TW Shoutout

 

Neil Young's Original Harvest Photo?

Otis Gibbs | YouTube

Last year, we featured a few interviews by musician Otis Gibbs -- “The best unknown songwriter in music today” -- who also happens to be a big Neil Young fan amongst other notorieties. (Thanks Jim!)

In his latest video podcast, Otis Gibbs tells the story of the great photographer, Henry Diltz, who claims Neil Young's Harvest album was meant to have a different cover. Interesting speculation here on what might have been.

 

Here is an image that the above interview references by photographer Henry Diltz from "The Barn" and the Harvest album sessions (see "Old man look at my life..." - Photos of Neil Young and His Inspiration by Henry Diltz )

The Unused Harvest Album Cover Photo???

Neil Young at Broken Arrow Ranch - 1971
Photo by Henry Diltz

(see "Old man look at my life..." - Photos of Neil Young and His Inspiration by Henry Diltz ) 

 

If a photo was used instead on the Harvest album cover, the whole "loner hippie cowboy" image of Neil Young would have certainly had a different impact. Certainly, Neil on a haybale was not the image that the record label wanted to establish.

Lastly, check out comments around ~3:00 about our website Thrasher's Wheat as a "Neil Young rabbit hole."  Thanks for props Otis!

Also, check out an interview with Kenny Vaughan on why Neil Young is intentionally out of tune.

Otis Gibbs & Kenny Vaughan

(See Why Neil Young Is Intentionally Out Of Tune | Thoughts by Kenny Vaughan )

 

  Dan Baird & Otis Gibbs 

(see Meeting Neil Young: Talking Guitars With Dan Baird & Otis Gibbs)

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