CANCELED: All Remaining Dates on Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” Leg #2

 

TOUR BREAKvia  Neil Young Archives

 

UPDATED:  All remaining dates on the  Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse “Love Earth Tour” are  canceled, due to illness hitting “a couple of us”, per   Neil Young Archive.

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Since the abrupt end of Leg #1 of  Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse's “Love Earth Tour” in May in Chicago, there has been increasing conCERN over the status of Leg #2 scheduled to begin in July.

 

  Love Earth TourNeil Young w/ Crazy Horse

 

Now we are hearing that an announcement on status of Leg #2 of Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse's “Love Earth Tour” will be forthcoming very soon.

So stay tuned, standby, keep your fingers crossed and let's all hope for the best for everyone in the band, friends, and families.

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Comment of the Moment: "Old Ways" Album by Neil Young

"Old Ways" Album by Neil Young

 

As the summer lull between tour legs lingers on, we bring you another Comment of the Moment.  Pivoting off a comment by Dan on the 1985 album Old Ways by Neil Young, Abner mentions the semi-obscure song "Misfits", to which Meta Rocker replied:

Misfits is in a class of its own. 

The released Old Ways album (or what NY calls Old Ways 2) sounds a bit fragmented and sketchy to me. Flickers of what could have been? I’ll be interested to hear what NYA vol 3 has to tell us about Old Ways 1. My main reservation on Neil’s “back to the country” phase is that the generic trappings are laid rather thick at times (like too muchBearnaise sauce). Granted my knowledge of country and western is not encyclopedic, but some of the songs sound like bordering on pastiche. From a writer’s POV, I understand the appeal of working with a particular genre. I also like to think I’m pretty eclectic, but not all idioms will work equally for all audiences. We all carry expectations and prejudices into the listening experience.

Mind you, cannot fault the musicianship most evident on the live International Harvesters record. Southern Pacific, Back to the Country with Rufus Thibideaux tearing it up on fiddle is one for the ages. Could (and have) listened to Grey Riders on repeat ad infinitum—that’s a good example of Neil blending his own instincts with the genre. Then again, you have Nothing is Perfect, which sounds like you accidentally changed over to watching reruns of Hee Haw.

The best parts of the Harvesters almost make me wish Neil had gone in more of a bluegrass direction. I’m thinking of tracks like Southern Pacific, Grey Riders. The Old Homestead from Hawkes & Doves would be a great fit, too. The whole first side of that album (Doves) has a creaky, William Faulkner-ish “American gothic” mood going on—aside from the three pterodactyls, which add a Kurt Vonnegut-like dash of science fantasy. “…. So it goes.”

Hope the Horse is soon back to full health.

Thanks to Dan for starting our conversation, Abner keeping it flowing and Meta Rocker doing the heavy lifting. 

We appreciate everyone's patience as we continue to await updates on LOVE EARTH Tour Leg #2 of NYCH. 

A Treasure
Neil Young & The International Harvesters

 

Here's a few more items on  the "Old Ways" album by Neil Young:

• Notes about the “A Treasure” Tech Notes | The Flying Scotzman
• Reviews of Neil Young & The International Harvesters "A Treasure" 
• Tech Notes: Preview Video of Neil Young's New Album "A Treasure" 
• Neil Young's Photo Gallery Interview on the International Harvesters 
• The Making of A Treasure: Interviews with Neil Young 
• A Treasure: New Neil Young Album Coming 
• Release Details on A Treasure: New Neil Young Album

International Harvesters Tour, Costa Mesa, CA - 10/24/84
Photo by Robert Matheu

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