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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Neil Young Answers The Question: "What is a Thrasher?"

THRASHER
via Neil Young Archives | T-C | LTE (Click photo to enlarge)

Now that the 1st Leg of Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' 2025 love earth WORLD Tour is complete, Neil is back to answering letters on NYA.

In particular, Neil answers the immortal question: "What is a Thrasher?" (thanks Road Dawg!)

And more importantly, Neil promises to add the song Thrasher to the setlists for the upcoming North American Leg #2. Obviously, the song resonates deeply with the proprietors of this blog.

Which reminds of the time that The NYA Team announced a major discovery back in 2019 of the original lyrics for Neil Young's song "Thrasher".

Original "Thrasher" Lyrics

Apparently, the original "Thrasher" lyrics were "hiding behind hay bales"?!

(More on the nine page original lyric manuscripts for Neil Young's epic, immortal and legendary song "Thrasher" which reveal several telling lyric changes made during the evolution from writing to 1st performance. )

The Essential “Thrasher” Request Fold Up Sign

(never leave home without it ... or attend a Neil concert w/o)

Labels: archives, lyrics, neil young, neil young archives, nya, song, thrasher

2 Comments:

At 7/22/2025 04:34:00 PM, thrasher said...: Welcome back.

We continue to be delayed on completing our Dublin concert report. The good news would be that it seems that Neil managed to return home without troubles.

Much to look forward to with the upcoming Leg#2!
At 7/23/2025 02:07:00 AM, Alan said...: I am so glad to hear that!
Your Brother Alan in Seattle

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