NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES TIMELINE CONCERT OF THE MOMENT: w/ Crazy Horse at Bonnaroo Festival, TN - June 15, 2003

Neil Young w/ Crazy HorseBonnaroo Festival, TN - June 15, 2003
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A new Timeline Concert of the Moment is now streaming on Neil Young Archives.  (Thanks the Road Dawg!) 

The latest Timeline Concert is Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Bonnaroo Festival, TN on June 15, 2003.

NYCH @ Bonnaroo 2003 | NYA 

Bonnaroo Journal from Knoxville News: "Neil Young and Crazy Horse hit the stage at 9:42 p.m. and opened with a 18 minute version of "Love to Burn." Crazy Horse - guitarist Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, drummer Ralph Molina and Bassist Billy Talbot created a beautiful explosion of sound."

The New York Times said:

"Despite the revolving jam sessions, this was a crowd with a long attention span, and the festival's best stretches were when bands just held their own for long chunks of time. Neil Young, on Friday, performed with his three-decade-old band, Crazy Horse, under a custardy full moon. For three hours he played expanded versions, some of them 29 minutes long, of his best songs"Love to Burn," "Cortez the Killer," "Cinnamon Girl" and others. He was the only soloist, breaking to solo at length several times per song. Playing in his ragged, stuttering phrases, he made strings of notes crumble into noise, then recohere toward graceful endings. (The festival's excellent concert sound made his guitar tone feel a mile thick.) It was extraordinary, the ideal of a gnarled yet sophisticated technique."

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TIMELINE CONCERT OF THE MOMENT | NYA  

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Comment of the Moment: "Second Song" Album by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts

"Second Song" Album

by Neil Young & Chrome Hearts

Reaction to Neil Young's initial releases of  2 songs from the upcoming album "Second Song" with The Chrome Hearts has been nearly universally praised by fans and the music press thus far.

 

"Second Song" VideoNeil Young & The Chrome Hearts

Here is a Comment of the Moment on the upcoming album "Second Song" by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts by Abner:

I have a few thoughts going back to the first time I heard the song. 

Nostalgia is maybe not quite right as it constantly intersects with the present. The song places the nostalgic in a deeply problematic relationship to the present, although this is not always literal. 

If it was just harkening back to the sunny mornings and saving dimes the song is very different and probably not worth all that much. But beyond this problematic relationship to the present is that the present is placing everything in jeopardy. 

There is the immediate fact, within the lyrics, that what we need and want will no longer even be possible. This reality then strips us of our dignity as we are the ones who have destroyed the possibility of a future for both ourselves and everything else. 

To me, the center of the song are the lyrics: "but we won't remember them, cause we're the ones who didn't care." If one is really paying attention these lines hit like brass knuckles while there is painful irony with the beauty of the song. The same spirit could provide a bonfire for an electric nightmare of another song. 

Second Song is beyond a warning, it is a collision with our reckless actions.

Thanks for the comment Abner. Intrigued by your take on Second Song as "beyond a warning". The tone here on "Second Song" is a bit more subtle than we've heard from Neil in recent years where he's been  borderline sledgehammer (see  "Talkin' To The Trees" album and "Big Change", for example.)

More on  "Second Song" by Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts and NEW SONG VIDEO: Neil Young's "Casting Me Away From You".

"Casting Me Away From You"by Neil Young & Chrome Hearts (see NEW SONG VIDEO: Neil Young's "Casting Me Away From You") 

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Shirt of the Moment: MOJO Hounds Lead Singer

Cheryl B in Maryland MOJO Hounds lead singer w/ lead singer of Shocking Pinks(Click photo to enlarge)

As we continue our Journey Through The Past, Present and Future, it makes us greatly appreciate how much time fades away so quickly.

Our Thrasher's Wheat 30th Anniversary Shirt of the Moment is from our longtime friend and concert buddy Cheryl B in Maryland -- the MOJO Hounds lead singer --- with the lead singer of Shocking Pinks. 

The multiple blessings that flowed from meeting Thrasher…

In about 1993/1994, I joined the Rust listserv. I had recently gotten internet access. I first tried The Well, a Grateful Dead community. There was way too much traffic for me to participate. Then I tried a Bob Dylan group. Again, way too much traffic. So I searched around and found Rust.

I met a lot of nice people, but only online, not in person. When the Voters for Choice shows at Constitution Hall featuring Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Pearl Jam and L7 were announced, many of us tried mailing postcards to be selected to purchase tickets. A few of us banded together and promised to offer extras to each other. I made a pact with Thrasher and mailed in about 50 postcards. I was not selected. Legend has it that Thrasher and Thrashette pulled their cul-de-sac together and submitted hundreds of postcards. They ended up with two extra tickets to both shows. Amazingly, they offered me an extra to each night, and I attended and met them in person for the first time. That has blossomed into a friendship and concert-going partnership that has lasted. But the coolest thing is that they also offered an extra to John Kearney, whom I ended up sitting with one night.

John and I continued our friendship, and in late 1995, after meeting up again at a party at my house, I ended up being invited to sit in with John’s band, Mojo Hounds. Thirty years later, I’m still in the Mojo Hounds, and the band frequently plays my original songs.

I saw Neil Young & Crazy Horse with Pearl Jam at a small venue two nights in a row. I met Thrasher and Thrashette, great people and fun friends, and I found one of the greatest joys of my life, Mojo Hounds. I did not ever have singing or songwriting on my bingo card, yet here we are! I can’t thank Thrasher and Thrashette enough for the way they unknowingly changed my life. I am happy to wear a Thrasher’s Wheat shirt and be pictured next to an awesome Neil poster (which I bought from another Rustie!) 

Cheryl B

Thanks so much and glad you're enjoying  Cheryl.

Yes, so many memories from the DMV area over the decades.  And who could forget our 1st meetup @ V4C?  Neil, The Horse & Pearl Jam at Constitution Hall, 2 nights.  Epic.

Voters For Choice Benefit - January 14 & 15, 1995

(Neil Young Concert Review)

"Live Music Is Better" BumperstickerShakey Jack, Cheryl & MikeSummer 1997 HORDE Tour Road Tripphoto by thrasher

Backstage @ MOJO Hounds Concert

Gambrill, MD - August 2025

It's just a hippie dream, so let your freak flag fly & don't be denied! 

peace & love,

thrasher & thrashette

ps - so send us your photo flying the colors and we just might post it @ thrasher@thrasherswheat.org

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Roger Daltrey covers "Rockin in the Free World" by Neil Young - 8-24-26

Roger Daltrey
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Here is Roger Daltrey covering Neil Young's "Rockin in the Free World" at Yaamava Theater, Highland CA on  8-24-26.

And who could forget that time back in 1970 when The Who segued into Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"  during the finale jam of "My Generation"/ "See Me Feel Me" ?!

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Shirt of the Moment: Colin in The U.K.

Colin in The U.K.

As we continue our Journey Through The Past, Present and Future, it makes us greatly appreciate how much time fades away so quickly.

Our Thrasher's Wheat 30th Anniversary Shirt of the Moment is from Colin in The U.K..

Thanks for supporting TW Colin!  Enjoy.

It's just a hippie dream, so let your freak flag fly & don't be denied! 

peace & love,

thrasher & thrashette

ps - so send us your photo flying the colors and we just might post it @ thrasher@thrasherswheat.org

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Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026): "After The Gold Rush"

Dolly Parton: 1946 - 2026

From Late Show David Letterman in 1999, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt singing 'After the Gold Rush' by Neil Young.

A few items to note in performance.  The lyrics change on:

1. "in the nineteen seventies" changed to "in the twentieth century."

2. "And I felt like getting high" changed to "And I felt like I could cry.""getting high" 

(Quoting Wikipedia: "Parton also released a solo version of the song in 1996, though her version altered the line 'I felt like getting high' to 'I felt like I could cry' with the permission of Neil Young.") 

The Glass Harmonica (or Armonica) was played by Dennis James, who remembers the performance in an interview with Rich Bailey in 2002:

Rich Bailey: I remember when you appeared with her on Letterman and you discussed the Armonica a bit. How was that?

Dennis James: Well, it was a great surprise. A sort of unspoken message in the air to me before the broadcast was "Do not say anything on the air!”. After all, these things are Linda's appearances. When David L. leaned over his desk and directed a question to me I simply froze- on playback of the dub I can see myself caught and unable to speak. I received a glance from Linda that said to me it was OK and so when he tried again I called back a flip one liner and on things went from there.

 

Here is the original music video of the cover of Neil Young's 'After the Gold Rush' by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt.

Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt Perform “After the Gold Rush” by Neil Young. 💘 pic.twitter.com/e79XSOPi99

— Dina Shakti 🇬🇧 🇱🇰 (@Dina_Shakti) August 27, 2026

Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026) ... gone but not forgotten.

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