Neil Young 2015 Year in Review: The Year of The REAL

Stephen Stills & Neil Young
Light Up The Blues Benefit Concert
Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA on 2015-04-25.
Photo by Jeff Allen

Two Neil Youngs Sing "Old Man"
Neil Young on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"

The Bernard Shakey Film Retrospective, IFC Center, New York City
Photo by Harold Lepidus

Neil Young's Stealth Gig in Hawaii: All In A Dream
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Photo by David Parias

Induct Neil Young & Crazy Horse into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• REVIEWS: The Monsanto Years - Neil Young + Promise Of The Real
• The Monsanto Years: Going Where No Musician Has Gone Before
• A Re-Appraisal of "The Monsanto Years" by Neil Young and Promise of the Real

Neil Young Just Says No to Music Streaming

Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Reflections on Red Rocks: Neil Young + Promise of the Real, July 8 & 9, 2015
Photo by thrashette

"Down by the River"
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Staggering 3 hour, 15 minute Concert in Camden, NJ - July 16, 2015

Neil Young Supports Vermont Food Label Law with $100,000 Donation

"Love and Only Love"
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY - July 21, 2015
Photo by Hounds That Howell


"L.A." in concert in Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 14, 2015
("L.A." first performance since 1973-04-01, Sacramento)

Neil Young Practices Civil Disobedience in opposition of the California Seed Law

Bad News Has Come To Town: Mon$anto is literally being burned to the ground

Meryl Streep Gets Guitar Lesson from Neil Young for Jonathan Demme film ‘Ricki and the Flash’.

Neil Young, Co-Founder and Board Member of Farm Aid
Farm Aid 2015 (30th Annual) in Chicago
Photo by Brooklyn Vegan

Neil Young Bluenote Café - Performance Series Release

Neil Young Donates $100,000 to Blue Dot Environmental Campaign

Neil Young Launches GoEARTH.org

Willie Nelson Tribute for Gershwin Prize Concert w/ Neil Young, Paul Simon + Others

The Synchronicity of Thrasher's Wheat

JUNG NEIL: Love and Only Love from the Baghavad Gita (It’s All One Song)

Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders Go Political w/ "Rockin In The Free World" Song

Tim Drummond: 1940 – 2015 (Center rear)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - London, Sept. 14, 1974
Photo by Joel Bernstein

Dallas Taylor: 1948 - 2015
Dallas Taylor, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Bruce Palmer, Neil Young, Graham Nash
Shady Oak Drive in Studio City.
Photo Henry Diltz, 1969

Neil Young Turns 70 -- The world Celebrates
Photo by Matt Furman/The Wall Street Journal

Rusties Ascend to Shoreline for International Rust Fest Bridge Concerts
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend

Neil, Pegi & Ben say "Good Night. Thanks for coming. We love you all."
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend

For those of you who have made the annual pilgrimage to the Bridge School Benefit Concerts, you know that it can be a life altering and transcendental experience.

Rusties Hanging Out with Lukas & Micah Nelson After Bridge Concerts
Memories & Reflections on Our 2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts Weekend
Photo by Hounds That Howell

Unlike some of those years of Neil Young past -- 2015 was one of the most surprising years of all. 2015 was the year it all got REAL. We mean really REAL.

The man's productivity, resilience and sheer drive continues to be both amazing and inspiring.

We began 2015 with our sense of dread as the looming "Big Shift" rolled on, yet here we all are -- both irrevocably changed -- and yet still much the same as we ever were.

2015 had many amazing highlights as noted above for both Neil Young and Thrasher's Wheat.

Once again, we ponder that age old question: Is Neil burning out or fading away? We argue that he is neither. Neil Young is the quintessential survivor.

We had our moments here on TW in 2015. Like:

• Yes, There's Corruption on THE HIGHEST FLOOR: Yet More Inconvenient Truth in Greendale 
• "Flags of Freedom" For Memorial Day: A Neil Young Idea
• Science, GMO's and Our Futures: Why We Need To Heed The Coming of Neil Young's The Monsanto Years
• "Got A Man of The People Says Keep Hope Alive": Neil Young’s "Rockin' In The Free World"
• Americana and The American Dream - This Land Is Our Land, This Land Is Your Land or Who's Really Going To Stand Up?
• The Inconvenient Truth of Neil Young Rolls On

But a friend told us that we hit a bad chord with our posting Fear Not! We'll Always Have Paris. Forever. . Maybe so... When we blog about love and war, we don't really know what we're saying...

So we must be doing something right here at TW. Afterall, Facebook suspended our account on the eve of the Rebel Content tour. Surely a coincidence...

Nonetheless, we celebrate the music, achievements and all the good folks at Shakey Pictures. Onwards to 2016!

As for us? Well, Thrasher's Wheat will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2016. So stay tuned for some hopefully exciting announcements in the months ahead as we celebrate our remarkable little milestone as the longest running music blog on the internet. So we'll see you down the road in 2016.

because it's not about me.
and it's not about you.
it's all about about us.
you & me.

peace & love,
thrasher & thrashette

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado - July 9, 2015

ps - For all of you who help us wage heavy wheat and made contributions of support recently, thank you notes have been going out and we hope to get them all completed by the end of the year. Apologies on delay and we truly appreciate your support.

It means that much to us, to mean that much to you.

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2015 Bridge School Benefit Concerts: October 24 & 25 - Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA

Neil & Pegi say "Good Night. Thanks for coming. We love you all."

Finale Day #2: Who's Gonna Stand Up?

Day #2 Setlist: Neil Young + Promise of the Real

Day #1 Setlist: Neil Young + Promise of the Real

"Southern Man" - Neil Young + Promise of the Real w/ Nils Lofgren

Neil, Pegi & Ben Young say "Good Night. Thanks for coming. We love you all."

Finale: "One of These Days"

Neil Young + Promise of the Real w/ Nils Lofgren

Nils Lofgren w/ Neil Young - "Believe"

Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks LOVE Neil Young! Kicking off day 2 of The Bridge School Concert! pic.twitter.com/sNMHWwIPGh

— Larry Cooper (@coopah) October 25, 2015

Rusties @ The Healing Pole & Medicine Teepee

Rusties Descend Upon The Shoreline

Rusties
19th Annual International RustFest - October 23, 2015
Saratoga Springs, CA
(Click image to enlarge)

Thanks to Hounds That Howell for photo support!

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This weekend, the 29th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert will be held on Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, 25, 2015 at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA.

Here's the lineup for the 29th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert 2015:

• Neil Young and Promise of the Real
• Ryan Adams
• Dixie Chick
• St. Vincent
• Sheryl Crow
• Gary Clark Jr.
• Spoon
• Nils Lofgren

Check for updates via The Bridge School | Facebook and Bridge School | Twitter.




More on last year's Bridge School Benefit Concerts - October 25 & 26, 2014.

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Farm Aid 2015: Chicago, September 19th

Farm Aid 2015 will be held in Chicago on September 19th.

The 30th anniversary concert will be held at [Giant Corporation] Pavilion at Northerly Island.

Performances will include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, as well as, Jack Johnson, Imagine Dragons, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mavis Staples, Holly Williams, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Insects vs. Robots and Blackwood Quartet.

The Farm Aid ticket presale begins on July 29 at noon CDT. Details at Farm Aid.

More on last year's Farm Aid 2014: Raleigh, North Carolina.

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