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Neil Young begins his commentary on the state of the family farmer. Our
seatmate -- TW's Tour Manager "Hounds That Howell" -- then hoisted a
F*CK Mon$anto shirt, which caught Neil's eye.
So, Neil Young stops the concert and points out the shirts we were wearing.
We flipped off Neil and his band Promise of the REAL -- to which they in return flipped us all off back.
Quite a joyous little moment in our Farm Aid concert going.
While most of our amazing day at the Farm Aid 2023 Concert was spent enjoying the music, food and people, a considerable amount of time went into speculating on the evening's "Special Guest" -- after Neil Young and before Willie Nelson's final slot.
And then -- without any introduction whatsoever -- a band slowly
emerged from the side stage, slowly one by one. We turned to our
seatmate Jim and The FarmAidians surrounding us and simultaneously
inaudibly exclaimed with looks of disbelief --"DYLAN?!"
"Maggie's Farm" Bob Dylan w/ HeartBreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell @ Farm Aid 2023 photo by thrasher
Farm Aid 2024: Saratoga Springs, NY, Sept. 21 - Lineup, Tickets
Farm Aid 2024
Farm Aid 2024 will be in Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) on Saturday, Sept. 21.
This year's lineup includes:
Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson with The Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Joy Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles, with more artists to be announced.
Board members performing include: Willie Nelson,
Neil Young,
John Mellencamp &
Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds). Margo Price presumably as well, altho no mention.
Pre-sale: A limited number of pre-sale tickets will be available beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 24. Visit farmaid.org/tickets for more information.
Public Sale: Tickets for Farm Aid 2024 go on sale on Friday, July 26, at 10 a.m. ET and will be available for purchase at LiveNation.com
While
2023 was Year #4 of the concert tour hiatus, Neil Young did manage to finally perform live in concert again.
From the heartwarming
intimacy of the solo 2023 Coastal Tour to the ongoing Archival releases and their staggering volume, 2023 was a year that was definitely both exhilarating and exhausting.
Walk with us on a journey through the past year of 2023 ...
Most of you know our backstory well here
after 25+ years cranking out the posts. It has been an amazing
journey with so many rewards which we continue to reap the most valuable
of all dividends -- those which are monumentally priceless.
For example, earlier this year we made a pilgrimage out to Seattle and connected up with our dear "Brother Alan in Seattle".
w/ "Brother Alan in Seattle"
Our rendezvous out west with "Brother Alan in Seattle" was a long time coming and most rewarding.
To
connect up with our Neil buddies, hang out and enjoy the music is our
definition of bliss. As in finding the true meaning of life. And we
consider ourselves quite fortunate to be able to travel about the
country and world and meetup with our fellow "rustie grains" (as Neil himself refers to us.)
Then there was that time we went to Farm Aid and a Bob Dylan & The HeartBreakers concert broke out ...
"Maggie's Farm"
Bob Dylan w/ HeartBreakers Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell
Seeing Neil, Bob, & Willie -- a true musical hero trifecta - all in the space of ~90 minutes was some of the finest times we've had at a concert. ever.
At the moment, everyone can relax somewhat because Thrasher's Wheat will continue to celebrate Neil Young,
his music and the fan communities. So stay tuned for some hopefully
exciting announcements in the months ahead as we celebrate our
remarkable little milestone as the2nd longest running music blog in the history of the
internet.
Maintaining a robust, healthy, engaged community that allows open, honest and free speech is paramount for us here in Neil / RUST & TW grain communities. There is simply nothing whatsoever which is more important to us and what we do and stand for. Again, thank you so much for reading our articles, sharing them
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and messages. Today, more than ever, we need independent thinkers like
you folks out there in the rustie-grains village that rely on a solid moral
compass – not a pre-determined agenda – to understand this circus, to stand up, to speak up, and to fight for what is right.
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Thanks and again: everyone enjoy your holidays and Happy Neil Year!!!
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