Although my CDs are still dancin’ across the proverbial waters, sans galleons and guns, I’ve been enjoying the archival Way Down in the Rust Bucket live set from Neil Young and Crazy Horse thanks to the high-resolution files that come with the purchase via the Greedy Hand store. Long-time fans who planted trees and/or were […]
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First Impressions: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Way Down in the Rust Bucket
Posted: February 28, 2021 in 1990, 1990s, 2020s, 2021, Crazy Horse, First Impressions, Neil YoungTags: 1990, 1990s, 2020s, 2021, Crazy Horse, Feedback Is Back, First Impressions, Mansion on the Hill, Neil Young, Neil Young Archives, Review, The Old Grey Cat, Warpath, Way Down in the Rust Bucket
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First Impressions: Neil Young’s Archives II
Posted: December 13, 2020 in 1970s, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2020, 2020s, First Impressions, Neil YoungTags: 1970s, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 2020, 2020s, Archives II, First Impressions, Neil Young, Neil Young Archives, Powderfinger, Review, Sweet Joni
I’ve been holding off on writing about Neil Young’s Archives Vol. II, which was released on November 20, 2020, until I finished listening to each and every of its 10 discs. For those not in the know, it covers the fertile period from 11/15/1972 through 3/10/76, when he recorded such classic albums as Tonight’s the […]
First Impressions: The Times by Neil Young
Posted: September 19, 2020 in 2020, 2020s, First Impressions, Neil YoungTags: 2020, 2020s, First Impressions, Lookin' for a Leader, Neil Young, Review, The Times
Since the pandemic’s start, Neil Young and Daryl Hannah have holed up somewhere in the wilds of Colorado. It’s a beautiful locale, rustic and atop a mountain – and sans decent broadband. As he noted in the Times-Contrarian in March, “When we first tried to live stream Fireside Sessions a few days ago, we died […]
First Impressions: Neil Young’s Homegrown
Posted: June 20, 2020 in 1970s, 1975, 2020, 2020s, First Impressions, Neil YoungTags: 1970s, 1975, 2020, 2020s, First Impressions, Homegrown, Little Wing, Neil Young, Review, Separate Ways, Star of Bethlehem, Vacancy
On December 11, 1974, Neil Young entered a Nashville studio with new songs in mind. Fellow travelers Ben Keith (pedal steel) and Tim Drummond (bass) were on hand, as was the Band’s Levon Helm (drums) and, presumably, kindred spirit Emmylou Harris (though she may have overdubbed her harmonies later). After a few days, the sessions […]
