I could not find a Neil Young thread, that's hard to believe there isn't one already, but we saw him last night in Tucson with Promise Of The Real and it was an epic mindblower of a show.
I had a good feeling about the show being in a relatively out of the way venue (7000 capacity outdoor amphitheater on the outskirts of town) and a warm up for Desert Trip and Bridge School concerts coming up.
I was also thinking and hearing reports that this young band led by Willie Nelson's sons are super-stoked to be living out their Crazy Horse fantasies (what young rock band worth anything wouldn't love to do that>?) and their passion and energy firing up Neil.
It was all true, they built on the great setlists in Utah and Idado the week before and added in some nuggets like Cortez the Killer, Cinnamon Girl, and Hey Hey My My.
The show started with Neil displaying his songwriting and performance genius solo acoustic on piano and guitar for about 5 songs, all classics of his, full of drama, like the master crafstman that his is. Then the band came out and laid down some sweet mellow country rock for another 6 songs before Neil strapped on his old black Les Paul and the heavy rock started to pour out. Powderfinger was epic and long and filled with fantastic guitar jams between each verse with a long drawn out ending. Promise Of The Real have learned to do an admirable impression of Crazy Horse, matching their lurching hunched over, heads down huddles of heavy riffing. Love and Only Love went on for over 20 minutes and the band was tight, hitting all the changes in perfect time. Rockin' In The Free World had three false endings, it went on and on in glorious noise. Neil was often smiling, clearly loving and feeling energized by playing with these young guys.
Many hardcore fans were saying this tour has been far better than the last couple Crazy Horse shows. There may never be another Neil tour as good as this one, unless he keeps playing with these guys. See it now if you can!
If I was in Southern California, I'd do everything I could to get to the shows in Pomona, CA midweek between the weekends of Desert Trip.
well thank you so much for posting this. I hadn't even caught wind of the Pomona shows, just scrambled over to the venue website to see that the Wednesday show was listed as Sold Out (only day I could swing it). But I clicked on the link anyway, and, maybe they just released some, but snagged 2 GA Pit tickets. Hell yes!!
Sweet, Walter ! Enjoy and report back if you feel like it👍 We were in the pit too, sound was great a few folks back from the rail and it was cool to see them up close. Neil is a Master!
Hey Shug, It is oddly named, but we do still have the Neil Young Thread. Here it is. It's called, "Talkin' Bout Neil Young". I keep losing track of it too and have to do the search for "Neil Young" and stuff from the thread shows up. My brother got to see Neil Young play in Nashville at the Ascend Amphitheater back this past May.
http://mymorningjacket.net/index.php/topic,12702.0.html
Thanks, knew it had to be there, weird that it didn't come up in a search.
I saw Neil for the first time last fall. It was with Promise of the Real, and the show was excellent. It far exceeded my expectations. I had never heard the new stuff and liked it better than I thought. And it was great to see some classics in person.
Check out Neil with McCartney from the other night at Desert Trip:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-mccartney-young-play-beatles-classic-at-desert-trip-w444043
Pomona show was amazing last night!
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young-promise-of-the-real/2016/fox-theater-pomona-ca-4bfd0736.html
Holy fuck that setlist looks amazing!! What a switchup from the rest of the shows he's done with POTR. I am DYING INSIDE that I chose the financially responsible route of coming back home after Desert Trip W1 rather than bumming around California for another week and hitting up a Neil Pomona show.
The show was insane. So good. Neil is at the top of his game right now with POTR. If you ever get a chance go see POTR on their own.
Was Cortez and Cinnamon Girl done solo at the first night of Pomona? Wow. Fuckin' Up and Piece of Crap in the same show, ha ha ha ha!
Quote from: Shug on Oct 14, 2016, 12:14 PM
Was Cortez and Cinnamon Girl done solo at the first night of Pomona? Wow. Fuckin' Up and Piece of Crap in the same show, ha ha ha ha!
with band. Cinnamon Girl was rather short but Cortez rocked out for a long time.
Did he do the first few songs solo or did the band come out right from the start? That looks like a really great setlist with Cowgirl In The Sand and Roll Another Number and all the others. Nice one, glad you guys scored a hot show!
Band was out the whole time. Even when he busted out his acoustic for songs like hank to Hendrix I think they stayed out (if I remember correctly)
Cowgirl in the sand may have been my highlight of the show. Rocked it so hard.
Yes, they even stayed out during the acoustic numbers. He played Like an Inca for 26 minutes to start the show. I still can't believe how good it was....and Shug I'm pretty sure my wife and I were standing next to you at the MMJ shows in SF last year.
Any word on what's ailing the man?
Quote from: manonthemoon on Apr 05, 2017, 07:31 PM
Any word on what's ailing the man?
I haven't read anything. One would have to assume that it is at least semi-serious to keep him from inducting PJ though...
Young's representative has now confirmed to Pitchfork that he "has not been feeling well, but his illness is nothing major."
That's good news I think, just been a little nervous since he canceled his shows for this year and then this came up.
Quote from: brob on Oct 15, 2016, 07:08 PM
Yes, they even stayed out during the acoustic numbers. He played Like an Inca for 26 minutes to start the show. I still can't believe how good it was....and Shug I'm pretty sure my wife and I were standing next to you at the MMJ shows in SF last year.
I hope I was a good concert goer to you brob. I like to rock out. But I don't like to talk. A clueless friend seeing MMJ for the first time tried to talk to me during War Begun and I had to shut that shit RIGHT DOWN!
Has everyone checked out this Archive that Neil put up? It is the most comprehensive collection I could ever imagine and just so awesome. Can spend hours digging around, reading, listening... Soo, so cool Neil!
https://www.neilyoungarchives.com
Quote from: Murph on Dec 12, 2017, 05:09 PM
Has everyone checked out this Archive that Neil put up? It is the most comprehensive collection I could ever imagine and just so awesome. Can spend hours digging around, reading, listening... Soo, so cool Neil!
https://www.neilyoungarchives.com
It is a thing of beauty, though I wish I could just hit random play and sit by my computer for a few hours...
:bath:
https://www.jambase.com/article/neil-young-tour-promise-real-2018-according-lukas-nelson
I can't wait for another tour from these guys, I will be going to great lengths to see hopefully several shows on this tour.
Filling the Jacket and Wilco not touring void with Neil and The War On Drugs and Marcus King Band in 2018.
You and me both, Shug! The delay on these tour dates is killing me, I thought they'd drop right after the Hometown show/new album/Archives release day. I'm trying to plan a mega trip next summer for my bride-to-be and I but refuse to lock in anything until I know where Neil is going to be! I think she'd understand...?
She sounds like a keeper, ha ha ha!!
uhhhhh, just bought tickets to see NY and muthafucking Crazy Horse next tuesday and Wednesday in Fresno!
Shows literally just announced today, out of the blue.
Quote from: walterfredo on Apr 23, 2018, 06:04 PM
uhhhhh, just bought tickets to see NY and muthafucking Crazy Horse next tuesday and Wednesday in Fresno!
Shows literally just announced today, out of the blue.
Damn, How cool is that. Have a great time and report back. I just bought the re-release of Harvest Moon on vinyl, Love <3 Neil Young and especially with Crazy Hoese
Quote from: walterfredo on Apr 23, 2018, 06:04 PM
uhhhhh, just bought tickets to see NY and muthafucking Crazy Horse next tuesday and Wednesday in Fresno!
Shows literally just announced today, out of the blue.
Just like Neil to do some short-notice, unexpected, out of the way, not part of a tour Crazy Horse shows while we are waiting to hear about the promised Promise of The Real tour this summer. Have fun, walter!
https://www.jambase.com/article/nils-lofgren-says-will-perform-neil-young-crazy-horse
tonight's the night!
show will be live streamed.
https://www.jambase.com/article/neil-young-crazy-horse-announce-fresno-livestream
Quote from: walterfredo on May 01, 2018, 12:16 PM
tonight's the night!
show will be live streamed.
https://www.jambase.com/article/neil-young-crazy-horse-announce-fresno-livestream
Thanks Walter, I'll be checking this out!
HELP! why can't I get this livestream to work for me??
Maybe they just haven't started it yet? I guess it would be 8:48PM out there.
Neil cane on about 9:20
Good times!
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young-and-crazy-horse/2018/warnors-theatre-fresno-ca-3bec704c.html
Quote from: walterfredo on May 02, 2018, 09:52 AM
Neil cane on about 9:20
Good times!
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young-and-crazy-horse/2018/warnors-theatre-fresno-ca-3bec704c.html
Good to see the setlist, the stream went down towards the end of "Like a Hurricane". Saw Bill Walton and Meatloaf in the crowd. Neil seemed like he was having fun despite a few technical issues. Cortez the Killer was awesome!
Bill Walton was two rows behind me, next section over. Did not see meatloaf though.
https://www.jambase.com/article/neil-young-crazy-horse-perform-1st-show-together-since-2014
A bunch of decent videos from the crowd. Neil and Crazy Horse sounding mighty!
Quote from: walterfredo on May 02, 2018, 11:31 AM
Bill Walton was two rows behind me, next section over. Did not see meatloaf though.
Walton being 2 rows behind you vs 2 rows in front is such a win! lol
Quote from: parkervb on May 02, 2018, 02:43 PM
Quote from: walterfredo on May 02, 2018, 11:31 AM
Bill Walton was two rows behind me, next section over. Did not see meatloaf though.
Walton being 2 rows behind you vs 2 rows in front is such a win! lol
no doubt. He was also next section over, but I do feel bad for the folks directly behind him.
last night's setlist was almost identical as the first night, which surprised me a bit. Exact same with two exceptions...last night they did not play Walk On and played everybody knows this is nowhere in it's place, and the encore changed from Roll another number for the road to The Losing End.
Quote from: walterfredo on May 03, 2018, 11:59 AM
last night's setlist was almost identical as the first night, which surprised me a bit. Exact same with two exceptions...last night they did not play Walk On and played everybody knows this is nowhere in it's place, and the encore changed from Roll another number for the road to The Losing End.
Damn, that's a bit disappointing. My favorite thing about 3 nights with MMJ, you won't hear the same thing twice except OBH at OBH :thumbsup:
I remember that being the case the last time they toured. The set lists were practically the same every night and they would rotate 3 or 4 different songs for the encores
I did not make it to the show last night, but saw the setlist and it was the same songs, just in a mixed order last night. Always great to see Neil though. He's definitely one of those you just wish you could write the setlist for.
How did you think they sounded for the 2 shows you saw? How was Neil looking? It's gonna be a sad day when father time catches up to old Neil. I feel like out of all the guys I would group together as being on the same level as him, he's the one that has still got it the most.
Seeing as it was billed as "we will not practice for a single moment before walking on stage for the first time in four years", I thought they sounded really good. There was definitely some clear signs they were rusty...some missed transitions, some abrupt endings, some missed notes, etc. That said, they sounded pretty damn incredible. Neil was high energy both shows I saw. The whole band actually was. He's just ageless when it comes to energy and enthusiasm. He always seems to relevant. His music just never gets old or outdated.
i got first row floor outside of the pit for the show at the fox in detroit. haven't been this stoked for something in a long time.
Quote from: robb on May 10, 2018, 08:14 AM
i got first row floor outside of the pit for the show at the fox in detroit. haven't been this stoked for something in a long time.
Whoa, they announced more Crazy Horse shows?
I think they are just Neil Young solo shows. You never know who might show up though!
just solo acoustic. Which is obviously an entirely different animal. I saw Neil solo acoustic in LA at the Nokia Theater a few years back. You could hear a pin drop in the venue the entire show. he basically had about 20 guitars and numerous pianos in a wide circle around the stage, and would walk around and talk between songs, and then just pick a guitar, or piano, and harmonica and go into songs. It was awesome.
I figure I don't have forever to continue blowing money on live Neil shows, so may as well go HAM while I can. Hitting up the solo show in Detroit on the Tuesday, then hauling ass to Quebec City for the show with POTR on Friday. No better way to kick off July than a week of Neil!!
Quote from: oistheone on May 10, 2018, 03:50 PM
I figure I don't have forever to continue to blowing money on live Neil shows, so may as well go HAM while I can. Hitting up the solo show in Detroit on the Tuesday, then hauling ass to Quebec City for the show with POTR on Friday. No better way to kick off July than a week of Neil!!
Respect it!
Webcast ripped bootleg of the Fresno show here:
http://livebootlegconcert.blogspot.pt/2018/05/neil-young-and-crazy-horse-live-warnors.html
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live @ Warnors Theatre, Fresno, USA, 01-05-2018
Exclusive concert from Live Bootlegs Blog!
Source: Soundboard / Webcast
Sound Quality: 10/10
Setlist
1. Big Time
2. Country Home
3. Don't Cry No Tears
4. Winterlong (Neil Young cover)
5. (banter)
6. World on a String (Neil Young cover)
7. Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')
8. Fuckin' Up
9. Too Far Gone (Neil Young cover)
10. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young cover)
11. Cinnamon Girl
12. Cortez the Killer
13. Walk On (Neil Young cover)
14. Like a Hurricane (Neil Young cover)
15. Mansion on the Hill
16. Roll Another Number (For the Road) (Neil Young cover)
Hell yes!
Seriously stunned by the Neil show I just saw!! I've never seen the man smile in all the hundreds of hours of footage + other shows I've seen as much as he did tonight. Him and Promise of the Real were just clicking on all cylinders and from other reports I've read, they have been for a few years now. This is the real deal. For someone who wasn't around for Neil and Crazy Horse in their prime, this has to be as close or just as good. Watching them huddle up and jam as you wait in anticipation for Neil to RIP a solo... I just couldn't have left there happier. See this tour if you can
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young-promise-of-the-real/2018/capitol-theatre-port-chester-ny-7be93658.html
That's exactly how I felt after the Tucson show I saw with POTR two years ago. The real deal for sure!
Betsy and I saw the broadcast of Farm Aid and loved it. Promise of the Real is the perfect backing band for Neil, at least in this time and place, and I would love to see some live shows. Keeping on rocking in the free world...
Looking forward to seeing POTR with Willie Nelson & others at Willie's Outlaw Music Festival. Catching the Hollywood Bowl show later this month. Margo Price & Sturgill Simpson also playing. And some guy named Phil Lesh.