jon@boulder.UUCP (Jonathan Corbet) (08/31/85)
[My, my, hey, hey!]
I must admit that I attended Mr Young's concert at the Rocks with
rather low expectations. After all, this is the person whose last two albums
were such flops that his record company sued him. I really admire him for
trying new things, such as far-out electronic and rockabilly, but I personally
don't enjoy listening to it.
To top it all off, his new album is all country, with Willie Nelson
and Waylon Jennings! His band is called the "International Harvesters." Last
time I saw him, he had Crazy Horse...
He started the show with the whole band on stage -- none of the initial
solo acoustic stuff like the old days. The first song was a country song, and
the audience was beginning to wonder. We were definately there for the old
Neil Young. Then he launched into "Comes a time", which had everybody on
their feet. Then another country song. With a few exceptions, they alternated
between the new stuff and the old favorites all night. I really did not
recognize any of the new songs; some of the old stuff included "Sugar Mountain",
(he forgot the words halfway through), "Helpless", "Heart of Gold", "Old man",
and an absolutely raging version of "Down by the River," although he really
needs Crazy Horse to do that last one properly. As a whole, I found the
show to be quite enjoyable -- Neil can still play guitar.
jon
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Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
{seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon (Thanks to CU CS department)rcook@uiucuxc.Uiuc.ARPA (09/05/85)
Young is one of the initial performers to be confirmed to appear at Farm Aid
in Champaign Il. He booked at about the same time as Willie Nelson. Could
he possibly plan to be ALL country (like most of the performers) at this gig?
Has anyone heard? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
Rob Cook
UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!rcook
'Life is just a cocktail party on the street'
-Mick Jagger- elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) (09/08/85)
> > Young is one of the initial performers to be confirmed to appear at Farm Aid > in Champaign Il. He booked at about the same time as Willie Nelson. Could > he possibly plan to be ALL country (like most of the performers) at this gig? > Has anyone heard? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? > > Rob Cook > Judging by his recent album, it's quite likely he'll be doing countryish stuff. -- Eugene Fiume {decvax|allegra}!utcsri!elf