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Live Rust
''Live Rust'' is a live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, recorded during their fall 1978 ''Rust Never Sleeps'' tour. ''Live Rust'' composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace near San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, ''Rust Never Sleeps'', under a pseudonym "Bernard Shakey", which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace. The CD version of the album was slightly edited so as to fit on a single compact disc, which were limited to 74 minutes at the time this album was first issued on CD. In 2014, a remastered, high-resolution download was made available on the Pono store, restoring the album to its original length. Between tracks 2 and 3 on side 2 there is a stage announcement calling for people to get off of a tower and comments on an ongoing rainstorm. This is actually taken from Woodstock, almost a decade prior where Young performed as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Track listing Adapted from original LP labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Since the beginning of his solo career with his backing band Crazy Horse, he has released many critically acclaimed and important albums, such as ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'', ''After the Gold Rush'', '' Harvest'', '' On the Beach'' and ''Rust Never Sleeps''. He was a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. His guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. Young also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk, rock, country and other musical genres. His often distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname " Godfather of Grunge" and led to his 1995 album '' Mirror Ball'' with Pear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re·ac·tor
''Re·ac·tor'' is the eleventh studio album by Canadian folk rock musician Neil Young, and his fourth with American rock band Crazy Horse, released on November 2, 1981. It was his last album released through Reprise Records before he moved to Geffen for his next five albums. Content Musical style The album marked Young's first use of the Synclavier, which would be featured heavily on the subsequent albums ''Trans'' (1982) and ''Landing on Water'' (1986). The song "Shots" had originally been performed live in 1978 as a ballad. In 2003, Greg Kot of ''Chicago Tribune'' proclaimed that ''Re·ac·tor'' "works up a punk-blues racket ..that sounds as shaggy and disheveled as anything the Replacements recorded". ''AllMusic'' opined the album to contain "guitar-drenched hard rock made up of thrown-together material". ''Salon.com'' described the album as a proto-grunge effort. Peter J. Howe described it retrospectively in 1985 as "gritty post-punk". Packaging The album feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Needle And The Damage Done
"The Needle and the Damage Done" is a 1972 song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young. The lyrics describe the effects of heroin addiction on musicians Young knew, including his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten, who would die of an overdose the same year the song was released. The song would preview the theme of Young's 1975 album '' Tonight's the Night,'' which would reflect on the fatal heroin overdoses of Whitten and Bruce Berry, a roadie for Young and Crazy Horse. Young version "The Needle and the Damage Done" was first released on Young's 1972 album '' Harvest''. Rather than re-recording it, Young selected a live version from January 1971 that featured him singing and playing acoustic guitar. It would appear on the compilation albums ''Decade'' in 1977 and ''Greatest Hits'' in 2004. On the handwritten liner notes for ''Decade'', Young wrote of the song: "I am not a preacher, but drugs killed a lot of great men." Young performed the song in a 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loner (Neil Young Song)
"The Loner" is a song by Neil Young, his first solo single. It was released on his solo debut album in November 1968, and then an edited version as his debut solo single three months later on Reprise Records. It missed the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart completely, but over time has become a staple of his performance repertoire. Both it and " Sugar Mountain", its B-side recorded live at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were released on album together for his 1977 compilation, ''Decade''. History "The Loner" was written while Buffalo Springfield was in its last throes. The widely held assumption that the song was written about Stephen Stills (who covered the song on his 1976 album '' Illegal Stills'') can perhaps not be disproved (Young himself rarely provides clarity on such issues), but it is perhaps more likely that the song is autobiographical in nature, especially since Young was, of all Springfield members, the most bothered by playing as a member of a band. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When You Dance I Can Really Love
"When You Dance I Can Really Love" is the ninth track on Neil Young's 1970 album ''After the Gold Rush''. It was written by Young. Background The official Neil Young website gives the title as "When You Dance I Can Really Love"; however, the CD release (US catalogue number 2283-2, Europe 7599-27243-2) has the title misprinted as "When You Dance You Can Really Love." The correct title appears on other albums, such as ''Live Rust ''Live Rust'' is a live album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, recorded during their fall 1978 ''Rust Never Sleeps'' tour. ''Live Rust'' composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace near San Francisco. Young als ....'' It also appears in Young's handwritten lyrics included with some copies of the album. '' Record World'' said that it "is something new that comes up to oung'sbest work." Chart performance It was released as a single in the U.S. in 1971, reaching #93 on the Hot 100, Billboard charts. It was also released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ducks
The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived American hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn. The band included Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape), Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, and Johnny Craviotto. The band played a series of impromptu bar gigs around the Santa Cruz area in 1977. History In the spring of 1977, former Moby Grape vocalist and guitarist Jerry Miller was working with various musicians, and Young found his way on stage one night with Miller (whom he knew from his Fillmore days) and a singer-songwriter named Jeff Blackburn (who co-wrote " My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)". Young began hanging out and jamming with Blackburn in the days that followed with Blackburn on rhythm guitar, Bob Mosley on bass, and session musician Johnny Craviotto on drums. Craviotto had previously played on tracks for Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, and Buffy Sainte-Marie and would go on to found Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" is a song written by Canadian-American musician Neil Young. Combined with its acoustic counterpart " My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)", it bookends Young's 1979 album '' Rust Never Sleeps''. The song was influenced by the punk rock zeitgeist of the late 1970s, in particular by Young's collaborations with the American art punk band Devo, and what he viewed as his own growing irrelevance. Origins The song "Hey Hey, My My...", as well as the titular phrase of the album on which it was featured, "rust never sleeps," sprang from Young's collaborations with Devo and, in particular, the band's frontman, Mark Mothersbaugh. In 1977, Devo had been asked by Young to participate in the creation of his film, ''Human Highway'', and a scene in the film shows Young playing the song in its entirety with Devo (with Mothersbaugh changing a lyric about " Johnny Rotten" to "Johnny Spud"). On May 28, 1978, Young collaborated with Devo on a version of "Hey Hey, My M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Gold Rush (song)
"After the Gold Rush" is a song written and performed by Neil Young and is the title song from his 1970 album of the same name. In addition to ''After the Gold Rush,'' it also appears on the compilation albums ''Decade,'' and ''Greatest Hits,'' and on '' Live Rust.'' An ''a capella'' version of the song was a hit in many countries in 1974 for the English vocal group Prelude. It is ranked number 322 on ''Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Composition Young has said that he doesn't recall what the song is about. Dolly Parton, recalling a conversation while in the process of recording a cover of the song, along with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt, for their 1999 album ''Trio II'', said: However, in his 2012 biography Young reportedly gave a different explanation of the song's origin and meaning, describing the inspiration provided by a screenplay of the same name (never produced), which apocalyptically described the last days of California in a cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Mountain (song)
"Sugar Mountain" is a song by Canadian folk rock singer and composer Neil Young. Young composed the song on November 12, 1964—his 19th birthday—at the Victoria Hotel in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay), where he had been touring with his Winnipeg band the Squires. Its lyrics are reminiscences about his youth in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Releases The first known recording of the song was made on December 15, 1965 for a demo record at Elektra Records in New York City; this version appears on the "Early Years" disc on '' The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972''. The first formal release was a recording of the song made on November 10, 1968, as part of a live performance at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This recording was released as the B-side of Young's 1969 single " The Loner" (and again as the B-side of the "Cinnamon Girl" the following year), but was not collected on an album until the 3-LP compilation ''Decade'' was released in 1977. A CD/DVD release of recordings f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, they are called Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their lasting influence on American music and counterculture of the 1960s, culture, and for their intricate vocal harmonies, often tumultuous interpersonal relationships, and political activism. CSN formed in 1968 shortly after Crosby, Stills and Nash performed together informally in July of that year, discovering they harmonized well. Crosby had been asked to leave the Byrds in late 1967, and Stills' band Buffalo Springfield had broken up in early 1968; Nash left his band the Hollies in December, and by early 1969 the trio had signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Their first album, ''Crosby, Stills & Nash (album), Crosby, Stills & Nash'', was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000 attendees. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music festivals held in history. The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation. The event's significance was reinforced by a 1970 documentary film, an accompanying soundtrack album, and a song written by Joni Mitchell that became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Music events bearing the Woodstock name were planned for anniversaries, which inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
