''Way Down in the Rust Bucket'' is a live album and

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from Canadian-American rock musician

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and his band Crazy Horse, released on February 26, 2021. It is Volume 11.5 in the Performance Series of

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Recording and release

The album was recorded on November 13, 1990 at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA, where the band was warming up for their upcoming ''

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'' tour. The show consisted of three sets and an encore, featuring most of recently released ''Ragged Glory'', as well as older fan favourites and deeper cuts. Guitarist Poncho Sampedro remembers the show fondly in a March 2021 interview for

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: Due to temporary power loss, the multitrack recording of "Cowgirl in the Sand" was damaged; it was decided to remove the song from the CD and LP running order (which also allowed to limit the release format to two CDs/four LPs). "Cowgirl in the Sand" appears only on the DVD version, with dropout sections augmented by lower-fidelity FOH mix. Young announced the release on his site on January1, 2020 with the intention to release it that year along with ''Greendale Live'', which was later retitled ''

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'', a 2003

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that also features Crazy Horse. This album was initially scheduled to come out on October16, 2020 before being postponed to January15, 2021 and later February26. Young has also previously shown all the concert video footage of this show as part of the ''Movietone'' section of his Archives website.

Critical reception

''Way Down in the Rust Bucket'' was met with acclaim from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 85 based on 7 reviews.

Track listing

''All songs written by

except as noted.''

Disc one

Disc two

DVD

* Country Home * Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze * Love to Burn * Days That Used to Be * Bite the Bullet * Cinnamon Girl * Farmer John *

Cowgirl in the Sand "Cowgirl in the Sand" is a song written by Neil Young and first released on his 1969 album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere''. Young has included live versions of the song on several albums and on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album '' 4 Wa ...

* Over and Over * Danger Bird * Don't Cry No Tears * Sedan Delivery * Roll Another Number (For the Road) * Fuckin' Up * T-Bone * Homegrown * Mansion on the Hill * Like a Hurricane * Love and Only Love * Cortez the Killer

Personnel

;Neil Young and Crazy Horse *

– vocals, guitar *

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– drums, vocals *

Frank Sampedro Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (born Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria, February 25, 1949) is an American retired guitarist and member of the rock band Crazy Horse, known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter Neil Young. Samp ...

– guitar, Stringman, vocals *

Billy Talbot William Hammond Talbot (born October 23, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of Crazy Horse. Music career Born in New York City, Talbot started his musical career singing on street corners at the age o ...

– bass guitar, vocals ;Engineering and production *

, David Briggs– production *John Hanlon– recording, mixing

Charts

References

External links

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Review of the show from Neil Young News
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