Whether or not the pair had a romantic interaction or didn’t, the situation is not really of our concern because their shared time together prompted two sweet songs instead.
~ Jack Whatley
Source: Songs Joni Mitchell and Neil Young wrote about each other
Shakey’s 3rd turns 50 … released on September 19, 1970.
It’s #71 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and should be in everyone’s record collection.
“[This was] the first time I walked onstage at Carnegie Hall,” Young writes on the Neil Young Archives, “blowing my own 25-year-old mind.”
Source: Neil Young Plots Carnegie Hall ’70 Concert As First ‘Official Bootleg’ – Rolling Stone
August 11, 1976 ~ Shakey records an album’s worth of songs in a single evening at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio in Malibu, California. Featuring “Pocahontas” and “Powderfinger,” the album is buried until September 8, 2017, when it’s released under the title of Hitchhiker.
Release chronicles a club show that Young played in Santa Cruz shortly after the release of Ragged Glory
By ANDY GREENE
Shakey’s been busy …
Source: Neil Young Announces 1990 Crazy Horse Live Album and Movie – Rolling Stone
Shakey releases his “country” album on August 12, 1985. It took a while until after he settled a beef with Geffen Records. Neil did the album while under the Geffen label but they didn’t want “country” Neil .. they wanted “rock ‘n roll” Neil. Shakey won in court, wrote a few more tunes to finish out the album and got some friends to help with the recording: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bela Fleck, Marty Stuart and more.
Earlier this week, Young finally sued Trump over his repeated usage of the song. But “Rockin’ in the Free World” isn’t the only song named in the suit. It also calls Trump out for playing “Devil’s Sidewalk” at a recent rally.
Source: Neil Young’s ‘Devil’s Sidewalk: Hear Song Named in Donald Trump Suit – Rolling Stone
The tumult and heaviness of “Homegrown” is another reason it feels better to own the album on vinyl, or even CD. After you watch the sunrise with it playing in your headphones, you might want to put it away for a while.
~ Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker
Source: A Neil Young Time Capsule | The New Yorker
To say Neil Young has had it with President Donald Trump would be an understatement.
Source: Neil Young Rips President Trump for Using ‘Free World’ Like It’s His ‘Theme Song’
