NEIL YOUNG 2000 NEWS DECEMBER 2000 South American fans have (2) Neil Young dates on the horizon so far for 2001... 01/18/01 @ Campo de Polo - Buenos Aires; Argentina These have been confirmed as dates bringing back the horse... Santa dropped this one down the chimney for me.... Crisp, clean and delicious.. audio and video Check out this dvd. * * * Friends, please take note that the I feel this is confusing for the consumer. It is also available in VHS format. Here is the track listing: Motorcycle Mama 12/05/00 Street Date is today Rated 3 1/2 stars in Rolling Stone Cowgirl in the Sand Walk On Fool For Your Love Peace of Mind Words Motorcycle Mama Tonights the Night All Along the Watchtower NOVEMBER 2000 On Sale Now 11/12/00 Happy Birthday Neil! OCTOBER 2000 10/18/00 Some stills from ALMOST FAMOUS I thoroughly enjoyed Crowes semi-autobiographical latest work.
Catch it while its in the theatres *CSNY related movie content* Showing of Crosby July 23rd, 1970 issue of Rolling Stone Mention of Crosby in card game scene between band managers Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" (Neither of these appears on the movie soundtrack.) 10/17/00 Neil Young Webcast Rebroadcast! Neil Young's agent Marsha Vlasic, from MVO Ltd. SEPTEMBER 2000 From POLLSTAR issue dated 09/18/00 The Box office reports are coming in very slow.... 08/29/00 Tickets sold: 5861 The First box office stats of the 08/11/00 Venue Capacity: 17,482 Tickets sold: 9,435 = 53% Ticket price: $38.50-$49.75 Gross: $388,722 (The ticket prices are varying depending on the market region. Obituary Rock composer Jack Nitzsche, 63 died August 25th in Hollywood
following 09/02/00 The abstract art of KARL KOCH © Neil Young at Camden NJ's E Center Do you enjoy Karl's work? In the August issue of MOJO Magazine They list the MOJO Greatest 100 Songs of All Time. #58 Neil Young "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" Writer: Neil Young Reveling in the vibe of LA's Laurel Canyon community, News blurb from MOJO - Courtesy of FJK AUGUST 2000 08/26/00 NEIL YOUNG 08/13/00 Neil Young at Camden, NJ's "E Center" August 9th, 2000 Photo art by Karl Koch © Who would believe he would ever play "Words?" More power to ya Neil! You've got balls. :-) SETLIST: Motorcycle Mama Wish we could get Stills to go and play some golden nuggets from
his illustrious past .....and future! Come on blues album... time
is awasting... and Eric and BB’s record just went platinum (1
million sales). Damn.... JULY 2000 From this week's July 31st, 2000 issue of POLLSTAR: Tegan and Sara Quinn Identical twins from Calgary, are on the eastern leg of JUNE 2000 06/30/00 A NEIL YOUNG interview aired this week on Canadian Music Television
channel Jana: Yeah. And it was pointed out to me today that you've actually
played on this tour more dates then you ever played in your previous
incarnations with the band. Jana: Getting back to "Silver And Gold", you didn't produce it
alone. You had help. Jana: You've had some practice. Jana: Are you as creative now as you ever have been? 06/28/00 Neil Young News from POLLSTAR Neil Young hits the road for the second time this year, but this
time the Young has already logged plenty of mileage this year as part of
the reunited - and hugely successful - Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young caravan. This time out, Young is playing in support of his Silver and Gold
album, which was released in April. Confirmed dated so far are mostly in the eastern US, but Young
also includes a side trip to his 06/22/00 Yesterday the latest issue of Alan Jenkin's fanzine Broken
Arrow (BA#79) arrived on my doorstep. This issue covers alot of the CSNY 2000 tour. Also enclosed is
a special editorial by Alan, where he reveals that he is seeking
a replacement for someone else to take over the day to day running
of the fanzine. Alan feels his age is catching up with him and
the stress of the production of the fanzine is taking it's toll.
I want to state here that Alan has done and continues to do a
great job with the NYAS. Back in the old days (BI - before internet);
Broken Arrow was one of the only ways other like minded Neil Young
fans could share info, get to know one another and trade music.
We who use the internet today for our musical interests have the
great luxury of info at our fingertips 24 hours a day. It was
hard to be a hardcore fan before, because we all were so detached
from one another; now the internet unites us all. If no one steps forward to take over the fanzine, Alan does promise
to continue the fanzine though the issues may take a little longer
to come out. Here is the Broken Arrow website. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages.nyas The site is currently down. It will change URL's soon and is in
the process of getting a face lift. 06/18/00 Last night, while enjoying a Hitchcock-a-thon on AMC (American
Movie Classics) cable channel I cracked open the Arts and Leisure
portion of the Sunday New York Times (which arrives on Saturday)
and what do my eyes behold? The lineup is as follows: Spooner Oldham Ben Keith Jim Keltner Donald "Duck" Dunn Pegi Young Astrid Young with special guests: The Pretenders Some thoughts on Legends: Neil Young I enjoyed Legends on Thursday night. As in the case with the CSNY's Legends, there is just so much to cover that an hour can not convey the
full spectrum of one's musical career. None-the-less this was
done well. Nice to see some new matters addressed and not all
the obvious things were shown. Neil revealed more of himself to
the camera than I expected. Nice photo montages of Buffalo Springfield and CSNY. Great to
see some recent Stephen and Neil footage. They were shown sitting
on a bench outdoors, discussing Buffalo Springfield... show us
more! Maybe if/when the BS boxed gets released there will be some
sort of PR on Buffalo Springfield..... here's hoping. Other great
vintage live CSNY clips shown were "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," "Old Man," and "Ohio." On "Old Man", Stephen is shown playing on an upright acoustic bass. I liked hearing Neil talk about "Journey Through the Past." He said at the time he needed a break from music and being "Neil
Young," so he put himself completely into the film project, (which
subsequently was about him and his music), but he felt free, working
in a different creative medium. It was also great to see a crisp
and clear version of the classic CSNY version of "Down by the
River" from the film "Celebration at Big Sur." I wish that film would get released one of these days for home
video. We do know that a DVD version of "Journey Through the Past,"
is to be included in the first installment of Neil's archives
boxed set. On sale 06/18/00 @ 10am CHASTAIN PARK 2000 Legends: Neil Young premier's tonight @ 10pm. MAY 2000 •Neil Young appeared on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live" Saturday
May 6th, 2000, performing songs from his newly released record
"Silver and Gold". The musical segment was pretaped the previous
Thursday at NBC Studio's in NYC. http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusic/may1neilyoung.html •an excerpt of the following article: "Neil Young is being sued for $1.8 million by a writer who says
his plan VH1's LEGENDS show, will premier a Neil Young installment on 06/15/00
at 10 p.m. The UK's great music magazine MOJO, features Neil Young in the
May 2000 issue, in a short interview Neil Young is on the cover of Guitar World Acoustic Magazine Spring
Issue #35. APRIL 2000 •Neil Young's official website has been launched @ www.neilyoung.com •Neil's new solo record has just been released, entitled "Silver
and Gold". It has been receiving rave reviews; Rolling Stone gave
it 4 1/2 stars. 04/26/00 INTERVIEW WITH NEIL YOUNG KGSR 107.1 Radio Austin
@ suitelorraine.com
01/20/01 @ Rock In Rio - Rio De Janeiro; Brazil 
NEIL YOUNG
Road Rock cd and the Red Rocks video/dvd uses the same
cover art, with just the name change.
Why use the same art for 2 different projects?!?
Powderfinger
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
I Believe In You
Unknown Legend
Fool For Your Love
Buffalo Springfield Again
Razor Love
Daddy Went Walkin'
Peace Of Mind
Walk On
Winterlong
Bad Fog Of Loneliness
Words
Harvest Moon
World On A String
Tonight's The Night
Cowgirl In The Sand
Mellow My Mind
TRACK LISTING:
Dave Mathews and Neil perform "Cortez the Killer"
Bridge 2000
photos by Buzz Person ©
© Dreamworks / Columbia Pictures
so you can hear the cranked up soundtrack and see the bigger than
life
visuals of this 15 year old rock journalist on the rock n roll
road, in the year 1973.
"I know it's good shit cos I got it from Crosby"
and a live instrumental portion of "Cortez the Killer"
Marsha Vlasic Organization, which is based in NYC.
Marsha has been Neil's agent for a long time.
She worked for The William Morris Agency before she went out on
her
own. She recently signed Ian Hunter to her roster.
This photo appears in this week's issue of POLLSTAR.
Neil has been on tour for over a month now...
and only 2 box office summaries have surfaced.
I wonder if SFX is holding back these numbers?
Blossom Music Center
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Capacity: 97%
Ticket price: $31.50-$81.50
GP: $313,941
"Music in Head" tour have been
released in POLLSTAR.
Hersheypark Stadium
I know this was one of the "cheaper" shows.)
Lorraine 
cardiac arrest brought on by a recurring bronchial infection.
Nitzsche's credits are vast, from arranging many songs produced
by Phil
Spector to playing keyboards on the Rolling Stones' "Let's Spend
the Night Together,"
and "Paint it Black." He co-wrote The Searchers' "Needles and
Pins" with
Sonny Bono and was Neil Young's session man and producer for several
decades.
His film music credits include "The Exorcist," the original score
to
"One Flew Over the Cucukoo's Nest," and he co-wrote the Academy
Award
winning theme to "An Officer, and a Gentleman."
Drop him a line and tell him so here
Original version: Neil Young, After the Gold Rush
Definitive version: St Etienne 1993
Available on: Foxbase Alpha (Heavenly 1992)
Other versions: Psychic TV Covered it for The Bridge
A Neil Young tribute record. Everlast covered it
for the Big Daddy Soundtrack.
Young's first solo US top 40 hit was rumored to be about
sometime bandmate Stephen Stills; the theme of valued
friendship, nostalgic love and chronic hermit-hood
certainly seemed to fit. But at a CNY show in 1977, Young admitted
he'd really written it for Graham Nash. Thus reprieved
Stills would then cut his own version in 1984, on his record
"Right By You."
at the E Center - Camden, NJ
Photo art by Karl Koch ©
08/09/00 Neil Young’s tour commenced last night 08/08/00
What a setlist!!! This one really is for the fans.. 
photo by R. Altman ©
Powderfinger
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
I Believe in You
Unknown Legend
Dance Dance Dance
Buffalo Springfield Again
Razor Love
Lotta Love
Daddy Went Walkin'
Peace of Mind
Walk On
Bad Fog of Loneliness
Winter Long
Words
Harvest Moon
World On A String
Tonight's The Night
encore:
Like A Hurricane
Baby Mellow My Mind
the Neil Young tour (August 8-31), along with the Pretenders.
The teen-agers are signed to Los Angeles based Vapor records,
the label owned by Young and his manager, Elliot Roberts.
The Quinn sisters will conclude their part of the tour in Toronto
at
the Molson Amphitheatre August 31st, the only Canadian stop.
In Canada, Tegan and Sara are booked by Pacquin.
They don't have a US agent yet.
Much More Music.
Much More Music is equivalent to the US's VH1 cable channel.
Here is an excerpt of the conversation from the site:
Here are portions of Jana Lynne White's conversation with Neil
Young on Speakeasy:
Jana: "Silver and Gold", another one, which started on the H.O.R.D.E.
tour, right? You cooked up an idea, you wanted to do a solo tour
but it kept morphing. The idea kept changing. How come?
Neil: On, uh, the H.O.R.D.E. tour was the Crazy Hourse tour and
it was pretty well all electric guitars and that kind of music.
So by the end of the tour, which was many dates, you know, I was
starting to think about other things, and I started writing songs
in the bus and -- but my voice was real low from singing with
Crazy Horse, you know, cuz I sing a lot louder and it wears, it
opens up the bottom of my voice and I lost the top, so the songs
that I wrote were in this lower register. So as soon as I got
home from the H.O.R.D.E. tour I had to record those songs.
Neil: Yeah, we've done more shows than we ever did before, total.
Neil: Yeah, Ben Keith and he was a lotta help to me on this record.
He's been my good friend for years and years. I met him on the
"Harvest" sessions for "Old Man" and "Heart Of Gold" and I've
been playing with him on and off and making records with him on
and off over the years. He's played on more of my records probably
than most people, if not all of them, and then he used to just
help me musically and David Briggs was producing and then when
David died a few years ago, Ben was there for me too, to help,
just to keep some objectivity and some other opinions happening.
He understands where I'm coming from with the music because we've
been doing it for 30 years.
Neil: We've had some practice and he understands.
Neil: It's a different kind of creation. I feel the presence of
it but the physical manifestation of things, I feel more like
there was a year in 1974 or 1975 where I made three albums in
one year, but I feel like I'm maybe not putting as much quantity
out but that the quality is raising and recently but I don't think
that's gonna be a trend. I mean, I think what's probably gonna
happen is I'm gonna go back to bein' the other way and just bangin'
it for a while because working on something so precisely for so
long and being anything for too long is no good.
iconoclastic rocker is bringing his own band and plugging in for
an electric show.
His late-summer tour kicks off August 8th, at Virginia Beach,
VA with The Pretenders
opening on all dates except the Farm Aid benefit September 17th.
old Canadian stomping grounds in Toronto August 31st.
I have been a NYAS member since 1983.
Here is the ad:
Neil Young @
Jones Beach in Wantagh NY, August 17th, 2000
&
The PNC Arts Center in Holmdel NJ, August 19th, 2000
They go onsale this Friday 06/ 23 @ 9am via ticketmaster
As is the norm, these days (and I think a bad practice) there
is no ticket price listed...
06/16/00 Article on Legends: Neil Young from the NY Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/2000-06-15/New_York_Now/Television/a-69994.asp
06/15/00 Hello mates! I am sorry for the delayed news items...
life is a bitch ain't it true... Anyway... I am back. Lots of
shows on the horizon...
This just in from AMEX Gold Events....
Neil Young @ Chastain Park / Atlanta, GA 08/22/00
Atlanta's most popular concert series, a major cultural part of
spring and summer in Atlanta, goes on sale Sunday, June 18 at
10AM.
Tickets will be available for the full series (12 shows) or mini-series
(two or more shows). Please place orders by calling 800-448-TIKS.
NEIL YOUNG
Tuesday, August 22 at 7:30PM
$72.50
If you miss it then, it runs again @ midnite eastern. Check the
VH1 website for other showings.
Lots of CSN content expected here folks... a must-see!
VH1's Legends: Neil Young premiers June 15th, 2000 @ 10:00 pm
(Eastern).
It will be followed immediately by "Silver & Gold," @ 11:00 pm
(Eastern).
•New York Newsday has a review of the band OASIS at Radio City
Music Hall 05/01/00. They mention that they did a cover of "My
My, Hey Hey."
to publish Young's authorized biography is being foiled by the
singer.
Lawyers for former Village Voice writer Jimmy McDonough filed
the
lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday over what they describe as Young's
attempts to halt the planned publication of McDonough's book,
"Shakey:
The Biography of Neil Young". "
titled "Good Evening, Porch." There is also a full page ad for
his current solo release, Silver and Gold.
The name of the article is called Acoustic Godfather: Neil Young.
March 17, 2000 at Austin’s Driskill Hotel
By Jody Denberg
http://www.kgsr.com/frames.html
Here are some CSNY related excerpts from this NEIL YOUNG interview.
Neil discusses the CSNY 2000 tour, Buffalo Springfield Boxed Set
etc...
Q:Was your reunion with CSN, was it sparked by putting together
a
Buffalo Springfield project that you were working on?
A:Well, the project was pretty well complete and I wanted Stephen
to
come up to the ranch and check it out, see what we’d put together
and
see how he felt about it and what perspective he could bring to
it. And
we also had Richie Furay come in and listen to it. And so it --
you
know, we listened. It’s a four-CD box set. And it’s -- like all
of my
box sets I’m working on, it is in chronological order. So it doesn’t
go
in the order that the records were released in. It goes in order
of the
recordings. So you have -- at the beginning, you have all these
demos
that we did when we first came to L.A. for the first Buffalo Springfield
record. And then it goes into the -- I believe, the mono masters
of the
Buffalo Springfield record that we made -- that Stephen and Richie
and I
mixed. And then it -- and then there’s a lot of -- you know, a
fair
amount of unreleased Buffalo Springfield things in there. But
it’s
chronological. So the thing is, you hear us, you hear us as just,
we’re
just kids. You hear us coming together and you can hear the sound
growing. And then you can hear it kind of breaking up and falling
apart.
You know, it’s kind of a sad thing. And then at the end, you know,
the
group -- they sound pretty watered down and it’s pretty obvious
that
it’s not the same group as it was in the beginning. And, you know,
people come and go, changes and stuff. And so when Stephen and
I
listened to it, we realized, you know -- I mean, we’re laughing
and
crying and carrying on, talking to each other while this thing’s
playing. And we realized that, you know, we really didn’t reach
our
potential at all. So that was a dawn on us: that we both knew
that we
hadn’t reached the potential of what we could do together. And
so we --
you know, he played a song for me, a new song that was a great
song and
asked me if I wanted to play on it. So he -- you know, when I
went down
to L.A. a couple of -- oh, a month or so later, I played on the
song and
I played on a few other ones. And I just kept listening to the
tapes and
I played on them. And it was like, not really the way I like to
do
things. I like to play all at once and everything, so...But these
songs
that they had were done. And so I played on them. And then we
played on
some new ones where we played all at once. And that’s more fun.
But it’s
kind of like a process of coming back together again. I mean,
working
on each others’ tapes and then creating new stuff and then, you
know,
finally we had what we thought was an album. But in the making
of it, I
-- I only worked on their songs at first. I played on about 12
or 13 of
their songs before I played any of my own songs. And then I just
played
them the 14 songs or so that I’d recorded for Silver and Gold,
which had
no title at the time or anything. And I said, “Just go ahead,
just take
whatever ones you want. Just take however many. Just take ‘em.
We’ll
sing on ‘em and we’ll -- you know, we’ll see what else they need,
if
anything, and then we’ll put them on this record. They’ll match
everything…” ‘cause that’s the way we did this record, basically.
So
it’ll work. So they chose the ones they chose.
Q:And then what happened in the meanwhile to the Buffalo Springfield
box
set?
A:We finished it and it’s -- I believe it’s coming out pretty
soon.
Q:You know, it’s good to hear you sing about playing with Buffalo
Springfield again. So many of us, we think of Neil Young as being
in the
moment. And yet, this is kind of a nostalgic song. Could Buffalo
Springfield really ever play together again?
A:Well, I’m sure they could, but I don’t know if they will. I
mean, I
don’t know if that’ll ever happen. It’s more like a musing of,
you know,
situation, just, you know, reflecting. Sunday afternoon philosophy.
Q:Last spring, you did the solo tour. This spring you did the
tour with
CSNY. What do you enjoy about playing with a band versus playing,
as you
say, solo, which you’ve done for 30 years?
A:Well, there’s another one, too. There’s playing in the band
that I
lead. There’s three things here, you know. And playing by myself
is
simple, but -- and it’s great and it’s direct and it’s really
rewarding.
But, you know, after playing about 40 shows like that, I can hardly
--
you know, I get, I get kind of boxed in. I feel like everybody’s
looking
at me all the time. It’s kind of like you’re -- you sit out there
for
two hours and you’re the only one out there. And after a while,
that
kind of adds up. So it has a -- even though it’s fun, after a
while I
think my nerves get a little shattered. So I stop doing that.
Then, you
know, the playing with CSNY, when I was doing that, it’s really
great. I
mean, because I’m part of a band. I’m -- I don’t have to be in
the front
line all the time. I’m not always singing the lead. Sometimes
I don’t
even sing in the song. I just play my guitar. And that’s a lot
like the
way Buffalo Springfield was. And I like that, because that’s where
I
really feel comfortable is in a band where I’m not the leader
of the
band. Then you have Crazy Horse where I am the leader of the band.
And I
like to get down and play with them. So I have to have -- you
know, keep
changing from one thing to another to keep it -- you know, to
keep the
balance going. And also, as long as the songs keep going, that’s
what
dictates the pace of the change is the arrival of the new tunes.
Q:Neil, how did you and David and Stephen and Graham come up with
a set
list for the CSNY reunion tour shows? Seems like that was a big
challenge.
A:Well, we rehearsed a lot and we learned a lot of songs. And
then, you
know, it was -- we had to -- we worked on an acoustic set. We
worked on
-- we decided on the form of the show, having that opening set
an
electric set, and then taking a break. It just all kind of came
together
one night. We had to pace it because we knew it was going to be
long. So
we had to figure out a way to -- you don’t want to come out --
we were
thinking of coming out acoustic, but we nixed that idea of playing
acoustic when we came out in favor of playing with the band so
that we
could, you know, introduce the band and kind of get everybody
loosened
up. It was almost like an opening act, our first set. It’s about
an hour
long. And then we took a break and then played the acoustic set,
about
an hour long acoustic set. And then instead of -- our problem
was taking
the break, another break. We didn’t want two breaks. So we came
up with
this seventh inning stretch, which was kind of a fly by the seat
of the
pants kind of concept thing for the audience to get into. And
it worked.
So we got Harry Carey singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame and
everything
on the videos. And we’re all out there just hanging out, while
they’re
changing the set. And Crosby’s out there carrying on. And, you
know,
it’s just -- we’ve got these little tents we can go into that
are out
there like the Dead used to have. So we managed to put it together,
put
their songs in there, you know. It wasn’t that hard, really.
Q:Did the set list vary at all throughout the tour?
A:At first we stuck with pretty well the same set list. And then
we
varied it a little bit. And then we kind of got into another groove
for
a while. And then we started adding new songs after we started
getting
really confident. We added Eight Miles High. That was the first
one we
added, which really rocked. And it was cool to be playing that
with
Crosby. It was like the Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds playing
Eight
Miles High with the Hollies singing along, you know. (Smiles)
I’m
telling you, that was pretty good. No, we just -- you know, we
try to,
we try to mix it up as much as we can, but it’s a long show. And
soundchecks are -- you know, they take a little bit out of you.
So you
want to save what you have for the show, you know.
Q:How did you feel about the public’s response to the new songs
from
Looking Forward and the album?
A:Well, you know, I think the album was a disappointment because
I don’t
think it reached out. For some reason, it didn’t, it didn’t really
get
the acceptance that I hoped it would. But as far as the music
goes, you
know, my songs that they picked from my selection from -- that
I had
recorded for Silver and Gold, they took three of my songs. I thought
they came out really well. I like the way they sang on ‘em and
everything. It sounds really good to me. And the funny thing is,
when
those songs were taken from the mix, were taken from the other
songs,
they -- the songs that were left were -- you know, there were
too many
songs. And they were all -- originally there were too many songs
for
Silver and Gold. And they were all struggling and kind of holding
each
other down. And when CSN picked those three songs out and then
I was
left with the other ten or eleven, they suddenly just fell into
place.
It was really a great feeling, because I was struggling with trying
to
put it together. And when they took those three songs out, it
just --
everything else was left. I mean, I just wrote them out in order
of what
I wanted to hear and that was it. It never changed again. The
running
order was right. Everything was right. So there was something
about it
that was really right, where you give something away and you get
something back. You know, it’s like a reward for sharing or something.
I
don’t know. It’s a good feeling.
Q:Do you think you’d ever tour again with CSNY or make another
record?
A:Sure. No reason not to. It’s like returning to the mothership
now.