Official Neil Young Thread

jerparker20

goldrush said:

I've got a gift subscription code for a one-year Classic membership to NYA if anyone on here hasn't signed up yet?
Let me know and I'll PM the code 

I should also be getting one after the new year that I’d be willing to pass on as well. 

goldrush

jerparker20 said:

goldrush said:

I've got a gift subscription code for a one-year Classic membership to NYA if anyone on here hasn't signed up yet?
Let me know and I'll PM the code 

I should also be getting one after the new year that I’d be willing to pass on as well. 

Spread the word! A free year of NYA can only be a good thing 

I had 2 codes available, and had planned on putting one on the RAK thread, but @pjpjpaul and @shorty4568 PM'd me within seconds of each other so both codes have been claimed now.

Enjoy guys 

pjpjpaul

goldrush said:

jerparker20 said:

goldrush said:

I've got a gift subscription code for a one-year Classic membership to NYA if anyone on here hasn't signed up yet?
Let me know and I'll PM the code 

I should also be getting one after the new year that I’d be willing to pass on as well. 

Spread the word! A free year of NYA can only be a good thing 

I had 2 codes available, and had planned on putting one on the RAK thread, but @pjpjpaul and @shorty4568 PM'd me within seconds of each other so both codes have been claimed now.

Enjoy guys 

Thanks to you and Neil! 

pledgeagrievance

If an extra code comes around I’ll gladly take it thanks 

Spiritual_Chaos

Anyone who has a subscription - listen to the NY & Crzy Horse Stockholm 2001 show. 

pjpitt89

@goldrush, @jerparker20 if there is a code left I'd love to check it out

static111

Spiritual_Chaos said:

static111 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

static111 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone finds it in a local store for a good price. Could someone buy one for me and send it to Sweden?

If I find two copies I will as long as you cover the cost and shipping.  I will let you know how it goes after my evening exploits.

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone finds it in a local store for a good price. Could someone buy one for me and send it to Sweden?

If Static doesn't find one, I'll look as well. 

Thank you. I will ofc cover everything. 

Depending on how much it cost in store... But up to about 50 dollars would be okey. 

Was there a 2020 reissue of this? Weird if so, and it did not get a wide release... have not seen it here in Sweden...

It was not available at my Barnes and Noble or at Waterloo Records...Sorry maybe @mrussel1 will have better luck.  The Hunt continues

Thank you for looking

You are welcome.  I'm sad for both of us and mourning the loss of the Massey that never was.

mrussel1

I just checked the three record stores here in Richmond and no one has it.  I would not shy away from the one that is $42 on discogs.  That's about 8-10 over the retail price, but who knows if you'll see it again anytime soon.  

cutz

goldrush said:

I've got a gift subscription code for a one-year Classic membership to NYA if anyone on here hasn't signed up yet?
Let me know and I'll PM the code 

Kool !!

My renewal is on the 20th of  Dec., so I'll have a code to give away too.

Good idea goldrush!

DarthMaeglin

Not sure how the que(? This doesn't look right to my eyes, lol) works, but I'd like to join the line, lol. It'll be interesting to see how many trials turn into subscriptions later, lol.

Edit:  Yeah, it was queue I meant, lol.

Tim Simmons

Looking forward to barn. Hope it leaks tomorrow.

shorty4568

static111 said:

Tim Simmons said:

get on this nerds

https://www.plaidroomrecords.com/products/neil-young-live-at-massey-hall-2-lp

God damn it’s already out of stock…I still don’t have a Massey!

Back in stock at Plaidroom. 8 copies available. 

Spiritual_Chaos

If someone of you buys two copies. Could you then send one to me in Sweden? They won't ship to Sweden :(

@static111 or @mrussel1 maybe

goldrush

Cool interview with Nils on ultimate-guitar.com

Nils Lofgren is one of the unsung guitar heroes of a generation. He has been a member of the E Street Band and Crazy Horse in addition to a successful solo career. This past summer, during the pandemic, Neil Young got together with Nils and Crazy Horse to record a raw viscerally emotive new record in an old barn. The album, aptly titled "BARN" was recorded in just under two weeks in a manner that resounds of days gone by - just four friends jamming in a barn, writing songs, just like they did back in the early 70s. The new album stands as a celebration of a five-decade friendship between Neil Young, Bill Talbot, Nils Lofgren, and Ralph Molina, and testament to the joys and struggles of being alive in such strange and uncertain times. I recently caught up with Nils to discuss the new album in this exclusive interview. Check out BARN – out December 10, 2021, on Warner Bros.

The concept of recording a record with your buddies in a barn is such a cool concept. How did this project come about?

Well, we were right in the middle of the pandemic and we were all realizing that it might be a year or a year and a half before we could play live. We had a tour planned for last year, starting in April, we were going to tour as Neil Young and Crazy Horse, which was very exciting and that went away.

At some point, while we were all hunkered down, being safe, Neil called, and said he had about four songs completed, so rather than not seeing each other for a year or indefinitely, he suggested we get together and record and just be together as a band. We would do it safely with vaccines and all that – the crew and everyone was vaccinated and being careful. He said if it all goes good, then maybe we could do that two or three times through the year and try to get a record completed.

That was the initial plan, rather than doing nothing, and be in isolation indefinitely, we would record a few songs safely with a crew of trusted friends and vets who had been working with us for decades. That was the initial plan – just to start the process of making the record and have a successful week and a half or so and record four or five songs.

Of course, once we got there, the short story is that Neil kept writing and near the end of a week of recording, we were up to nine songs, and Neil said, "I have one more idea. Give me the night to try to finish it and tomorrow we can record it and then we might have an album." That's the short story of how it started off as just wanting to be together as a band and be safe, and try to chip away at a record, and instead of chipping away, we got the whole thing done.

I feel like most bands back in the day wrote records the same way. Did it feel like the old days to you?

Yeah, it was like the best of the old days. It was just an empty barn set up with a little club stage with all the great gear like the "Gold Rush" upright piano, and the "Tonight's The Night" grand piano was on the floor in the middle of the barn. We had a PA halfway out of the barn aimed at us and we just recorded as we were learning songs. It was super fresh and funky. One of the things I loved about the entire 10-12 day run was that we never once put on a set of headphones, ever. It reminded me of "Tonight's The Night", where we would just barely get the gist of a song and start playing it and once Neil got a powerful lead vocal, that was it, no matter how funky the track was, we were all down in it with him.

It was very raw and primitive, and we were playing on a club stage in a barn and our audience was really just the crew and each other. It just came out beautiful, thanks to Neil continuing to write and be inspired, instead of it being the first of a few trips, it was the only trip we needed, and we just hung in there with him and had a grand old time.

I think I got there June 18th or 19th to acclimate and on June 21st I turned 70, on June 22nd, Ralph turned 79, on June 23, Frank our manager and friend had a birthday too. So we had three birthdays in a row, and like my wife Amy pointed out, if I was going to be away from home, she couldn't have planned a better birthday for me than being with friends of over a half a century, making new music.

How did you first meet Neil?

Well, I had loved Neil's music in Buffalo Springfield and on the first Crazy Horse Tour, he was playing at the Cellar Door in Washington DC and I went to see him. My band Grin was about to leave in a few weeks' time for LA and we were just starting our professional career and didn't know what we were doing. So I tried to sneak backstage and get advice.

I walked in on Neil and Crazy Horse before their show. Long story short, Neil was kind enough to hand me his guitar and let me sing him some songs I had written for the first Grin album and he liked them. He got me a cheeseburger and a coke, and a table and I hung out with him for two days and four shows – the last two nights of a run at the Cellar Door, with Crazy Horse. That started a 52-year friendship with him and the band.

He said, "look me up when you get to LA" and I did. David Briggs, his producer took me under his wing. I was living in Topanga with David – he had a rental house in Laurel Canyon. As Grin made our way with David Briggs, who was certainly my greatest mentor, big brother, and friend – him and Neil were such inspiring mentors. I hung out with Neil a lot because I was living with David.

A year later, when I was 18, he said, "we're doing this album called 'After The Gold Rush' and we want you to play guitar, sing, and play piano." I told him I wasn't a professional piano player, but he felt, thanks to my ten years of classical accordion studies, I would be able to come up with some simple parts. I was surprised, but at that point I was smart enough to shut up and say thanks.

So I practiced my ass off and came up with some piano parts on that great album. Its been a long great history, but that led to making the first Crazy Horse album without Neil, featuring Danny Whitten, which was always the plan, even before I met them. Jack Nitzsche joined the band for that, which was fabulous and that led to Tonight's The Night, we did Trans in the 80s, an album and tour. In the 90s we did the MTV Unplugged with that great Harvest Moon Band that came out beautiful.

Then more recently we did "Colorado" a year and a half ago and now we have "BARN" coming out. I still love that we never put on headphones once, even for the background singing. We just got around Neil's mic, create a blend in the room, turn the PA way down, and we'd have the track play back at us quietly so our voices would be getting a good signal on the mic.

It was very loose and raw, and we were all over the place. I played the Gold Rush upright that I played all those songs on when I was 18 – that was a beautifully spooky experience sitting at that instrument. Of course, I played some acoustic and some electric, some accordion. I jumped around a lot as I've always done through all the great chapters I've had with Neil and Ralph and Billy. It's been such a great thing and unexpectedly in the middle of this horrible pandemic, we got a whole album done.

There's so much to be proud of on this record. Is there a moment or a song on there that you're most proud of?

I love the whole thing, I really do. I do love one song in particular. I was looking forward to touring last year because for me the place I learn the most is on stage in front of an audience. I love to perform, and I was really excited to get to get 20 shows under our belt with Neil in front of an audience and move the two guitar thing forward. We were tracking "Welcome Back" and we were approaching it pretty aggressively. It was good and fun and then all of the sudden, we took a break, went back up and Neil started it, but he started singing this spooky kind of jazz beatnik after hours club kind of thing. He kept a real spooky sedate vibe going and we all started down in there with him and we got this 8-minute jam around this really spooky lyric, which of course we're still living. We're trying to get back to something but, "It's Not The Same". That was one of the great moments for me, but it was all fun.

I remember playing "They Might Be Lost". I played accordion on "Song Of The Seasons" and I was trying to decide what to use, and I tried the Gold Rush upright and Neil was right in front of me and as we learned it we sang "They Might Be Lost" which is another haunting, beautiful piece. Just sitting at that upright piano that has been such a big part of my history. Of course, anytime we tour, Neil takes it on the road all over the world and has a team of people taking care of it. It was all fun and emotional.

It wasn't lost on any of us that we're a half a century in and getting to be together and swap war stories and share what's new with our families and then get up and make new music – that really made it a whole other vibe and experience, again, thanks to Neil for staying inspired and writing, and before you know it, we had ten songs together and we were mixing and starting to think about running orders. By the time I got home Neil had a plan to master it and have a listening party on sunset strip at the Roxy. We actually opened that place -we christened that club in 1973 with the Tonight's The Night band and I got a call to come to the Roxy weeks later for a listening party for Warner Bros. and the band. My dear old friend Ringo [Starr] asked me to put him on the list and him and Barb came down and listened to the record with us.

It was an incredible experience – the fact is all got done so quickly in a big, beautiful barn up there. The film that goes along with it that Neil's wife did such a great job capturing the vibe of those 10 or 12 days or whatever it was. I'm really glad that's coming out with the album too.

What did you use for guitars?

I brought a whole bunch of great guitars. I brought my 1961 Stratocaster that I played a lot on the Tonight's The Night album. When we did the Trans album and tour, I have a great old 52 Les Paul GoldTop and Neil asked Larry Cragg who is a great old friend who traveled with us in the early days. There's nobody better at keeping your guitars in tune and in shape. He, as a favor to Neil, came out and kept all of our guitars in great shape. My 61 Strat I used and then I put a Bigsby on my 52 GoldTop so that I could simulate Old Black once in a while if Neil wanted to go off and do something else. So I had that, I had a cool old Black Falcon that I used.

Of course, Neil had his army of guitars and on the guitar case, we had a picture of Elliot [Roberts] who, along with David Briggs and Ben Keith are always in the room with us, their spirit is always on our minds and they are dear old friends that are part of this team – this family, that we have lost. So those three were on all our minds s we recorded, just because of the history we all had with them.

We jumped around a lot. I would go from acoustic to electric to piano to accordion until you figure out what is right for a song. It was pretty organic and quick and a lot of it was done as we learned the songs – Neil loves to do that. He loves to capture a take before people become too familiar with a song and start subbing in parts. That's the classic way to record with Neil to achieve a live vibe, but this really was live, on a club stage in a barn.

What's next for you guys? Are you guys hoping to get out on the road? Because this album came together so quickly, are there plans to keep recording?

Well, that's a freeform thing that's up to Neil. He did let us know that he started writing some more songs for Crazy Horse. As far as the live thing, he wants to wait until it's a lot safer and of course, no one really knows when that will be.

We had a tour, and we were booked for months and I was really excited about it but of course everything went away because of covid. So the live thing has to wait until there's a safer environment for everybody – not just the bubble backstage, but for the audience too. Neil is writing so that's up to him. But any time I get to get together with a musical family I've been with for over 50 years, it's a chapter that I'm very grateful for.

Just before the pandemic hit, I took my own electric band out for the first time in over fifteen years because I mostly play acoustic, and we did a great live double album with me and a band called Weathered – you can get that at my website. That came out great. So I'm still doing my own thing too and I take great joy in these great bands I get to play in occasionally – case in point is BARN, which I'm really excited to see it come out.

mrussel1

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone of you buys two copies. Could you then send one to me in Sweden? They won't ship to Sweden :(

@static111 or @mrussel1 maybe

You're covered.  One for you,  one for my son. 

Spiritual_Chaos

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone of you buys two copies. Could you then send one to me in Sweden? They won't ship to Sweden :(

@static111 or @mrussel1 maybe

You're covered.  One for you,  one for my son. 

That's amazing! 

static111

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone of you buys two copies. Could you then send one to me in Sweden? They won't ship to Sweden :(

@static111 or @mrussel1 maybe

You're covered.  One for you,  one for my son. 

That's amazing! 

@mrussel1 is a great guy. He also gave me the heads up and I was able to order a copy from there as well.  Looks like we will owe him some beers at a pearl jam show in the future for being so swell.

mrussel1

static111 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

If someone of you buys two copies. Could you then send one to me in Sweden? They won't ship to Sweden :(

@static111 or @mrussel1 maybe

You're covered.  One for you,  one for my son. 

That's amazing! 

@mrussel1 is a great guy. He also gave me the heads up and I was able to order a copy from there as well.  Looks like we will owe him some beers at a pearl jam show in the future for being so swell.

@shorty4568 gets all the credit!  

static111

shorty4568 said:

static111 said:

Tim Simmons said:

get on this nerds

https://www.plaidroomrecords.com/products/neil-young-live-at-massey-hall-2-lp

God damn it’s already out of stock…I still don’t have a Massey!

Back in stock at Plaidroom. 8 copies available. 

Thanks for giving everyone the Heads Up

Loujoe

2 left now...;)