Man Neil Young forgot about Live at Massey Hall in the 70's when he was making so many albums and left it behind to continue on to make his big country albums, it was only on the constant nagging of his producer that he went back to listen to it 30 years later and decided it had THE SPOOK as he likes to say.

One man and his guitar and piano.

DVD is available on Netflix and makes we want to cry how beautiful his Martins sound, they werent that old at the time but coupled with his style of playing and his high voice sound fab.

Very Inspiring.

Yeah, I just listened to the CD yesterday and it's got THE SPOOK in spades. Where has the spook gone? I haven't heard it in any new music since Gillian Welch hit the scene.

Yeh its true

Cash did it well until he died but the Spook is missing in a lot of production process and slick editing.

Thats why Neil recorded on the Full Moon in 1 or 2 takes.

Love Neil Young!

Although he can be a spoiled brat at times, I think a newer/relatively young artist that definitely has the spook is Ryan Adams. He covers a lot of ground and has a respect for those who've gone before musically.

I especially like the CD's "Heartbreaker" and "Gold."

Also, Steve Earle most certainly has the spook.

dave

Call me old school. My favorite stuff by NY is his work with Buffalo Springfield, and then the Neil Young and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere recordings.

dave,
There you go! Gold gets on my player once a month since it came out. A vastly under-rated disc, lost in the sea of mediocrity.

Love the Neil, I have the Neil Young Unplugged VHS and it is great.
Sure would like to have it on DVD.

NetFlix

Man I watched a DVD of him where at the end he just puts his guitar on the hard dirty floor while messing with the case, you know it was a pre war Braz D45 but he was unconcerned with scratching it.

Guess its been thru enough battles not to worry.

Yeah Randy, some of the songs on "Gold" just cut me right to the bone..."La Cienega Smiled"..."Harder Now that it's Over"...then the rocking stuff like "Firecracker" and "Rescue Blues"... sometimes it makes me want to hang it up....

On another note...it seems that Mr. Young keeps his guitar tuned-down at least a half or a full step...right?

Just an impeccable guitar sound live.

Dave

Adams on Gold captures that sound of The Who and The Faces in a real way....invest in that Gold.

I too love the NY BS stuff. What a contrast between the poppy version of On The Way Home by BS and Neil's more mature acoustic versions.Expecting To Fly is one of my all-time faves....Neil and Jack....what a team. I love to open the doors and windows in Summer and crank up The Emperor Of Wyoming.....City Slickers.Everybody Knows....the real Neil deal.

CC, the first Neil Young CD is sitting on my coffee table as we speak. Listened to Emperor of Wyoming just yesterday. A deceptively simple melody that is just downright magical. Great, great tune.