Bob Dylan, Neil Young & Eric Clapton,
Madison Square Garden, New York City - 1992
Not that we really needed any proof, but here are 50 reasons why Neil Young is the second most influential singer-songwriter of the 21st century still performing today.
Hopefully, you'll find it interesting. It's been a lot fun. Enjoy!
(Note: See methodology approach at bottom of post)
Bob Dylan and Neil YoungJohn Lennon and Neil YoungBruce Springsteen and Neil YoungPearl Jam and Neil YoungJoni Mitchell and Neil YoungPaul McCartney and Neil YoungKeith Richards and Neil YoungJimmy Page and Neil YoungJimi Hendrix and Neil YoungBuddy Miles (Jimi Hendrix drummer) and Neil YoungPete Townshend and Neil YoungJohn Entwistle and Neil YoungU2's Bono and Neil YoungLynyrd Skynyrd and Neil YoungElvis Presley and Neil YoungBooker T. and the MG's and Neil YoungWillie Nelson and Neil YoungThe Monkees and Neil YoungKurt Cobain and Neil YoungCarlos Santana and Neil YoungLinda Ronstadt and Neil YoungThe Allman Brothers Band and Neil YoungLed Zeppelin and Neil YoungStevie Nicks and Neil YoungDave Grohl and Neil YoungEmmylou Harris and Neil YoungJohnny Cash and Neil YoungPatti Smith and Neil YoungClarence Clemons and Neil YoungBuffy Sainte-Marie and Neil YoungSonic Youth and Neil YoungJackson Browne and Neil Young Jerry Garcia and Neil Young (Search)Grateful Dead and Neil YoungBonnie Raitt and Neil YoungElton John and Neil YoungJerry Lee Lewis and Neil YoungVan Morrison and Neil YoungTom Waits and Neil YoungBen Harper and Neil YoungLevon Helm and Neil YoungWarren Zevon and Neil YoungDavid Bowie and Neil YoungTony Bennett and Neil Young
Lucinda Williams and Neil Young
Miles Davis and Neil YoungLeon Russell and Neil YoungDiana Krall and Neil YoungDonald "Duck" Dunn and Neil YoungJohnny Rotten and Neil YoungSid Vicious and Neil YoungPhil Ochs and Neil YoungLeonard Cohen and Neil YoungLos Lobos and Neil YoungNils Lofgren and Neil YoungChrissie Hynde of Pretenders and Neil YoungDavid Byrne (of Talking Heads) and Neil YoungLou Reed and Neil YoungRandy Newman and Neil YoungRoger Waters and Neil YoungSheryl Crow and Neil YoungUncle Tupelo and Neil Young Wilco and Neil YoungNels Cline (of Wilco) and Neil YoungJay Bennett of Wilco and Neil Young Jay Farrar and Neil YoungLes Paul and Neil YoungRichard Thompson and Neil YoungBert Jansch and Neil YoungBryan Ferry (Roxy Music) and Neil YoungBeck and Neil YoungRick James and Neil YoungKathleen Edwards and Neil YoungBrian Wilson and Neil YoungMerle Haggard and Neil YoungBob Mould (Husker Du) and Neil YoungThe Black Crowes' Chris Robinson and Neil YoungNorah Jones and Neil YoungJakob Dylan and Neil YoungGov't Mule and Neil YoungRon Sexsmith and Neil YoungDevo and Neil YoungJewel and Neil YoungMichael Stipe (R.E.M.) and Neil YoungPeter Buck (R.E.M.) and Neil YoungNirvana and Neil YoungRed Hot Chili Pepper's Flea and Neil YoungPaul Simon and Neil YoungRandy Bachman and Neil YoungMatthew Sweet and Neil YoungJonathan Richman and Neil YoungThe Cowboy Junkies and Neil YoungThe Everly Brothers and Neil YoungDan Fogelberg and Neil YoungDavid Grohl and Neil YoungMeat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood and Neil YoungDave Matthews and Neil YoungRadiohead's Thom Yorke and Neil YoungPhish and Neil YoungMy Morning Jacket and Neil YoungRyan Adams and Neil YoungNicolette Larson and Neil YoungElvis Costello and Neil Young Merry Clayton and Neil YoungChris Cornell and Neil YoungRyan Adams and Neil YoungJimmy Buffett and Neil YoungBettye LaVette and Neil YoungJack White and Neil YoungGram Parsons and Neil YoungEd Robertson (BareNaked Ladies) and Neil YoungBilly Corgan and Neil YoungNoel Gallagher (Oasis) and Neil YoungShannon Hoon of Blind Melon and Neil YoungWhite Stripes and Neil YoungDrive-By Truckers and Neil YoungJohn Mayer and Neil YoungDeath Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla and Neil YoungBen Folds and Neil YoungGrace Potter and Neil YoungLukas Nelson and Neil YoungJoe Satriani and Neil YoungLady GaGa and Neil YoungEverest's Russell Pollard and Neil YoungScott McCaughey and Neil YoungMark Kozelek (Red House Painters & Sun Kil Moon) and Neil YoungKim Richey and Neil YoungCrowded House and Neil YoungFleet Foxes Robin Pecknold and Neil YoungDala and Neil YoungDavy Jones (The Monkees) and Neil YoungBobby Darin and Neil YoungCher and Neil YoungLee Harvey Osmond and Neil YoungKurt Vile and Neil YoungMark Lanegan and Neil Young
The Psychic Ills and Neil YoungSmoke Fairies and Neil YoungAdam Sandler and Neil YoungJimmy Fallon and Neil YoungWill Ferrell and Neil YoungDana Carvey and Neil YoungJustin Sullivan (New Model Army) and Neil YoungAxl Rose (Guns n Roses) and Neil YoungCourtney Love and Neil Young
Six degrees of separation from Neil Young.
(NOTE on methodology to compile listing: This listing does NOT include musician in the core bands Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash Young, or Crazy Horse. See those links for more details on band's musicians.)
And Neil has some pretty cool friends, too.
UPDATE: Over on Far Out Magazine, the editors have compiled a list of every musician to appear on Neil Young's studio albums. (Thanks Alan!)
While
we did not do an exact count, it looks like well over 50 musicians. In
a similar vein, we here at Thrasher's Wheat started a similar endeavor
25 years ago and this is what we came up with above on 50+ Reasons Why Neil Young's Music Matters.
Every musician to appear on Neil Young studio albums:
- Ry Cooder
- Jack Nitzsche
- Jim Messina
- Carol Kaye
- Earl Palmer
- Merry Clayton
- Gloria Richetta Jones
- Danny Whitten
- Ralph Molina
- Billy Talbot
- Nils Lofgren
- Stephen Stills
- James Taylor
- Linda Ronstadt
- David Crosby
- Graham Nash
- Ben Keith
- Tim Drummond
- Kenny Buttrey
- Rusty Kershaw
- Tim Drummond
- Rick Danko
- Levon Helm
- Frank Sampedro
- Russ Kunkel
- George “Chocolate” Perry
- Joe Vitale
- Joe Lala
- Nicolette Larson
- Emmylou Harris
- Spooner Oldham
- Rufus Thibodeaux
- Joe Osborn
- Larrie Londin
- J. J. Cale
- Johnny Christopher
- Ray Edenton
- Shelly Kurland
- Bruce Palmer
- Larry Byrom
- Anthony Crawford
- Waylon Jennings
- Ralph Mooney
- Hargus “Pig” Robbins
- Gordon Terry
- Terry McMillan
- Béla Fleck
- Bobby Thompson
- Gove Scrivenor
- Marty Stuart
- Gail Davies
- Janis Oliver-Gill
- Kristine Oliver-Arnold
- Steve Jordan
- Danny Kortchmar
- Chad Cromwell
- Rick “The Bass Player” Rosas
- John Fumo
- Tony Marsico
- Astrid Young
- Maria Newman
- Israel Baker
- Donald Dunn
- Wayne Jackson
- Curtis Wright
- Lukas Nelson
- Micah Nelson
- DRAM
- Nico Segal
- Robbie Robertson
- Stan Szelest
See anyone missing? Drop a comment below or send us an email to:
thrasher ATSIGN thrasherswheat.org
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12 Comments:
this is a song i wrote finished lasr week for a Iraq Vet that made it home but killed herself after she got here. I am a Disabled Vietnam Veteran so Iwrite a lot of songs about this crap in the Iraqii quagmire.Hope Neil reads thisand somebody out there comes to D.C. jan. 27th with me aa whole shit load of other people to contact our congress people. Hoa Binh
Tom Sithtomsmithhoabinh@msn.com
Never seen Neil Young on concert, I was not going to see it, Neil Young tickets got sky rocked thanks to stupid brokers. But even if I had seen it, I wouldn't buy it. I'd rather wait and see it on DVD. Well suprise I changed my mind and I got 2 tix for the Neil Young show I was looking for tickets thanks god there sites like Ticketwood which work as comparators here is the site
Neil Young Tickets http://www.ticketwood.com/concerts/Neil-Young-Tickets/index.php . So any body going to the Neil Young concert ??
I had the pleasure of seeing Neil and the Horse at the Gorge in 1996, and it was a fantastic evening. I haven't seen Neil play since then, and had I been paying any attention at all that he was in Boise, ID I might have tried to get a ticket and driven the 2 1/2 hours to see him play. I LOVE the Heart of Gold movie, and if any of the live stuff nowadays approaches the quality of that, I'd be in heaven if given the chance to see it.
I didn't know there were links between Neil and Richard Thompson. I am a fan of Thompson's live stuff, and his site puts out a very, very good live disc called "Semi-Detached Mock Tudor" that I think is worth every cent if you like that kind of stuff!
That's a great list you posted. I would have to say that at least half of the artists on that list would qualify in my "favorites" category!
I've never been a huge Neil Young fan, but I will say that I do like a good amount of his music and respect him a whole lot more.
I think that he is very diverse, and most importantly, he sings about things that are important. He's not a musical parrot, like a lot of other musicians are.
I generally like Neil Young's earlier tunes from "After The Gold Rush" and "Harvest". He also wrote some good songs later on but as time has worn on he has become more musically inconsistent in the quality of his songwriting.
I have recorded my own version of "Don't Let It Bring you Down" which you can hear a sample of on my website.
I am a HUGE Neil and Crazy Horse fan. Everything that they did with David Briggs is so right on for me. Pure and honest and definitely NOT phony...haha...Just wanted to throw out a heads up to anyone that feels the same way about a new band that is really doing it for me right now called Blues and Lasers. They're a little bluesier, less melodic, and more rhythmic than the Horse, but they rock incredibly hard and get up into each other's faces when they jam just like the Horse. If you love the Horse and are looking for new music, look no further.
Please, listen to my music, i think you can like it. I'm from Argentina and i love rock music.
My blog is: http://www.renzosinisi.blogspot.com
Greetings!
I love Neil Young's music and I play many of his songs on my acoustic guitar. You can hear me on You Tube by searching WSD1952.
There's an uplifting version of "Don't Let It Bring You Down" — retitled "Castles Burning" — by the great musical interpreters Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
You can find the live video performance on RockPeaks.com along with a whole ton of Neil content.
I was happily stunned to hear this upbeat and inspiring version of the song "that's guaranteed to bring you right down." :)
peace,
Brian, fellow alumnus of Kelvin High in Winnipeg
Hey, this is Mitch Ballings. I live in North Dakota and I write songs for fun. I'm only 14 but i have a song on itunes called if she's got the time. I like to rock it out with my drummer jimbo and his dog. We go to his house and do pot and smoke weed trying to think of lyrics. It actually helps. I have wrote some other songs but they were fails, for examlpe, DEATH IN THE NIGHT, it was a fail. Ineeded a girl lead signeer but didnt have one so i had my gay friend do it. Anyway check out my blog if your interested.
Thanks,
Mitch
Neil Young rules! He inspired me to make this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-TBSn1sqE&list=UUFRFcKM3kLVk3U-X42Y42jw
I don't understand what Neil is trying to say in these new lyrics about the USA. Let's see...
"The freedom to act and the freedom to say". Seriously? There are tons of countries this is true of, including Canada.
"You're the promised land. You're the helping hand"
This hasn't been true since the end of WWII.
"You're looking at one of the lucky ones. Came here from there to be free"
Like he wasn't free in Canada?!
Thoughts?
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