tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57929772024-03-07T04:15:34.182-05:00Thrasher's BlogNeil Young and the Music He Influenced from alt-country to Grunge.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1162593044073724742022-02-21T18:12:00.006-05:002023-05-12T12:21:03.838-05:0050+ Reasons Why Neil Young's Music Matters Bob Dylan, Neil Young & Eric Clapton,Madison Square Garden, New York City - 1992Not 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 thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-32233465620692131912019-02-21T18:10:00.000-05:002019-02-27T18:11:15.409-05:00The Monkees and Neil Young
Buffalo Springfield Meets The Monkees
Neil Young, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Peter Yarrow, Stephen Stills, Peter Tork + Others
More on Buffalo Springfield.
Also, see:
Peter Tork: 1942 - 2019
▶ RARE TRACK: Neil Young Solo on The Monkees "You and I"
The Monkees Davy Jones and Neil Young
thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-15620817793393925852012-02-12T11:22:00.002-05:002012-02-12T11:26:16.958-05:00Brian Wilson and Neil YoungBrian Wilson and Neil Young Photo via | WireImage | Paul McCartney was honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year by an array of musical stars in Los Angeles, CA on February 10, 2012.Brian Wilson and Neil Young were among the many musical star attendees.Fore more, see Paul McCartney Honored at Musicares by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, others.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-7218302712942528952009-07-19T10:31:00.004-05:002010-02-27T13:12:50.629-05:00Wilco's Nels Cline and Neil YoungAn interview with Wilco's Nels Cline where he discusses the influence of Neil Young's music from Detroit Free Press:Q: The last time Wilco was in town you were opening up for Neil Young at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Did you get to spend much time with Neil on the road?Nels Cline: Not really. But I've been a huge fan of Neil's since his days in the Buffalo Springfield. His early solo work was thethrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-76841867839407729132009-05-27T12:37:00.008-05:002009-05-27T21:02:31.929-05:00Jay Bennett and Neil YoungJay Bennett: 1963-2009From Jay Bennett 1963-2009 - A Final Interview - Glide Magazine by Brian Robbins where Jay Bennett discusses Neil Young's musical influence. Jay Bennett, the former Wilco multi-instrumentalist, passed away in his sleep on early Sunday morning (May 24, 2009) due to unknown causes. He was 45. Bennett was best known for his work with Wilco, the group for which he wrote and thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-34866890463595608002009-05-01T17:52:00.000-05:002009-05-20T17:56:38.817-05:00Meat Puppets and Neil YoungFrom American Songwriter, The Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood discusses musical infleunces on the band: Q: When you guys first started, how did you arrive at your sort of country/psychedelic/cow punk sound, when you began playing songs that would have been labeled ‘hard core’?Curt Kirkwood: Well we always just did that country thing. We were into Neil Young… a lot of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. Ofthrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-70853546653290860472008-12-30T11:41:00.001-05:002008-12-31T13:40:49.124-05:00David Grohl of Foo Fighters and Neil YoungFrom The Associated Press By SOLVEJ SCHOU, on David Grohl and Neil Young:Grohl, married with a cemented home life, said he most looks up to Neil Young, a relentless musician with “a beautiful family, who makes albums when he feels like it and is just as bad-ass as he was 30 years ago.”From RollingStone.com: Foo Fighters : Foos Reclaim Their Honor : News by AUSTIN SCAGGS(Posted Apr 29, 2005):The thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-54550467090166098852008-12-29T11:50:00.004-05:002010-05-16T21:45:14.768-05:00Elvis Presley and Neil YoungNeil Young with Elvis t-shirtRagged Glory Tour, Los Angeles, CA - 4/26/91Photo by Robert MatheuThere are many connections between Elvis Presley and Neil Young -- both musically and in influence.When Neil Young linked Johnny Rotten with Elvis Presley in his 1979 song "Hey Hey, My My," many were struck at the generational linking of such disparate musical extremes. Written shortly after the death thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-26032486841042544122008-12-02T13:18:00.004-05:002013-01-19T13:56:35.914-05:00Everest's Russell Pollard and Neil YoungEverest's Russell Pollard on touring with Neil Young in the Fall of 2008:"This tour is a new experience for all of us," Pollard said. "This band has done club tours, so it's a pretty big deal for us. He's a legend, and it's a huge honor to be invited and share a tour with him. We watch every show."He's performing for all the nosebleed seats, and his energy and his devotion is 110 percent every thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-36449910319587574252008-10-20T18:39:00.003-05:002008-11-29T20:12:41.173-05:00Chris Walla, of Death Cab For Cutie and Neil YoungIn the entertainment section of today's Bristol Evening Post, Chris Walla, guitarist with Death Cab For Cutie, talks of supporting Neil on their recent North American dates: "It's hard to over-say how awesome it actually is. Unlike a lot of the icons from his generation it's amazing that he's still so vibrant and relevant. I mean seeing clips of the Stones these days it's really kind of sad. thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-38612440066275716572008-09-30T13:21:00.000-05:002008-12-31T13:24:03.180-05:00Ben Folds and Neil YoungBen Folds interview on Neil Young from North Jersey.com By ED CONDRAN Friday, May 6, 2005:Q. What was it like touring with Neil Young?What was great about Neil Young is that I don't think he cares [what anyone thinks]. It's important not to care about anything except what you think.Q. Much like Young, you've never been afraid to make different-sounding albums.When I made "Unauthorized Biography thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-88471131947516022952008-09-07T13:06:00.001-05:002008-12-07T13:08:40.864-05:00John Mayer and Neil YoungJohn Mayer on Neil Young from The Statesman: "I’m actually into Neil Young lately. Big time. Early Neil Young. I like the simplicity. His music was not designed to impress, it was designed to inform. You know what I mean? I like that idea.”"More on other artists influenced by Neil Young.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-59142200078723431182008-08-07T13:17:00.000-05:002008-12-07T13:27:22.219-05:00Johnny Cash and Neil YoungNeil Young on 1971 Johnny Cash Show singing "The Needle and The Damage Done" The Johnny Cash 5CD box set Unearthed has two Neil Young covers "Pocahontas" and "Heart of Gold".Listen to MP3 samples on Amazon.com.More on other artists influenced by Neil Young.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1149114841631457102006-05-31T17:19:00.001-05:002008-09-10T21:24:05.292-05:00Pearl Jam & My Morning Jacket - Washington, DCPearl Jam and My Morning Jacket performed last night in Washington, DC on the Worldwide Suicide Tour.The setlist featured cuts from the new CD including "Life Wasted" and "World Wide Suicide".In addition, the setlist contained lots of the usual favorites like "Even Flow", "Leash", and "Blood". Awesome cover of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" with the band seated in middle set, also. The ChoirThe thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1148655373634872022006-05-26T09:55:00.000-05:002006-05-26T09:56:58.520-05:00100 Most Important Living Songwriters: Paste Magazine Poll Results100 Most Important Living Songwriters: Paste Magazine Poll Resultsthrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1148248599186696442006-05-21T16:51:00.000-05:002006-05-26T10:10:54.006-05:00Pearl Jam & Neil Young Video - "Rockin' in The Free World"Pearl Jam & Neil Young play "Rockin In The Free World" on MTV's 1993 Music Awards.Incendiary performance on YouTube.Pearl Jam is covering the song on their current tour. More on the performance that left critics and fans raving and the collaborations and influences of Pearl Jam and Neil Young.Link via The Perm & The Skullet.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1147627282347253472006-05-14T16:21:00.001-05:002008-08-25T21:25:43.097-05:00Hey, Neil Young: We young singers are hog-tied, tooNeil Young recently said:"I was waiting for someone to come along, some young singer eighteen-to-twenty-two years old, to write these songs and stand up… I waited a long time. Then I decided that maybe the generation that has to do this is still the '60s generation."Now, from San Francisco Chronicle an open letter to Neil Young from singer-song-writer Stephan Smith titled "Hey, Neil Young: We thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1147638005029208142006-05-14T15:01:00.001-05:002006-05-14T15:30:03.906-05:00Video: Dixie Chicks "The Long Way Around"Those Dixie Chicks have a new video out from their CD "Taking The Long Way". Video is streaming on Amazon.com.More on Dixie Chicks - Search.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1147636892714659762006-05-14T15:01:00.000-05:002006-05-14T15:32:03.213-05:00Alejandro Escovedo's Boxing MirrorFrom Washington Post Quick Spins reveiw Alejandro Escovedo's Boxing Mirror by Lisa Quintela: "Aside from mulling over his personal rite of passage, the singer-songwriter weaves in an audible timeline of his musical past, including his early punk and cowpunk gigs, a brief tryst with '90s garage rock and his subsequent seven solo albums.Three decades later, Escovedo's inspired sound still remains thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1147040259699821852006-05-07T17:06:00.000-05:002006-05-12T12:59:04.300-05:00Pearl Jam Video - "Life Wasted"Great, new video clip from Pearl Jam off their new CD "WORLDWIDE SUICIDE". More metal than some of the other recent protest music of late. Suppose Phils Ochs and Pete Seeger would be proud of Eddie Vedder and company.Go to Amazon.com to watch Pearl Jam's video clip of "Life Wasted".More Pearl Jam video links:QUICKTIME PEARL_JAM__EPK_HI.mov PEARL_JAM__EPK_MID.mov PEARL_JAM__EPK_LO.mov REAL thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1145457300862989972006-04-19T09:35:00.000-05:002006-04-19T20:59:47.040-05:00Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs : Under The Covers Vol. 1stereogum: Cinnamon Girls By The Dozen(via Cinnamon covers and My Old Kentucky Blog: Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs : Under The Covers Vol. 1)Sid & Susie - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young Cover)Awesome Neil Young cover by Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs! From CD booklet notes:"We both love Neil to the extreme, and his two-part harmonies work great for us here. Plus, it's a chance to rock! For a thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1145039510722597492006-04-14T13:29:00.000-05:002006-04-14T21:05:12.826-05:00New Neil Young Album: Living With WarThe new Neil Young album "Living With War"has already set off a firestorm. And it hasn't even been released yet.Details on Thrasher's Wheat: Neil Young News.thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1144362845037536402006-04-08T17:34:00.000-05:002006-04-08T16:31:50.430-05:00Bruce Springsteen's The Seeger SessionsBruce Springsteen's upcoming The Seeger Sessions has a preview video of "John Henry".The CD is titled We Shall Overcome and covers a range of folk icon Pete Seeger's songs. Not all Bruce fans are thrilled about an album of folk covers as we have noted before.Over on Blogcritics, The World Wide Glen replies to a review post on artists challenging their audiences:"Bruce Springsteen's greatest thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1144533872521368102006-04-08T15:59:00.000-05:002006-04-09T16:26:42.806-05:00Video: Cowboy Junkies Cover Neil Young's "Tired Eyes"The Cowboy Junkies do an appropriately downbeat cover of "Tired Eyes" from Neil Young's junkie ditchie album Tonight's The Night. The video is hosted on Live @ Orange Lounge and is the last song of the studio set (song #6).More on The Cowboy Junkies covering "Helpless" and Neil Young's doper ditch classic Tonight's The NightThanks for the link e2f!thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792977.post-1144371301147669182006-04-08T15:55:00.000-05:002006-04-08T16:01:25.930-05:00Neil Young :: Under The CoversOver on An Aquarium Drunkard, some Neil Young MP3 covers from the 1989 Bridge Tribute album.DOWNLOAD:MP3: Pixies :: WinterlongAn Aquarium Drunkard also has MP3 covers for:Sonic Youth :: Computer AgeVictoria Williams :: Don't Let It Bring You DownMore on Neil Young Tribute for The Bridge School Album (review) and other bands covering Neil Young's songs .thrasherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755139008283245032noreply@blogger.com3