 |
| Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts, Richmond VA, 2025-08-10 |
Just over a month ago, Terry, Drew, Bill, Bill's son, and I went to see Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts at the new Allianz Amphitheater in Richmond. As much as I'm a big fan of his, this was the first time I had seen Neil Young. I would have preferred to have seen him with Crazy Horse, but with Frank Sampedro now retired and Nils Lofgren currently out, I'm not sure it would have really been the same. The Chrome Hearts played well enough, so I can't really complain.
With someone like Neil Young, whose discography spans almost 60 years, choosing which songs to play, and not play, is always an issue. His setlist in Richmond was good, and contained many of my favorites ("Cowgirl in the Sand", "Fuckin' Up", "Southern Man", "Like a Hurricane") and none of my least favorite songs (e.g., "When You Dance I Can Really Love"). When I returned home, Danette asked an interesting question: "What song do you wish he had played?" I've thought about it, and there were several candidates: "Over and Over", "Words", "Barstool Blues", "Down by the River", etc. All great songs, to be sure, but I've finally decided that I would have liked to have heard "Too Far Gone".
Apparently performed frequently in concert starting in 1976, a studio version did not appear until 1989's excellent "Freedom". It's a song that I played often in college, since bittersweet, poignant, and captures the essence of a situationship that I first hinted at in my review of "American Weekend".
"Too Far Gone": studio version, MTV Unplugged 1989*
 |
| We had to sit in the mulch & bushes since the lawn was completely filled. |
 |
| Terry can fall asleep anywhere, anytime. |
* I remember seeing this on TV in either 1990 or 1991. I thought it was on SNL, but I've just been able to verify that it was on MTV Unplugged.
No comments:
Post a Comment