Young took a brief break and his crew dismantled the guitar ring to make room for the band. The electric set opened with Mr. Soul – a nice surprise for everyone expecting one of the standard openers from this tour. Each electric song had an accompanying painting that was placed on an easel at stage left. The best part of the art show was watching the dapper-dressed roadie charged with timing the painting’s unveiling with the start of the song.
Photo by Furnstein
In the plugged-in portion of the night, Young rocking back in forth and abusing his guitar, continued to deliver. He launched into his trademarked fractured-chord jams with ferocity backed by a very casually aligned band.
After the show’s final three songs – No Hidden Path to close the set and Cinnamon Girl and Cortez the Killer – Young’s guitar was left a mess of dangling wires and squeals. A true sign the man can still bring the heat.
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Live Cinnamon Girl from 12/15/07
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- Previously on HT: Pullin’ Tubes: Neil Young’s “Odd” Period, God Bless Internet Geekery and Grousing The Aisles: Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll
5 Responses
Thanks. Great stuff…wish I could’ve been there!
Sweet! I can’t wait till tomorrow night. I’ll be in the cheap(est) seats!!!
Neil comes to Europe next year! Will skip Xmas this year and use my money for a nice run of Neil shows.
Wow! Neil shredded last night. No Hidden Path closed out the second set, clocking in at a mere 20 minutes!