NEIL YOUNG & FRIENDS : LIVE AND RARE

1. Mr. Soul
2. Cinammon Girl
3. If You Got Love
4. Amber Jean
5. Baby What You Want Me To Do
6. Things I Used To Do
7. Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Nadine - Medley
8. My My, Hey Hey (with Devo)
9. Worried Man Blues (with Devo)
10. American Woman (Randy Bachman)
11. Just Like Tom Thumb Blues
12. Down By The River
13. Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman)

Label : Yellow Cat

Time : 73:47

Venue : various

Date : various

Quality : Soundboard recording (A+/A-)

Review (liner notes) : "Neil Young is an incredibly diverse musician and individual. One look at his solo catalogue, and a more careful investigation into the many musical styles & motifs represented by that catalog will easily prove this point. He can play the tastiest blues licks, the grungiest power chords, the tightest little rock and roll arrangements and some of the best country twang ..... all wherever the mood strikes. Over the years, Neil has also gained the reputation of a rocker who likes to lend a hand to his fellow musician when the opportunity arises. Most folks in the industry, then, are quick to return the favour if Neil ever asks for their support or help on a song, a concert or a film project. Knowing his sense for fun & adventure, and his eye for quality, anyone who works with Neil can assume that the finished product will probably turn out extremley well ... or that at least they'll have a blast at making it happen. So this CD show's off some examples of Neil's work; mostley with his friends. The first 2 tracks offer Neil with long time cronies "Crazy Horse"; captured live here in 1986 at Great Wood in Massachusettes in the U.S. Track 3 features Neil all on his own in an outtake from the original "Trans" LP, when it still carried the title to the [unreleased] film "Human Highway". Tracks 8 & 9, incidentally, are Neil's jam's with Devo, taken directly from the soundtrack to that film. Neil shows off his country side on track 4 in concert with the International Harvesters in Nashville in 1985. Neil takes the stage with G.E.Smith & the late Michael Bloomfield's former band as they play tribute to Bloomfield during this performance at The Ritz in New York. The closing segment of the disk is, in my opinion, the most historic. In 1990, a musican who had played in a regional rock band in the sixties organised a benefit concert at Calvin High School, his alma mater, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He called upon all the famous, and not so famous musical alumni of the school to see if they could lend a hand to this musical high school reunion. The call back to Calvin High School caught the ears of it's most famous students. Neil Young (Former member of "The Squires"), Burton Cummings (Of "The Devrons") and Randy Bachman ("Chad Allen & The Expressions") were among the dozens of Musicians who reunited with their old bands from the sixties and, inevitably, with one another. The last four tracks are taken from this incredible event which took place at the local concert hall in Winnipeg and it includes jams on two Guess Who classics, a Randy Bachman solo number, a Neil classic & a Bob Dylan oldie.