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(Archive 49: 6/21/01 - 8/23/01)

(Rumors, Sightings, Eavesdroppings)

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:24:00 EDT
From: EFried4225@aol.com
Subject: Neil on Fresh Air

Woohoo!!! Just heard the end of Terry Gross' public radio show Fresh Air, and she said tommorow afternoon (Friday, August 24) they will be reviewing the Buffalo Springfield Box Set, and Neil will be in conversation on the show!!!

Set your timers -- Fresh Air is on your local public radio station but the time varies from city to city. Be sure to check the schedule for your station, since some stations shuffle the time they transmit it.

Neil in real conversation!

Erik, Oakland
"After the Next Goldrush"


Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:39:04 -0400
From: RE*AC*TOR
Subject: Interesting Collectible

Rhino Handmade will release in November (pre-orders now) a limited edition (3000 copies) CD of obscure/unreleased Jack Nitzsche stuff.

The only indirect connection between the music there and Neil is that the orchestral work (makes up about 1/3 of the CD) was composed by Jack with the London Symphony directly after working with them on Neil's A Man Needs A Maid and There's A World for the Harvest album. However the web page referenced above does talk a fair amount about Jack's work with Neil and with the non-Neil version of Crazy Horse. Interesting reading if you're not too familiar with that background.

For those who weren't around at the time and didn't see the news reports, Neil sent 1000 roses to Jack's funeral, with a card that read "For all the thousands of people who loved your music but never knew your name." RIP Jack...
. . . RE*AC*TOR


Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:48:28 -0500
From: jason.gonulsen@harcourt.com
Subject: Junkie Neil

On Monday night I saw the Cowboy Junkies in Kansas City. After the show I got to talk to Margo Timmins (lead singer) and gave her a Neil Young and Crazy Horse keychain. She seemed to love it. Anyway, last night in Indianapolis they opened the show with POWDERFINGER. I'm pretty sure they hadn't done this one on this current tour until last night (though I could be wrong about that).

hmm...

Jason
first and last


Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:52:36 +1000
From: Tony Maplestone <mapogun@hotmail.com>
Subject: YOTH coming to Oz

The Year Of The Horse DVD is out in Australia next week, August 27. It is being released by Magna Pacific, not Warner Vision.
Tony


Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:37:49 +0200
From: bjortan@home.se
Subject: Tori's HOG

A suggestion: everyone who hasn't heard it yet should go to this fan website and listen to Tori Amos's version of Heart of Gold. I think it's safe to say it's one of the weirder versions of this song you'll ever hear... Not a harmonica in sight.

Bjorn
Happy like John Denver


Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:52:26 +0000
From: J.A.Gray@bham.ac.uk
Subject: Neil and New Order

In this month's MOJO feature on the band New Order, guitar player/singer Bernard Sumner says:

"I started listening to Neil Young when I was in Joy Division. At that time I was really into guitars. What I like about Neil Young is that he does a lot with a little. He made me realise that you can play solos on one string. Neil Young's got this thin, reedy voice and I suppose in some ways it's not quite right, but it sounds just beautiful."
Jules Upon the Sea


Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 07:44:21 EDT
From: GuyHaslam@aol.com
Subject: Don't include Neil

There was a good Neil mention in today's Observer newspaper here in the UK. Last week, some sad-sack called John Strausburgh went on and on about the 'dinosaurs of rock'... 'sold out'... '60s idealism and revolution'... you know, the usual stuff. In fact, I tend to agree from a musical point of view that most of the big names of the 60s / early 70s have sold out - but only in the sense that their music's been no good in the intervening 25 years or so: stand up the Stones, the ex-Beatles, the Who, ex-Zeppelin etc etc. I know other Rusties feel differently, but I do know that Neil simply can't be put in this same bracket. So it was good to see the following defence of Neil in today's paper...

"Strausbaugh rants against stars with a 'pathological-professional need to continue to pretend they're young and sexy': the most dynamic gig I saw this year was by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, who make no pretence of being either, and whose deconstruction of one old song, Like a Hurricane, is as experimental as anything served up by rock's young avant-garde who weren't even born when it was written. Young wrote one of the most urgent protest songs - Ohio - but it was a bulletin of its time, not a manifesto for life. On stage this year, with a bare minimum of lights or stage trickery, no catwalks or preening, Young and his band were happy to look their age but to sound fierce, primal, often tender, and always timeless."
Yeah!

Brand New Guy


Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 13:35:18 -0400
From: RE*AC*TOR
Subject: Tech Aid

A guy at SmartMoney.com (Robert Hunter, but not that Robert Hunter...) has come up with an idea for a follow-on to Live Aid and Farm Aid, for the benefit of the much trampled-upon lately Tech Stock companies.

He proposes a list of performances, including a bunch of CEOs giving pep-talks, a public reconcilliation of Bill Gates and Larry Ellison, and a number of musical sets (eg, ELP playing from Tarkus, Styx playing from Mr. Roboto, Rush playing from Test For Echo, etc).

For the 9pm performance during the concert, after the Gates/Ellison tickle-fight, he proposes:

Neil Young, performing songs from Trans. (FYI: Neil released this industrial/electronica record back in '83; it included the song Computer Cowboy.)
One interesting observation from this mythical benefit schedule is that the Neil set is the only one (other than a set by some band called "Enid") where the guy felt he had to explain it...
. . . RE*AC*TOR


Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:16:41 +0100
From: Aladdinsane@pad.ology.org.uk
Subject: Radiohead doing some Neil

Radiohead are currently performing a cover of Neil's Cinnamon Girl at their shows during their tour in America. regards,
aladdin sane


Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:51:02 EDT
From: YOUNGSOLDESTFAN@aol.com
Subject: BS Box on the charts!

The Buffalo Springfield Box Set entered the Billboard Internet Chart at Number 6. Not bad...


Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:41:49 -0500
From: Tom Ordon <tordon@flash.net>
Subject: Lost Tapes

Be sure and listen this Saturday night, August 18, to George Gimarc's Dallas-Ft.Worth talk show called THE LOST TAPES. It's a 2 hour live show starting at 10:00 PM Central Time. The topic will be the Buffalo Springfield, and George will be playing some rare items. It's going to be on KRLD 1080 AM in the Dallas area, and on many other stations throughout Texas as part of the Texas State Radio Network

Hope you all can tune in!


Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:06:50 GMT
From: J.A.Gray@bham.ac.uk
Subject: Neil probably not on Hank Tribute

According to the SpinCDs website, it doesn't appear that Neil gonna be on the upcoming Hank Williams tribute. The tracklisting there doesn't include a track by him. But it's not really clear if the tracklist there is 100% confirmed.

Take care,
Jules Upon the Sea


Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:23:34 EDT
From: Eswain93@cs.com
Subject: O'Phish'll cover

The first six shows for the archival Live Phish series have been announced. Live Phish 03, from a show on 9/14/2000, has their cover of Neil's Albuquerque on it. Their version has never been officially released before.

Erik Swain
Be on my side, I'll be on your side


Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:30:31 EDT
From: RewriteRules@aol.com
Subject: Gorilla-groped

I admit it, I'm hooked on the AssPonys, for a lot of reasons. There's even a Neil connection, according to Rolling Stone:

"But somehow, these Ohio dogs turn their angst into rootsy, bleak and hysterically funny garage rock, topped by lead singer Chuck Cleaver's falsetto, which evokes the sound of Neil Young getting felt up by a gorilla in a high wind."
Be sure to check out assponys.org!

Deb
Rewriting the Rules


Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 06:50:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: B A <lonvor@yahoo.com>
Subject: '68 all over again

According to Anchor Bay, the film called '68 (that featured Neil as Westy, the owner of a motorcycle shop in San Francisco) is scheduled to be released on DVD in 2002.

Bill
Tired Eyes


Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 17:01:34 -0400
From: Brandon Krueger <kruegerb00@hotmail.com>
Subject: Hip Downey Neil covers

I just saw Gordon Downie of The Tragically Hip last night in Arlington, VA. He and his band did two great covers of When You Dance I Can Really Love and Tonight's The Night. He is touring in support of his solo record, Coke Glow Machine, which is well worth a listen.

B


Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 23:25:38 +0200
From: Gregor Bos <g.bos@gmx.net>
Subject: Simple Mind'ed Neil

This is from a Thursday August 2, 2001, article at www.canoe.ca:

Scotland's Simple Minds are letting their roots show. The band is releasing an album of cover songs by the likes of David Bowie, Van Morrison, Patti Smith, the Velvet Underground, and Kraftwerk... ...The album has been dubbed Neon Lights and is scheduled for release in Canada on Oct. 2...

"It certainly wasn't easy when we looked at the prospect of doing a cover version album," singer Jim Kerr said in the announcement. "There have been so many great songs, so many different sounds, so many artists and acts that have influenced our band... ...David Bowie, Roxy Music, Peter Gabriel and, of course, Lou Reed. On top of that there was always Patti Smith, The Doors and Neil Young, as well."

The Neil song they'll be doing is The Needle And The Damage Done.

Gregor
Stay Young And Rustful


Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:46:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Heike Gregory <hg_de@yahoo.de>
Subject: YOTH in Frankfurt

The movie Year of the Horse will be shown in Frankfurt's small but very nice cinema hall Orfeo's Erben on August 16th. Two shows -- one at 21:15, and one at 23:15. If any Rusties from Frankfurt and surroundings are going there I would like to join the party.

Regards, Heike
When your lonely heart breaks


Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:10:18 +0100
From: Tim.Diamond@axa-insurance.co.uk
Subject: Other MOJO Neil

There's more Neil in this month's MOJO that the Booker T connections previously reported.... There's also a picture of Neil in the Lucinda Williams item, and another picture in their review of the Fleadh Festival.

Tim


Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:12:53 +0200
From: Jens Liltorp <jeli@novonordisk.com>
Subject: Cool Neil desktop

A desktop background image featuring Neil at the Roskilde Festival is available for download (it's a zipped up .bmp file).

Rust in peace,
Jens
..the Damage Done


Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2001 12:33:03 -0400
From: RE*AC*TOR
Subject: Century Soundtrack

A series called Popular Song: Soundtrack of the Century will be running on the Bravo cable channel the week of August 12 through August 17. It's in 8 parts (3 shows Sunday, one each on the weekdays) and the episodes are run more than once. The complete schedule is on Bravo's website.

From the descriptions it appears that there will be Neil content in part 6 on Wednesday, August 15, where CSNY and Buffalo Springfield are mentioned. Croz does some commentary. Says that there will be CSNY performance footage.

Part 4 has some Neil content: Neil Diamond performs, Neil Sedaka does commentary... ;-)
. . . RE*AC*TOR


Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:11:44 +0200
From: Thomas Bergen <TB@jvl.dk>
Subject: Not "money for nothing"

At the Mark Knopfler concert in Copenhagen yesterday, the music played before the actual show was almost the whole Harvest Moon album. I was certain Mark had good taste, now it's confirmed...

Take care,
Thomas
Got Fuel To Burn


Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:51:06 -0700
From: bhunt@lclark.edu
Subject: Rust in Portland

Rustie Oregonians might be interested to know that the Clinton Street Theater (SE 26th and Clinton) is showing the Rust Never Sleeps film tonight and Thursday evening at nine o'clock.

peace and all,
boyd hunt


Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:39:08 -0400
From: Bill Hodgson <b.hodgson@verizon.net>
Subject: "The Neil Young Approach"

This was just posted on the John Hiatt list today --

In an interview this morning on a Seattle radio station, Hiatt was asked what he would do if he was offered big money for the commercial use of one of his songs. His response was that he liked the "Neil Young approach" - that that wasn't what he had in mind when he wrote the song.
Hey Neil, how about inviting John Hiatt to play the Bridge School concert? Bill Hodgson


Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:25:03 GMT
From: J.A.Gray@bham.ac.uk
Subject: Cultural Harvest

Channel 4 (here in the UK) started a new series on 'culture' last night. The presenter loads up his car with items of 'culture' and sets off on the road on his odyssey. Right next to him on the passenger seat, propped up so as we can all see, is a compact disc. It's Harvest. By Neil Young.

Jules Upon the Sea


Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:04:47 -0500
From: jason.gonulsen@harcourt.com
Subject: KGSR Neil references

On www.kgsr.com, there is an interview with Lucinda Williams, where she talks about her home in Louisiana. She connects it with the song "Helpless."

There's also an interesting reference to On The Beach in an interview with the Cowboy Junkies there.

Jason

first and last


Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:09:21 +1000
From: Richard Kaldasaun <RKaldasaun@sanderson.net.au>
Subject: BSBox down under?

For any interested Oz Rusties...

I've just contacted Warner Music in Australia regarding if/when they are going to locally release the Buffalo Springfield Box Set. Their reply was: yes, it will be released locally but they do not know when. They also mentioned they have already had a few enquiries regarding the release of the box set. So I guess the more they get asked, the sooner they may release it. I suppose we can only hope that's what will happen...

Richard


Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 06:32:12 EDT
From: Indianrunner7@aol.com
Subject: Hip Hop?

At the end of a rather breathless article on Booker T and The MGs in the current MOJO, Neil is quoted about singing (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay with them...

"As I stood where Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam And Dave and so many great singers stood, and felt that groove surrounding me, I knew that I had found a place."
At the end of the article is added, parenthetically and mysteriously...
(Jones and Dunn, with current MG's drummer Steve Potts, are working on sessions for Young's new LP, described by Dunn as "kind of R&B with a light hip hop beat".)
Say what??? Me, I'm waiting for the mighty Young / Wu Tang collaboration of 2004...

Indianrunner7


Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:49:57 +0200
From: Francisco Serra <xisan@eresmas.com>
Subject: Pollença Blues

On July 5th, Phil Tagliere (ex member of The Silos) covered Neil's Barstool Blues in concert in Pollença, Mallorca, here in Spain.

out of the blue
Xisco


Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:49:54 EDT
From: TiptonSid@aol.com
Subject: Blessings

Saw the Black Crowes last night ( -- excellent -- ) supported by the jangly Scottish psychedelic 60s throwbacks, the Cosmic Rough Riders ( -- also excellent). The Cosmics did their great cover of Country Home (terrific harmonies). Lead singer Danny Wylie signed off the tune with the exhortation, "God bless Neil Young!!"

You had to be there ...
Sid


Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: j. horowitz <jah4168@go.com>
Subject: Widespread Neil

Setbreak music at last night's Widespread Panic concert in Maryland was the first six songs from Disc 1 of WELD...

Also, the band encored with Mr. Soul!

WALK ON>>>>>>>>
JAH


Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:50:25 -0000
From: Iain Davie <ildavie@hotmail.com>
Subject: Jack's contemporaries

There's an interesting article in the Sunday Herald today, here in Scotland. It's about Jack Bruce and his new album Shadows In The Air. To quote from one paragraph...

...this [album] doesn't feel anything like the standard past-their-peak rock star product. The arrangements on tracks like the heavily percussive, piano-driven Out Into The Fields, or the chilly Directions Home, are much more adventurous than virtually any of his contemporaries, except perhaps Neil Young.
Iain (going home)


Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:27:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roel van Dijk <rdvdijk@shellyeah.org>
Subject: ALOHA Neil

There is a nice interview with Neil in the Dutch magazine ALOHA! He's on the front page too. Some nice pictures in there too -- the cover has a Bluenotes-period picture, the first page of the article a '86/'87 one, and a few early 60s and a CSNY74 rehearsal picture, then a '76 picture and more... Worth checking out, Dutch and Belgian Rusties!

Roel
"Obviously Doing Well"


Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:09:51 -0700
From: brady@xprt.net
Subject: Why "Pearl Jam"?

I was reading the article Ten Past Ten in the latest Spin magazine, and saw a paragraph that I thought was interesting (probably because I'm both a Pearl Jam and a Neil Young fanatic)...

AMENT: The first time I mentioned Pearl Jam [as a band name] was when Ed, Stone, and I were watching Sonic Youth play with Crazy Horse. In the middle of Crazy Horse I turned to Stone and said, "what about 'Pearl Jam'?"

A couple of years later, the first time that we played [Neil Young's] Bridge School [benefit concert], I saw Neil's big black, must have been a '55 Chevy and the license plate says PEARL 10. I think I'm in a dream. I asked Neil how long he'd had those plates, and he said 15 years.

It's a great PJ article that has a lot of great quotes (unfortunately none from Neil.)

mariann
it's not the destination; it's the journey


Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:52:16 -0400
From: Wastelandpoet@hotmail.com
Subject: Uncut unfair

The British music magazine Uncut is running a horrible article in their July 2001 issue (#50). They take shots at Neil, his songs, his voice, his looks, everything. It's so horrible and wrong.

Loyal Neil Fan
-Wastelandpoet


Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:17:44 -0400
From: RE*AC*TOR
Subject: Reliable Rumors

Here are a couple that come 2nd-hand to me from a record-company source. They should be pretty reliable:

  1. Neil liked the job Rhino did on the Buffalo Springfield Box Set and will be turning over the job of packaging his Archives to them. No word on any dates though....

  2. Neil & Jimmy McDonough have settled up (in May, I think) and the once cancelled biography will be out soon.
Speaking of the BS Box, looks like Rhino has put up samples of EVERY TRACK of it on their site. I haven't tried to listen to any of them yet so I'm not sure if those links actually work, or how long the samples are (probably the standard 30 seconds)...
. . . RE*AC*TOR


Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:27:10 -0400
From: Heath Keane <neilpyoung@hotmail.com>
Subject: Neil hot on eBay

This is from today's MacLeans magazine...

Almost anything is available -- for a price -- on eBay, the online auction service. This is especially true for music fans. Want tickets to that sold-out Backstreet Boys concert? No problem. Desperate for an ultra-rare bootleg recording of the Rolling Stones? Piece of cake. Last month, even a "rock star celebrity urinal" -- once located in Vancouver's Little Mountain studio and used by the likes of Aerosmith, AC-DC and Bryan Adams -- sold for $3,037.

Canadian music memorabilia on eBay is also highly sought-after. Gordon Lightfoot's first album, The Two Tones at the Village Corner, recorded in 1962 when young "Gord" was in a duo with singer Terry Whelan, recently sold for $683. And in late June, numerous items -- including a guitar autographed by the Guess Who, a songbook signed by Leonard Cohen and a poster of the Tragically Hip's Gord Downie autographed by the entire band -- sold on eBay for $903, $302 and $200, respectively, in an auction to benefit the Children's Miracle Network charity.

But the holy grail for many Can-rock collectors is the first recording made by Neil Young and his Winnipeg band, The Squires -- a 45 r.p.m. recorded in 1963 featuring two of Young's earliest compositions: The Sultan and Aurora. A copy of that record became the source of a fierce bidding war on eBay in June. The winning bidder paid the princely sum of $1,514 for that precious piece of vinyl. Keep on rockin' in the e-world, Neil.


Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:36:05 -0400
From: RE*AC*TOR
Subject: Clem Snide

Anyone heard of the band Clem Snide? They had a record release party in New York the other day, and finished it off playing Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. (More details in the second article, headlined "Wisecracked Rear View", on this Yahoo page...)
. . . RE*AC*TOR


Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:47:58 EDT
From: AndrewByrom@aol.com
Subject: Cosmic Country Home

The wonderful Scottish band Cosmic Rough Riders are covering Country Home on their current UK tour.

Andrew Byrom


Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:47:43 -0500
From: Nic Arp <nic-arp@uiowa.edu>
Subject: Emmylou:Neil

This ran in an article about Emmylou Harris in today's New York Times:

"Over the last six years Ms. Harris has attained a point in her career that few artists ever reach. It is that of musicians, like Neil Young, who can follow their own vision with the blessing of their fans. And whether that vision leads them to mediocrity or excellence on a particular song or album, it does nothing to diminish the level of respect they have earned, because it is known that their intentions were pure, their decisions were true to themselves, and their talent did not disappear with youth."
Nicely put, I thought.

Nic


Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:22:17 -0700
From: Christy Anderson <christya@communityfutures.com>
Subject: Rockin' Phil's World

On July 4th I attended a Phil + Friends show at the Snoqualmie Ampitheatre just outside of Seattle. Not being a deadhead, t'was a new experience for me. It was made infinitely better by the fact that midway through the first set, the band launched into a fairly kick ass rendition of Rockin' in the Free World.

It kicked the intensity of the whole concert UP about 12 notches!! I was probably the happiest person in the crowd then, my friends looking at me smiling because they know how much I love Neil. Such a rareity too, apparently, not a tune this band normally jams on, so it must have been just for me.

Christy Anderson


Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 11:28:32 -0500
From: Chuck King <cking@minn.net>
Subject: Jerusalem redux

My wife, daughter, and I attended the CPR show at the Minnesota Zoo last night. Crosby introduced the song Jerusalem with the same joke that has already been reported here, that The Jerusalem Syndrome is a real syndrome that affects visitors to the holy lands in which they start to believe that they are some holy figure such as Jesus, Mary Magdelene,... Neil Young.

After the crowd laughed at this, Crosby went on to say, "Everytime I use that, people think it's funny. Every time. Sometime I'm gonna have to tell Neil that." Then after a pause he added "On a good day." (That's when I laughed!)


Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:03:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: J McElwee <jmcelwee@yahoo.com>
Subject: Surrounding Goldrush

Denny Purcell of Georgetown Masters in Nashville, mentions in the July 2001 issue of Mix Magazine (on page 14) that he is getting ready to do a DVD-Audio surround mix of the After the Goldrush LP. (The article should be available online next month.)


Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:46:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cinnamon <cinnamonpurr@yahoo.com>
Subject: Tori's HOG

As I am a fan of both Tori Amos and Neil Young, I thought this was interesting. Excerpts from an article in the July 1 LA Times:

Tori Amos Offers a Woman's-Eye View of Songs by Men
By STEVE HOCHMAN

...she's taken songs written and originally sung by men and, without any substantial rewriting, created a female character for each...

...{includes} a dynamic reworking of Neil Young's Heart of Gold (sung as twin girls "into economic espionage," she says)...

The article is available on a Tori Amos fan site. The CD is not due out until September 18.


Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 11:40:42 +0200
From: Sture Finnanger <finnanger@c2i.net>
Subject: Norwegian Tribute presented to Neil

The Norwegian guitar player Robert Buraas, from the band Madrugada, gave Neil a copy of the brand new Norwegian tribute album Everybody Knows This Is Norway on Friday, before his show at the Roskilde Festival. Because the vinyl edition of the album is not yet finished, Neil, who dislikes CD's, received the CD edition. Burass asked Neil, "Do you have a CD-player?"

Neil answered, "Yeah, but I think it's broken."

This was from the Norwegian newspaper Adresseavisen.

Sture
Everybody's Rockin'


Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:15:04 EDT
From: AndrewByrom@aol.com
Subject: What the heck?

Just found this on Amazon:

Neil Young Boxed Set
Neil Young
Our Price: £35.99

This item will be released on 16 July, 2001. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

Audio CD (16 July, 2001)
Number of Discs: 3
Label: Warner;
ASIN: B00005M6OE
Catalogue Number: 9362475082

....somehow I think it's not the Archives...!

Andrew Byrom


Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 19:03:39 +0100
From: Michael McGurn <micam@cwcom.net>
Subject: BS Box article

Interesting interview in today's U.K. Independent newspaper. It's with Stephen Stills and Ritchie Furay, about the upcoming Buffalo Springfield Box Set. A few choice quotes:

"...painstakingly compiled over the past 10 years by Neil Young, a founder member and the man most responsible for their disintegration."

Stills: "The fact that I was the leader of the band was probably what led to its demise, Neil Young not being the type to be led."

Furay: "Did I think Neil was manipulative? No, but I think he had more of a sense of direction about what he wanted to accomplish. At certain points if that didn't include the Springfield he'd move ahead at any cost. He was on a mission, and he'd move with reckless abandon."

The article concludes with Stills telling of a 14 year old coming up to tell him that Buffalo Springfield is his favourite band of all time.

Michael
Yellow Moon


Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:32:35 EDT
From: GuyHaslam@aol.com
Subject: New Bio

A couple of weeks ago, I read somewhere that Mojo-writer (and sometime Creem-writer, etc) Sylvie Simmons was writing a Neil Young biography. I see now that it's listed at Amazon with a September 6th publication date.

This could be a good one, as I've always admired her writing for Mojo, and she's just done an excellent biog of dishevelled French crooner Serge Gainsbourg, called A Fistful of Gitanes (great title!).

Plus she's a big Neil fan. I remember her writing that she got over her disappointment with Road Rock by listening to her CDRs of the Warfield warm-up. So she's obviously not into blind hero-worship. I think she's clearly a proto-Rustie... one to watch, I think.

You can check out the details and synopsis on Amazon.

Brand New Guy


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