Nationwide Arena
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2002
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The
Confirmed
Set List
First Set
- Carry On/Questions
- Military Madness
- Goin' Home
[currently unreleased Neil song]
- Deja Vu
- 49 Bye-Byes
- Feed The People
- I Used To Be A King
- You're My Girl
[Neil song new this tour]
- Dark Star
- Almost Cut My Hair
- Cinnamon Girl
Second Set
- Helplessly Hoping
- Our House
- Old Man
- Carry Me
- Dream For Him
- Harvest Moon
- Ole Man Trouble
- Half Your Angels
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
[7th Inning Stretch]
- Let's Roll
[currently
unreleased Neil song]
- Long Time Gone
- Two Old Friends
[Neil song new this tour]
- Eight Miles Hight
- Rockin' In The Free World
Encores
- For What It's Worth
Nationwide Arena
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2002
early report by Mike Coe
Just getting home so this will be short...
Great show and great energy - Young blew me away.
The show ran for over three hours and it was time well spent.
Surprised to see Stills take such an active part in the show -- he had
a few rusty spots (screwed up notes, nothing major), but the man can
definitely jam.
During Let's Roll, Neil was in the middle of one his jams and
the sound cut out. It was an abrupt, sudden shock -- I thought the
band was going to stop playing... No way! Professionals. (Duh, forgot.)
Neil just kept on jamming to himself.
(I know I'm just pointing out the mistakes, I apologize...)
One funny part was when Crosby started howling like a dog, and Nash
kept signalling for him to quit. I guess Crosby had a cold last night,
and Nash didn't want him damaging his voice. He finally ran over to
him and started choking him.
A disappointing note: For What It's Worth was the only encore.
I guess I was in the frame of mind to listen to them all night...
Great to see such powerful forces on stage, loved the way they work
together. Guys are looking rather ragged, but the tickets were worth it.
Nationwide Arena
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2002
review by Tom Transformer Man Hanna
Here's my take...
- The show started at 8:12 and was over at 11:26.
- Changed a lot of the setlist from
CSNY2K...
the first set was fantastic.
- Stills voice sounded much better than his solo show in November.
- Croz (despite his cold) and Nash pipes were on target all night.
- Very glad they repeated great ones like 49 Bye-Byes
and Dream For Him.
- Surprised at the less Neil-centric show.
- Goin' Home was killer.
- I'll, uh, wait til Indy to comment fully on the other two new Neil songs
- I sat close enough to see what a great time they were all having.
- Not a lot of stage banter or storytelling.
- They had foam-core posters of lyrics flat on stage for some songs.
- Hats were worn by Neil (Bluenotes style) and Croz (cap).
- Nash was shoeless.
Taking the show song-by-song...
- Carry On/Questions --
Sounded much better this time, and with the Questions bonus.
- Military Madness --
A real treat and a great choice. Stills windmills!
- Goin' Home --
Rocked out. The highlight! At least as good at the Crazy Horse version.
- Deja Vu --
Another great choice but almost too quiet for arena crowd.
- 49 Bye-Byes --
Love it, but Stills had to back away from mic twice mid-stream.
Neil looked kinda like "WTF?" but reassured SS after the
song was over.
- Feed The People --
A nice clap-along song but not a hall-of-famer tune.
- I Used To Be A King --
Best surprise of the night, and a fantastic version.
- You're My Girl --
Neil dedicated it, but it's sorta lite on first listen.
- Dark Star --
Loved hearing Neil on this great song. More boat album songs!
- Almost Cut My Hair --
Best crowd rowser and one of few dueling Young/Stills solos.
- Cinnamon Girl --
Kept things hopping. I like CSNY's version, despite its
Crazy Horse "ownership".
(exactly 20 minute break before second set)
- Helplessly Hoping --
Nice open to wooden set, but I was hoping for more surprises.
- Our House --
Very well done I must say, if we have to hear it every show.
- Old Man --
Again nice, but would rather have Only Love Can Break Your Heart
or Human Highway in this slot.
- Carry Me --
Another terrific surprise, choice, and version.
- Dream For Him --
Worthy repeat from CSNY2K of a live classic.
(It's here that Neil and Croz start trading dog noises and laughing;
Nash signals Croz to cut it out, pointing at his throat;
Then Croz says "I'm not supposed to do that; I've got a cold.")
- Harvest Moon --
Decent with CSNY, but again?
- Ole Man Trouble --
Good chance for Stills (and Booker T) to play some blues.
- Half Your Angels --
Arena reverb made Nash vocals and synth sound great. (No Neil.)
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes --
Another great crowd pleaser and audience participation number.
(Again no Neil.)
(7th Inning Stretch: Smell the sage!)
- Let's Roll --
Ruined the flow when Neil's guitar dropped from PA mix.
- Long Time Gone --
Croz rules. Always great to hear this one. With CSNY it's killer!
- Two Old Friends --
Sounded okay, but has me thinking, "What happened to Toast?"
- Eight Miles Hight --
One of the classics that sounds good with CSNY, CPR,
or whoever.
- Rockin' In The Free World --
A guy next to me had been shouting "Mr.Young!" all night. But
during this song he asked what's the title!
(Before encore, Nash tosses a Beanie Baby to couple sitting next to me.)
- For What It's Worth --
Ugh, I don't like this sloooow version. I'd shelve this one fast...
I wasn't "spoiled" by peeking at the opening show
setlist from Detroit the night before. A bit disappointing that
they already dropped Southern Man, Wooden Ships, etc.
Transformer Man
(more reviews coming soon...)