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| Photo by Sweet Joni |
Where: Dolby Theater, Los Angeles
Accompanied by: Kathryn Knox
Genre: Folk Rock, Acoustic
Set List One: From Hank to Hendrix, On the Way Home, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Love in Mind, Philadelphia, Mellow My Mind, Reason to Believe, Someday, Changes, Harvest, Old Man, Goin' Back
Set List Two: A Man Needs a Maid, Ohio, Southern Man, Mr. Soul, If You Could Read My Mind, Harvest Moon, After the Gold Rush, Heart of Gold
Encore: Thrasher
Talk about a win-win situation. Actually ALL sorts of win:
- Tickets won courtesy of KLOS
- Neil Young SOLO
- Neil Young ACOUSTIC
- Dolby Theater - home to the Academy Awards
- Did I mention, free tickets?
The evening was a bit voyeuristic. The audience was allowed to sit back and watch Neil in what felt like what would be his music studio/living room transported from home onto the Dolby Theater stage. As big as the theater was, the intimacy was undeniable. I honestly sat at the edge of my seat the entire show, completely mesmerized and enchanted. Neil wandered around the stage, telling stories, singing songs...like an old man puttering around. But with way more talent.
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| Photo by Jeff Allen http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2014/04/photo-neil-young-dolby-theatre-los.html |
Between his story telling and every song telling a story, the time flew by much too quickly. I cried during Philadelphia. I cried during Harvest Moon. I am sure I cried during a few others, but those are the two that I remember the most. It's not that I've never seen Neil Young perform before. Thanks to Bridge School and a few other CSN&Y shows in years past, I've had the opportunity. But none of those shows compares to this.
The best part was being able to spend this evening with a friend who shares and understands what it means to love music so much that at times it hurts.
I love you, Kathryn.
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