| | | | | what he wants to do and doesn't explain himself. |
| Singer/songwriter Neil Young is still blazing trails. This | | | | Either you get him or you don't." It seems to be an |
| time around he's on his own Twisted Road Tour, | | | | astute assessment of Young, who has managed to |
| which recently opened on May 18 in Albany, N.Y. Neil | | | | produce a vast catalog of work over the past few |
| Young fans were undoubtedly treated to his | | | | decades and remains one of music industry's true |
| smashing electric chords, intertwined with soft | | | | geniuses. |
| acoustic notes and that same somber voice that has | | | | Neil Young arrived on the music scene in the 1960s |
| harmonized us all for years. At the recent New York | | | | and quickly took an interest in the sounds of folk. |
| concert, Young let loose several of his classic ballads | | | | Making his base in California, he and Stephen Stills |
| like "Cinnamon Girl," "After the Goldrush" and "Ohio," | | | | traveled around the state in their Pontiac hearse, |
| but he also gave his true diehard followers a wealth | | | | performing as Buffalo Springfield. He went on to play |
| of new material, including the tune "Sign of Love." | | | | with Crosby, Stills and Nash and continued to perfect |
| A review in the notes that: "The evening flirted with | | | | his skills as a solo artist. He struck gold, perhaps |
| brilliance, and on the whole was one of the most | | | | fittingly, with the number one hit single "Heart of |
| satisfying and challenging shows the artist has | | | | Gold" from the 1972 album Harvest. For the rest of |
| offered in the region." Young is hardly a newcomer | | | | the decade Young continued to record and tour, |
| to the scene, but his live gigs are most often a | | | | performing songs from follow-up albums like Tonight's |
| refreshing glimpse into what true songwriting should | | | | the Night and Long May You Run. |
| be about. Catch him perched on the stage at one of | | | | Over the next decade Young experimented with a |
| his many upcoming performances on the Twisted | | | | variety of different music styles and gave fans |
| Road Tour. <a rel="nofollow" | | | | further proof of his dominance on the charts and in |
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| a> to concerts can be found at | | | | Road, which arrived in 2009 and the first installment in |
| In other related Neil Young news, there is a new | | | | his much discussed Archives series, Archives, Vol. 1. |
| book about to hit shelves called Neil Young: Long May | | | | Revisit the sounds of the seventies and get a dose |
| You Run: The Illustrated History by Daniel Durchholz. | | | | of the modern-day Neil Young, a musician who has |
| After doing extensive research on the musician, | | | | managed stay relevant and revered all these years. |
| Durchholz was compelled to write the story and says | | | | Neil Young tickets for the Twisted Road Tour can be |
| of his subject, "The things that endear [Young] to | | | | found on StubHub today. |
| me frustrate other fans. He's stubborn, and he does | | | | |