Days away from the release of Archives Vol. III, Neil Young has shared an unreleased live version of “Thrasher,” exclusively with Rolling Stone. The track was cut during the first of two shows at the Boarding House in San Francisco on May 27, 1978; Young performed 10 shows across five …
Read More »11 Years, 28 Hours, 198 Tracks: Neil Young Is 'Goin' Back' on 'Archives III'
Good news for Rusties: Neil Young has officially announced the next installment of his Archives series. Vol. III (1976-1987) arrives on Sept. 6 via Reprise Records. The massive anthology spans 11 years and picks up where 2020’s Archives II ended in 1976. This immensely productive period resulted in beloved albums …
Read More »Neil Young's Latest Archival Release Puts the Late, Great Danny Whitten Front and Center
Before Micah Nelson, before Nils Lofgren, and before Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, there was Danny Whitten. The original Crazy Horse guitarist died over 50 years ago, but the mark he made on Neil Young and the band persists to this day. Just watch this clip from the recent, now-suspended tour, where …
Read More »Neil Young Stuns at 2024 Tour Launch, Unveils Lost 'Cortez the Killer' Verse
In typical Neil Young fashion, virtually nothing was revealed about his 2024 U.S. tour before it kicked off Wednesday night at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, other than the fact he’d be backed by Crazy Horse, and that Micah Nelson would be taking over guitar duties …
Read More »Micah Nelson on Joining Neil Young and Crazy Horse: 'I've Been Rehearsing for This My Whole Life'
From a certain perspective, Micah Nelson‘s entire life has been building up to the Neil Young and Crazy Horse tour this summer, where he’ll be taking over for Nils Lofgren as the group’s new guitarist. As the youngest son of Willie Nelson, Micah, 33, has been exposed to Young’s catalog …
Read More »Neil Young Travels Back to 1973 at Transcendent 50th-Anniversary Concert at the Roxy
Fifty years to the day after Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers performed at the opening of the Roxy in Los Angeles — a night that looms large in rock & roll lore thanks to decades of bootlegs — the curtain rose at the L.A. club to reveal Young …
Read More »Inside Neil Young and Crazy Horse's New LP 'World Record': 'The Rock Gods Were With Us'
A little over six months ago, Neil Young reached out to the three members of Crazy Horse and told them he was ready to cut a new LP. They recorded their last two albums (2019’s Colorado and 2021’s Barn) at remote studios in Colorado where they occasionally had to use …
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