“He came dancing across the waters, Cortez, Cortez.”
The website “Cover Me” has compiled a list of artists who offer their own renditions of Young’s historical-fiction epic song.
Cover writes:
In 1975, Neil Young released Zuma, one of several albums he recorded in the ’70s which contained a single song that pretty much eclipsed the rest of the album. In Zuma’s case, it was “Cortez the Killer,” a three-chorder rumored to have been written to make it easier for Crazy Horse guitarist Frank Sampredo to play along on rhythm guitar. Young hadn’t played with Crazy Horse for several years, and during that time Sampredo had taken the place of founding guitarist Danny Whitten, who had died of a drug and alcohol overdose. Clocking in at over seven minutes, “Cortez” was originally even longer — it famously had to be faded out because tape ran out during the session. (Upon learning the song’s last verse didn’t get recorded, Young shrugged and said, “I never liked that verse anyway.”) Bands who have covered the song have been been tacking minutes onto it ever since.
Eminem, Neil Young and The xx to headline Pukkelpop 2013
Belgian festival announces first raft of names for August bash
The Belgian festival takes place in Kiewit between August 15-17. Joining Eminem on the line-up for Thursday, August 15 will be Nine Inch Nails, Slayer, Deftones, Fall Out Boy, TNGHT, Mac Miller, Baauer, Solange, Fucked Up and Danny Brown.
Meanwhile, Neil Young and Crazy Horse lead the main stage on Friday August 16 along with The Prodigy, Polica, Fun., Daughter, Mount Kimbie, TEED, Chvrches, Frank Turner and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
The xx will close the festival on Saturday, August 17 performing on a bill that also includes Franz Ferdinand, The Knife, Alabama Shakes, Foals, Bat For Lashes, Julio Bashmore, Lamb of God and The Family Rain.
Tickets for Pukkelpop 2013 will be available from Wednesday March 27 with a presale starting on Monday 25 and ending a day later. Weekend tickets cost £140 with day tickets, priced £71, also available.
Neil Young
2013-03-21
Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
w/ Crazy Horse
01. Love And Only Love
02. Powderfinger
03. Born In Ontario
04. Walk Like A Giant
05. Hole In The Sky
06. Heart Of Gold
07. Twisted Road
08. Singer Without A Song
09. Ramada Inn
10. F*!#in' Up
11. Cinnamon Girl
12. Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze
13. Mr. Soul
14. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
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15. Dangerbird
16. Sedan Delivery
17. Roll Another Number
Tour: 2013 Alchemy Tour with Crazy Horse - Australia & New Zealand
Band: Crazy Horse, Line Up 3
Neil Young - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonica
Frank Sampedro - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Billy Talbot - bass, vocals
Ralph Molina - drums, vocals
Thx to Soldier Steve and Ralf!
From the Sydney Herald, reviewer Daniel Herborn takes on “Waging Heavy Peace” on the tailend of a whirlwind Australian tour by Neil & the Horse.
Herborn has this to say about Neil’s first stab at autobiographical ramblings:
“Showing a zest for life and disdain for order and chronology, Waging Heavy Peace is rambling, disorganised, rife with hippie aphorisms and absolutely vital. Anybody hoping for a blow-by-blow account of his remarkable career will be disappointed.”
Neil Young performs in Melbourne earlier this month. Photo: Jason South
In Young’s world view, nobody is ever forgotten, and long-departed friends are just as likely to appear in the circuitous narrative as new collaborators, Herborn writes.
““If you go for a walk in a junkyard, every car is talking to you,” he said. “There are voices. It’s like a cacophony of sound. Every car has got people in them. There are junkers, all piled up, but if you get close to them there’s history in every one of them: the families that grew up in those cars, the kids, the lovers. Everything that happened in those cars, it’s all right there. That’s why I love cars. They all have a soul and story to tell.”” by -- Neil Young, about cars
Neil Young on Tour
Sugar Mountain setlists
Tom Hambleton provides BNB with setlists, thankfully. His website is the most comprehensive searchable archives on the Internets about anything Neil Young related setlists. Goto Sugar Mountain.
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