Maybe Rust Will Have a Nap: Jonathan Demme Rejoins Neil Young by Nick Catucci
Published: May 17, 2012
At the end of this trailer for Jonathan Demme’s latest Neil Young concert film, Young explains why “you don’t have to worry if you lose friends”: “‘Cause they’re still in your head. They’re still in your heart.” Young is still very much with us, praise be to whatever god they worship in Canada, and before he can live on in his biggest fan Demme’s heart and mind, he’s hanging out in the guy’s films — “Neil Young Journeys” makes three of them. They’re nice places to be, with good music, not too much going on — a drive through small-town Ontario in an antique car, say — and hardly even a hint of mothball mustiness. Groove on.
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“where I used to catch fish”
and yes, Joe Wash – it’s the same movie, sometimes to take time to see into things.
After two being seen in the last couple of days involving knives thrown at children, here is the final.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, ‘Clementine’ — Exclusive Video Premiere
For Americana, Neil Young’s first album with the band Crazy Horse in nearly nine years, the singer-songwriter revisits classic American folk songs and delivers the tunes, which encompass familiar protest songs, murder ballads and campfire songs, with electrifying ferocity. In spite of — or perhaps because of the approach, the universal appeal of the songs is neither lost nor diminished and they retain their relevance in these challenging times.
“Clementine,” the oft-sung tale of a grieving miner, which has become a popular children’s song, is believed to be based on a 1863 song titled “Down by the River Liv’d a Maiden,” by H.S. Thompson. However, Neil writes in the Americana liner notes that the song is usually credited to Percy Montrose or Barker Bradford from about 1884.
“The Americana arrangement extends the folk process using many of the original words and a new melody,” explains the music icon. “The song tells the story of either a bereaved lover recalling his lost sweetheart, or a father missing his lost daughter. In both cases the daughter has drowned in an accident. The verse about Clementine’s sister has been omitted from most children’s versions. This verse has different meanings depending on whether the point of view of the singer is taken as the lover or the father.”
The video for “Clementine” — and for all of the clips produced for Americana — is authentic “found” footage, adding a unique visual element to a project steeped in our nation’s rich, lyrical history.
Americana marks the first time the complete Crazy Horse line-up of Neil, Billy Talbot, Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro and Ralph Molina have worked together since 1996’s Broken Arrow.
“\"I always just let him do his thing because his thing is great and he lets me do my thing, too.\"” by --Neil on Demme in Rolling Stone 2011
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.
memphish on 
Albert Stromann on 
liza on 
Baz on 
