On Jan. 26 Neil Young will most likely be sitting in the audience at the 56th annual Grammy Awards.
His album with Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill is nominated for Best Rock Album.
The songs on the album were highly promoted in a whirlwind tours Neil & the Horse made in the U.S.; Australia and Europe.
Neil Young has previously won Grammy’s for the song “Angry World” (Best Rock Song 2010) and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2009 for “The Archives” http://www.grammy.com/artist/neil-young
What will he wear to the Grammys this time, along with Ralph, Billy and Poncho?
Neil Young and Crazy Horse were due to return to the UK this week, but have cancelled their European shows after Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro reportedly broke his hand. So to salve the disappointment, in this week’s archive feature, from our August 2012 issue (Take 183), Uncut is granted a rare audience with the remarkable Young, busier than ever.
To be discussed: the return of Crazy Horse, Americana and what would become Psychedelic Pill; his autobiography; his new movie; Archives; his family. What motivates an inexhaustible genius? “I spend money as soon as I get it…”
a great analog geeky article about the analog discussion of the Neil Young & Crazy Horse album “Psychedelic Pill” on www.analogplanet.com about the .MP3 generation vs. “the real sound”
“You used to get it all/blocking out my anger/blocking out my thoughts.”
— On this sprawling three record, five side triple-gatefold AAA album, recorded through a vintage Universal Audio tube console and Neve BCM10 junior console to a Studer 2″ eight track analog tape recorder, mixed to Ampex 1/4″ tape, mastered by Chris Bellman from the analog master at Bernie Grundman’s and pressed at Pallas in Diepolz, Germany, Young lays down the sonic challenge, saying in the sound and production, “Here it is, here’s what we once had, here it is again, listen and tell me that any digital format can even remotely approach this, not just sonically, but emotionally”.
Also mentions some details on the PONO audio format recording of the album.
“Greendale, on its surface, is the story of a family torn apart by a murder in a small town. It\\\'s a fable thinly veiling a more cautionary tale about tabloid exposure and the public\\\'s appetite for lurid details. ” by Michael D. Clarke, Houston Chronicle, 7 Aug 03.
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.