Harvest Moon

I realize this would have been more appropriate a couple days ago, but here is Neil Young's performance of "Harvest Moon" last Saturday night at Farm Aid. I would guess that nobody performing on stage here except Neil was born when he originally recorded this song.  Playlist of all the Neil Young at Farm Aid 2016 videos.

After the Goldrush

I posted this video several years back, but it is probably my all time favorite performance of harmony singing. Plus whoever thought to add a glass harmonica to this was a genius. So here is Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt performing Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush".

Heart of Gold

James Taylor covering Neil Young's "Heart of Gold".

Long May You Run

Today is Neil Young's 70th birthday (November 12, 1945).  Here he is performing "Long May You Run" on organ and harmonica.

Sweet Old World

Here is an album recording of Lucinda William's "Sweet Old World" by Emmylou Harris and Neil Young.

Harvest Moon

The Mavericks covering Neil Young's "Harvest Moon".

Reason To Believe

Given the dearth of pipe organ music on this blog, here is Neil Young performing "Reason To Believe" at Farm Aid 2013.

Rockin' in the Free World

Lucinda William's covering Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World", the song she performed as the final encore in last night's performance at the Lincoln Theater.

Helpless

From The Last Waltz, Neil Young and The Band performing "Helpless", with none other than Joni Mitchell singing backup.

Layla Zoe

Layla Zoe and her Band perform an amped up version of Neil Young's "Hey, Hey, My, My".

Linda Ronstadt & Friends

I posted a couple Linda Ronstadt videos on Saturday.  She has performed with a lot other great singers, so I thought I would post some of those performances today.

"I Never Will Marry" with Johnny Cash



"I Don't Know Much" with Aaron Neville



I have already post my favorite video of the Trio, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. That is Neil Young's "After the Goldrush" posted HERE. This is a different trio with Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs performing my favorite Carter Family song, "Gold Watch and Chain"

Harvest Moon

Thanks to Mary Russell, Neil Young in honor of tonight's "Harvest Moon".

Harmony

I feel like some harmony today.

Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt perform Neil Young's "After the Goldrush"



Jim & Jesse McReynolds - "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight"



Shawn Colvin and Alison Krauss perform Paul Simon's song "The Boxer"

Lizz Wright - Old Man

I posted a version of this song last year, but it has since been taken down. Here is a new version of Lizz Wright performing Neil Young's song "Old Man".

Wrecking Ball

Yesterday's post on the demolition of Lands End has prompted me to post Emmylou Harris' cover of the Neil Young song "Wrecking Ball".

Elton John & Leon Russell

Elton John has made a duet album with one of his idols, Leon Russell. It is titled The Union. The album was produced by T Bone Burnett, who also executive produced The Secret Sisters' album, the subject of my last two posts.

Here is the promo video.



"If It Wasn't For Bad" the first single.



"Gone to Shiloh" with Neil Young

Neil Young

A post to recognize that today is Neil Young's 65th Birthday. A couple videos from 1971, and one from the 1985 Farm Aid Concert.

"Heart of Gold"



"Old Man"



"My My Hey Hey"





If you like this, try these previous posts:

Farm Aid 1985 - September 22, 2010

Lizz Wright - April 14, 2010

John Prine - Pt. 2 - June 9, 2010

Farm Aid 1985

Today is the 25th anniversary of the Willie Nelson's first Farm Aid Concert. Held in Memorial Stadium at my Alma Mater, the University of Illinois. Here are a couple videos from the concert.

"Heart of Gold" - Neil Young



"Rock and Roll" - Sammy Hagar & Eddie Van Halen



"Highwayman" - The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Glen Campbell substituting for Kris Kris Kristofferson)



Another video from the concert in this previous post:

John Prine Covers (Duets) - September 3, 2009

Lizz Wright

I saw Lizz Wright last weekend at Town Hall in New York. I did a post of her videos last fall after I saw her in Philadelphia. She is definitely one of my favorite singers.

No video from the concert I attended, but she did perform this song at the concert, Neil Young's "Old Man".



"Song for Mia" she wrote with Toshi Reagon, who she performs it with in this video. Reagon did not perform with her last weekend, but she was in the audience. Also this song was included in the soundtrack of the movie The Secret Life of Bees.



Finally, here is "Trouble", my favorite song off her album, Dreaming Wide Awake.