In words far greater than anything I could come up with, my father-in-law (George) had this to say about Neil Young’s recent retrospective:
Please tell Tom that the Starbuck’s edition of Neil Young’s live retrospective in Canada is a spectacular tour de force of a writer and player who’s ear hears melody lines and chord structures from some other universe. Just listening to him re-tune to his different open tunings between each song is testament to his prowess as a guitar player and the other-worldly chromatic scales in his head. His studio work often masked his virtuosity because of his restraint in favor of a well balanced track. I’m in love again–Neil boy is King.
Let’s start the rally cry to get George writing some reviews for Twangville!
May 10th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Yeah, he should definitely write some reviews! I must say that the Massey Hall disc is amazing George, if you haven’t gotten that, buy it.
May 18th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Neil Young is my hero,however living in Spain means I’m never going to see him tour.His guitar playing style is un mistakable and never succesfully imitated.
George you have made a fan extremely happy