Neil is a great thing to have on the jukebox, but usually it's "Heart of Gold." To have a stomper like "Homegrown" is awesome. (The video link above takes you to a recent solo performance with Neil playing the banjo). And then to get "Hey Babe" on the flip side, is way cool. Both from the great American Stars and Bars album. I am pulling that out tonight.
I have seen a couple of Neil's incarnations. Solo at the NY State Fair. The Shocking Pinks at the fair as well. And the Blue Notes at the Weedsport County Fair grounds. Never saw Crazy Horse though. I won't even try to put together a list of favourite Neil songs, but here's a couple of Neil related stuff I dig.
- Neil's Bridge School Concerts, especially the early ones. From one of the early discs of the concerts they put out there is David Bowie with an acoustic "Heroes" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIyLSI7yKm8 ), Patti Smith's "People Have the Power," and Elvis Costello doing "Allison" with Neil singing backing vocals. Here is a link to Costello doing Neil's "Tell Me Why" from a more recent Bridge School concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qWc3VUivDc .
- From the My Better Self album, Dar Williams' cover of "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" with Marshall Crenshaw playing and singing.
- The Bridge record, which is a tribute album that features modern rockers interpreting Neil (Flaming Lips, Nick Cave, Victoria Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib98a5wW-6s , Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum, and many more).
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