Odd thing- at Neil's Rust Never Slleeps Tour, He opened His Show at the LA Forum with a Hendrixesque Star Spangled Banner, in the dark, every bit as phantasmagoria as Jimi himself.
Young's 1st opening words: "I have nowhere to go since I had to evacuate my house:, which was located above Zuma Beach atop Pacific Palisades.
The Hills were ablaze by a Wildfire out of control from the Mulholland pass at the 405 freeway 20-25 miles west to the Pacific Ocean where his house-mansion-ranch was located.
Young played for 4+ hours as if his hair were on fire, as well as his ranch atop the Palisades. He said he had nowhere to go after the show, and "everybody knows this is nowhere"...
I have seen SRV, Zappa with a 21 yr old Stevie Vai. I've been fortunate to have been entertained by the best, Clapton, Satriani, Van Halen, Chet Atkins, James Burton, Albert Lee, Santana, Lowell George and Ry Coider; by everyone who was anyone. Neil Young played his Les Paul as adeptly as anyone could ever play a g-E-tar...
The LA Times Music Guru columnist stated- people will be standing in line at the ear Doctors for weeks to come, due to blasting 30 foot amplifier Towers. We had severe vertigo after the concert. People sat mesmerized in their cars for an hour or two afterwards, just trying to restore their balance. As entertaining as I've ever been entertained.
That show was louder than the Rolling Stones at the big-A in Anaheim...
