Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live at the Fillmore East—1970)

Here’s the perfect musical gift for every generation! Neil Young resonates with rock fans’ coming of age in the ‘60’s all the way to post grunge/indie rock fans of today. Recently released as the first of many titles from Neil Young’s private archives, this, brief, but awesome live show is guitar heaven and perfection—recorded with the original Crazy Horse (his best band ever.)

Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere was Young’s first solo album after he left Buffalo Springfield and before he joined Crosby Stills Nash & Young. The album features two of his classic 15 minute guitar raves—“Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand”—performed live. To hear “Cowgirl in the Sand” live in crystal clear stereo is to hear this classic song for the first time—guitar notes ringing and raging like all your nerve endings are open and tingling. I don’t know what that means—but you should give this album as a gift to any music lover and to yourself and find out.

- Peter

1 comment January 3rd, 2007