RE: [Harp-L] Re: Neil Young's harp

["Bill Hines" <billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been a Neil Young fan for a long time. I just learned the Harvest
Moon short solo, it's such a nice sounding melodic fun piece and so easy
to play. To me, he doesn't have a great voice and isn't a virtuoso harp
player, but he always sounds so damn good, haha. 

I thought I'd heard everything he has so many times so I didn't get the
new dvd "Heart of Gold" right away. That was taped at the Ryman
Auditorium in Nashville, just before he had the brain surgery. Then
someone got it for me. I now feel that this is the best of my entire
extensive catalog of live Neil Young footage. It's an emotional concert
and the interviews are so touching, he brought many of his friends from
his musical past together because he really was concerned that it might
be his last show ever. The sound and footage are just amazing to me. Run
out to best buy and pick it up for a holiday present. Although I still
love the rendition of Helpless on the Last Waltz DVD when he comes out
wasted with coke hanging off his 'stache, proceeds to screw up the
beginning of the song, then launches into an excellent version, with
Joni Mitchell silhouetted singing the backing vocals. That one always
grabs me. You're right smo-jo, when CSN tour without him they play small
theaters but when Neil is in the game it's the big stadiums. Not to take
anything away from CSN though, they've got their own impressive resume
and I like their stuff too. Love the old 4-Way Street album with CSNY.

I've seen him live many, many times. Went AWOL from the military when a
friend of mine got tix to see him and Crazy Horse in NYC for Rust Never
Sleeps, and that was the show that was taped for the DVD and album, I'll
never forget that one. Paid the price in brig time when I got back
though, heh.

Bill Hines
Hershey, PA

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Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:38 PM
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Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re: Neil Young's harp


My first introduction to the harp was about 25 years ago trying to
figure 
out how to blow Neil Young songs in the neck-rack. He does some real
nice 
first position stuff on  Heart of Gold, Out on the Weekend, Comes a
Time, 
and I am a Child.  I'd say at least 95% of his playing is first postion
but 
occasionally he'll whip out some decent 2nd on ya. On his Unplugged
album, I 
thought he handled Mr. Soul pretty well playing cross with a G in the
rack. 
Nice vibrato and bends on the 2 draw. About 8 years ago I saw ole Neil 
playing acoustic, and he did some mean train imitations( chugging,
whistles) 
in cross in the neck-rack on a song called, Southern Pacific, while he
was 
claw-hammer picking a six string banjo! I never heard him blow like that

before . I actually had about 15 seconds to meet him and compliment him
on 
this song after the show.
James