Concert Review of the Moment: Minneapolis, MN - November 8, 2007

Concert Review of the Moment on Neil Young in Minneapolis, MN - November 8, 2007 by Patch 'o Ground 'T':

Innaresting discussion. Set aside the critical analysis, the beer, the hand, and consider what one of Rock-Country-Grundge-Folk’s most prolific songwriters chose as his artifacts of the evening: the setlist and the set. He’s telling us a story about himself and where his life is at this moment while he’s surrounded by people that are really important to him onstage, backstage, and in front of the stage. Favorites of the night would then have to include spending Neil Time with my brother, a few friends, and about 4500 NY fans. Musically – ahhh, the music – FHTH, Ambulance Blues, Maid are all NY at his most raw, and it’s just pleasurable to sit back and take it all in. Give the muse its space. Or, maybe we’re all just pissin’ in the wind. I hadn’t heard Hurricane live on guitar since the Rust tour 30 years ago; it still energizes me as much now as it did then. And with No Hidden Path and Spirit Road, is it hard to imagine Neil playing these songs as encores in 10, 20 years? I’m The Believer, babe."

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