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Thoughts On Neil Young

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T'was all about the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix when I started playing some 20 years ago.
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When I started up, the main thing was Gordon Lightfoot - mainly because my grade 6 teacher who ran the guitar club, was a huge fan. So that's what he focused on (to his eternal credit). But it was a natural. Acoustic guitar songs of increasing difficulty. The fact they had educational and cultural value was something I did not come to fully appreciate until later.

By the time I got to my teens, Neil Young was fully asserted. You would meet up with a new acquaintance and get out the acoustic guitars and reach that, "Okay what do we play," moment - you could be pretty sure you had some Neil Young in common. If he was a beginner - Helpless. If he was working on his picking - The Needle and the Damage Done. If he was learning harmonica - Heart of Gold. If things were getting political - Southern Man.

I love Neil Young regardless of my guitar playing but those are the memories.
 
I have a very hard time finding musicians whose repertoire overlap mine. I really want to join some kind of cover band. :dunno: Thinking I will have to form one, but I don't wanna spend time rehearsing every week. I want some kind of sit n' go experience, you rehearse at soundcheck and whatever happens happens once the show starts.

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Muddy I would like to hear you do "Old Man"

You could even do it on piano if you were so inclined

I think this is a perfect way to connect with your Neil Young youth as well, a kinda "full circle" thing (considering the lyrics)

Not that you're old
 
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Muddy I would like to hear you do "Old Man"

You could even do it on piano if you were so inclined

I think this is a perfect way to connect with your Neil Young youth as well, a kinda "full circle" thing (considering the lyrics)

Not that you're old
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Unfortunately my piano is a little out of tune at the moment so I probably wouldn't be doing any piano.

Still so many options though. I'm sure I could remember how to play Old Man. I can do a really angry Southern Man. I don't know if I have done a video with harmonica so Out On The Weekend might be an idea.

I don't know if I will do this or not. I really should stop finding excuses not to work.
 
My mother dated him for awhile when he was living in my home town and his regular gig was at a shitty little bar called the Inntowner. This was all pre Oksana's conception.

He came to my dad's funeral and offered to pay for the funeral costs (which my mom declined obviously). He's a pretty cool guy.
 
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