An unofficial news blog for Neil Young fans from Thrasher's Wheat with concert and album updates, reviews, analysis, and other Rock & Roll ramblings. Separating the wheat from the chaff since 1996.
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The Chaff Cutter by David Teniers ("The Younger")
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Because while socially distancing keeps us physically safe during these troubling times, it's music that keeps us spiritually healthy.
And that's definitely no April Fool's Day joke.
A few years ago, an email arrived from our friend Vic with the attached image above of "The Chaff Cutter" by David Teniers ("The Younger")
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"Down By The River" - Young Shakespeare | Times-Contrarian | Neil Young Archives
In February, Neil Young announced the upcoming "Young Shakespeare" release.
Writing in Times Contrarian | NYA, Neil Young discusses the unreleased album and film titled "Young Shakespeare" from January 1971 at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut as "the earliest known film of any of my performances."
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Like nearly every single Bob Dylan fan, we spent much of yesterday repeat listening to "Murder Most Foul" and the song's 17 minutes of The TRUTH.
About as pure of 17 minutes of the truth anyone of this generation will ever find, we are beyond stunned while deliriously delighted about what this song means to us going forward all together.
But what does it mean? And why now? Critical questions
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"Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight"
U.S. President John F. Kennedy
UPDATE: See ANALYSIS: Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul": 17 Minutes of The TRUTH.
We'll have more to say later today so check back. But here was our initial reaction after 1st listen yesterday on Comment of the Moment: Neil Young's Fireside Sessions #2 | NYA in
