another dude (Steve) saw him saturday @ pnc (pa?)
NEIL at P.N.C
This was a full band set throughout, and a family affair. Hell, they coulda been just playing up at the barn on a Saturday night for the locals...everyone was spot on where they needed to be...

Spooner Oldham - piano
Ben Keith - lap steel
Duck Dunn - bass
Jim Keltner - drums,
Pegi Young & Neil's sister (missed name)
on harmonies > yeAH! His sister especially > smoother Janis

9:20 start (the black Les Paul)

MOTORCYLE MAMA (straight into the blues laydown)
POWDERFINGER (yes, Neil's solo, yes)
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (they were dancing in New Jersey)
I BELIEVE IN YOU (weird standing next to my ex-; beautiful rendition)
UNKNOWN LEGEND ('everyone' in audience singin' along > gorgeous)
HOMEGROWN (went back up to the blanket, and said, OK i'm ready for more)

9:50 (switch to acoustic)
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN (from new album) RAZOR LOVE (from new album) both renditions brought them more to life for me... DADDY WENT WALKING (from new album)...at first I thought it was the song about his old dog King...same diff. perhaps...up til the intro to this song, Neil had kept his banter interaction with the crowd to a straight "how you doing out there?" Prior to this he said something to effect of "I haven't played this state in 30 years?" huh? "Well I'm from Canada." to which a largish fellow standing next to me bellowed "Yeah I know that dump..just keep playing!" A bit more banter which I couldn't hear..."Canada" comes through again to which the largish fellow bellowed again "Yeah, so is William Shatner..just keep playing!" ... PEACE OF MIND

10:13 (switch to hollow body electric)
WALK ON (some get strong, some get strange indeed...extended ending... always wanted this song to be longer than 2:40) then, more banter I couldn't hear out there in the lawn..sand actually where we were.. WINTERLONG NEW SONG? (couldn't place it, nice long unfolding melody..nice) WORDS (...damn! in full! great breakdown/solo .. yup)

10:40 (back to acoustic) HARVEST MOON

10:46 (back to black Les Paul) band intro.. WORLD ON A STRING (!!!)

10:51 (.. piano ..) TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT (!!!)

END at 11:00

11:03 encore (back to bLP, natch..)
COWGIRL IN THE SAND (well, ahlll be...) END at 11:16

11:19 encore (acoustic+harp) MELLOW MY MIND which i watched from the Special Needs Lawn Access on the side there...

WHOLE INDEED!!


- bill 8-22-2000 5:55 pm


had front row for neil there once and he tried to flip me his pick (like you do with a bottle cap) and it just dribbled and he just made a strange face and looked away...
- Skinny 8-23-2000 12:42 am [add a comment]





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