Neil Young & Crazy Horse just do not take the easy road, do they?
Watch their new 17 minute video below(!) taken from Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s second album of 2012, Psychedelic Pill, out October 30.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse share a clip of archival footage and psychedelic imagery. (Via Pitchfork)
Ramada Inn, Official video:
– Hallgeir
“Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. It’s this very unhurried world. It’s fairly quiet, it’s contemplative, but it can be quite panoramic. I think people think interesting thoughts at our shows, and they go rather deeply into some personal experience of their own. I’m really proud that our music seems to connect, because it’s not for everybody. But for the people that our music works for, it really gets down pretty deep in there.” ~Gillian Welch on her live shows (via Acoustic Guitar)
From Wikipedia:
| Born | October 2, 1967 (age 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genres | Bluegrass, Americana,Country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | singing, acoustic guitar, banjo,drums |
| Associated acts | Dave Rawlings Machine |
| Website | gillianwelch.com |
Gillian Welch (born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, Bluegrass, and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as “at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms”. 
Welch and Rawlings have released five critically acclaimed albums. Their 1996 debut, Revival, and the 2001 release Time (The Revelator), received nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Their 2003 album, Soul Journey, introduced electric guitar, drums and a more upbeat sound to their body of work. After a gap of eight years, they released their fifth studio album, The Harrow & The Harvest, in 2011. 
Welch was an associate producer and performed on two songs of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, a platinum album that won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002. Welch has collaborated and recorded with distinguished musicians such as Alison Krauss, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Emmylou Harris, The Decemberists, and Ani DiFranco.
“Stingy critics give Ms. Welch a hard time because she’s a California city girl, not an Appalachian coal miner’s daughter. But as Lucinda or Emmylou might attest, love of the music is not a birthright, but an earned right. Listen to Ms. Welch yodel, in a tune about that no-good “gal” Morphine, and you know she’s as mountain as they come.” ~Taylor Holliday (The Wall Street Journal)
Musical Style: Welch and Rawlings incorporate elements of early twentieth century music such as old time, classic country, gospel and traditional bluegrass with modern elements of rhythm and blues, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, and punk rock. The New Yorker‘s Alec Wilkinson maintained their musical style is “not easily classified—it is at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms”. Reception:
Tennessee: Elvis Presley Blues: Album of the day: The Harrow & The Harvest (2011): 
Other October 2: Continue reading Today: Gillian Welch is 45
“Walk Like A Giant” – the first video from Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s upcoming double-CD of NEW music “Psychedelic Pill” – coming October 30th. Psychedelic Pill represents the band’s second release of 2012, it follows the June 5 release of “Americana”.
Walk like a Giant (Official Video):
– Hallgeir
1974 (7 min.):
2009 (4 and a half minute), without Neil Young but good version, but those other guys also knows how to handle a guitar:
Both good, but the 1974 version is out of this world!
This David Crosby anthem of rebellion and personal freedom was recorded on January 9, 1970, at Wally Heider’s “Studio C” in San Francisco. It is likewise one of the few songs from Déjà Vu to have been recorded live by CSN&Y. The truly inspired interaction exhibits the raw and unabashed fury that became synonymous with the supergroup’s “electric” material with sizable instrumental contributions from all four. However, there is no doubt that it is Crosby who dominates the proceedings with perhaps the most impassioned lead vocal of his career. “Almost Cut My Hair” also amply demonstrates the three-way electric guitar “cross talk” between Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Neil Young. This is most prominent during the instrumental break prior to the “When I finally get myself together…” verse.
There is an extended and unedited version of this break included on the Crosby, Stills & Nash box set. This song is also notable for first popularizing the phrase “let[ting] my freak flag fly” — which took on new meaning in the late ’80s after Crosby served a year in a Texas prison. He began performing the song with a lyrical alteration to the line “…it increases my paranoia, like looking in my mirror and seeing a lit up Texas trooper.”
– Hallgeir
From Wikipedia:
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. On stage, Wilson provided many of the lead vocals, and often harmonized with the group in falsetto. Early during his on-stage career, Wilson primarily played bass on stage, but gradually transitioned to primarily playing piano/keyboards. Besides being the primary composer in The Beach Boys, he also functioned as the band’s main producer and arranger.
Smile – Live:
Some Beach Boys as well.. – Good Vibrations:
Album of the day @ JV:
Other June-20: