The audiences for Neil Young's 4 nights at Carnegie Hall in early January were in for an unexpected treat. With just acoustic guitars and a set list picked from his earliest albums - Harvest, After the Gold Rush and songs from Buffalo Springfield it was a performance that no one could have expected. Young's as notoriously and gloriously difficult to predict as Dylan with live shows but this one must have brought a tear to the eye for many who could never have expected such a flood of songs from his past.
Young's voice and playing was in the finest form, he seemed relaxed and happy to be there on a stage that was barely lit. The songs poured forth.
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"Many of the songs had been unplayed for years, and the performances were breathtaking. The ushers at Carnegie Hall were more vigilant than usual about cameras and were quick to shine a flashlight on anybody filming, but fans still managed to flood YouTube with videos."
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
And thanks to this video posted by Jersey Nola, (which is the best quality in picture and sound of all the clips out there so far), you can see him reach into the Crosby Stills Nash and Young days with a fantastic version of "Ohio" from the concert on the 9th January. A joy to behold.
