![]() ![]() ![]() But now, just you, your guitar and piano, and played them all like they were flowing from your heart for the very first time. Many of the songs had been on earlier albums and those original versions had always sounded cast in stone-"Ohio," "Cowgirl in the Sand' and others. Each time another song would start I would get the chills, like I was walking through a new door into a room I'd never been in. ![]() Like maybe you were a bit surprised these were all your creations. ![]() They were so alive and so personal and so strong, and your voice sounded a bit in awe of them yourself. I felt like you were sitting in a chair across the room from me, playing these twelve songs like you'd just written them. You can stream the full album, via Rolling Stone, below.Then I listened again. The album is full of favorites from the period-including “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” “Cinnamon Girl,” “After the Gold Rush,” “Tell Me Why,” “Down By the River,” and “Old Man” (the last of which, in 1970, had not yet been released)-and it’s striking to hear just how cozy and stripped-down the performances were, with Young switching between just a guitar and a piano. Now highlights from those performances are being collected for the first time on a concert album, Live at the Cellar Door, out next week on CD, MP3, and vinyl. Gearing up for two solo shows at Carnegie Hall in December, Neil Young booked a six-show run at Washington, D.C.’s intimate Cellar Door club, which had a capacity of less than 200. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had just broken up, and his latest solo album, After the Gold Rush-though it’s now considered a classic-was taking some hits: “Neil Young devotees will probably spend the next few weeks trying desperately to convince themselves that After The Gold Rush is good music,” began the review in Rolling Stone. Forty-three years ago this week, Neil Young was at a crossroads in his career. ![]()
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