28-01-2022, 07:23 PM
I went to Western Springs with my wife and her brother, they were seasoned concert goers, she went to everything in the '70's. They are heading to the front, elbowing patches aside...I come from a different part of Auckland, and I'm having none of it, so head up to the seating on the banking. I sit at the end of a row, and the first set is acoustic...the Harvest group...typical Neil Young whingy winey folk stuff. A bottle gets passed down the row...a joint gets passed down the row. All good stuff, thanks mate.
Just on dusk and a set change - Crazy Horse. Neil Young comes out with Old Black, his Les Paul...and he doesn't have the guitar and amp turned up to 11...he goes to 15. He's heavily into distortion and feedback - he puts his guitar into the amp and walks away...it just howls away all by itself. So out comes Crazy Horse and they are straight into it....and then it hits me ! I am totally fucking out of it, like flicking a switch. I turn to the guy next to me and say - ''What the fuck was in that shit man ?'' But he's passed out ! Oh well, I guess this is what's happening tonight....
Just on dusk and a set change - Crazy Horse. Neil Young comes out with Old Black, his Les Paul...and he doesn't have the guitar and amp turned up to 11...he goes to 15. He's heavily into distortion and feedback - he puts his guitar into the amp and walks away...it just howls away all by itself. So out comes Crazy Horse and they are straight into it....and then it hits me ! I am totally fucking out of it, like flicking a switch. I turn to the guy next to me and say - ''What the fuck was in that shit man ?'' But he's passed out ! Oh well, I guess this is what's happening tonight....