The very long awaited, and several times postponed, Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Love Earth” tour is in full swing and it is an epic evening of rock and roll. My wife and I attended the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz Festival a couple of weeks ago with the Rolling Stones playing Thursday, Foo Fighters headlong Friday and Neil Young & Crazy Horse Saturday. It was an absolutely outstanding weekend of music and food but the crowd around us for the Crazy Horse set was uninspired and either somewhat worn out from three days of festival or just not into Young and Crazy’s great set of mostly familiar tunes. I then broke up three days of working the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at the US Tennis Center in Queens to meet my buddy Eric from Pittsburgh in Philadelphia where we took a ferry to Camden, New Jersey to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse perform Sunday night. Reverend Billy opened; he opened for Neil at Jones Beach Theatre several years back and I remember that, for a variety of reasons, I was not digging what the Rev was pitching. I’m not sure of it’s a complete goof, or partly serious, but the evangelical gent in the white suit irritates the hell out of me. Then Neil & Crazy Horse hit the stage and just blew everyone away, starting with an extended version “Cortez the Killer” with a newly discovered extra verse that was somehow lost while recording the original. Last night, my son and I were in the pit at Forest Hills Stadium for a ferocious set that included “Vampire Blues”, technical issues throughout “Hey Hey, My My” and ending with a raucous encore of “ Sedan Delivery” then “Rockin’ in the Free World”. Billy, Ralph, Micah and Neil seem to be getting better with each show and I will be there again tonight for a second helping at the always very cool outdoor venue, Forest Hills Stadium, where there are still plenty of tickets available and a price drop for orchestra seats. It may rain but who cares; go see this show!

American Stars ‘n Bars!

Down By The River

Rock on!

GQ