A reflection on the incredible year of live rock music in 2024, focusing on Neil Young's electrifying performances with Crazy Horse.
The world may have devolved into a cruel, dark, Hobbesian state of nature in 2024, but it was a pretty amazing time for live rock music. The and Crazy Horse hit the shed circuit, and Yes cut itself in half and still managed to out-prog all their competitors at theaters and amphitheaters all over the country. I saw a lot of rock concerts over the past 12 months, and picking the top 10 moments was not an easy job.
In fact, it was tempting to devote half of the list to Neil Young because of how on fire he was this year onstage, both with Crazy Horse and the Chrome Hearts. Of course, that’d have been unfair to everyone else who helped make these 365 days some of the best for rock concerts in recent memory. Here, in no particular order, are the top guitar-and-drums show of 2024.called off their summer tour at the midway point, leaving scores of disappointed fans all across the United States. But those of us lucky enough to attend at least one of the shows that did take place witnessed something truly remarkable: Young at age 79, backed by the Crazy Horse rhythm section of drummer Ralph Molina and bassist Billy Talbot, both 80, performing with the same passion and intensity they had on their first tour back in 1969. They were joined by(young enough to be their grandchild at a mere 34 years old), who played parts originated by Danny Whitten and Frank “Poncho” Sampedro with deep respect and perfect precision., an album they created in his honor shortly after his death. I was fortunate enough to attend six of the 15 shows, but the first night at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens stands above the rest for Young’s brilliant reaction to the P.A. cutting in and out during “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black).” Instead of stopping the song and waiting for technicians to sort out the issue, he simply pushed the band to play through the chaos. The result was a beautiful trainwreck of feedback and fury that perfectly summed up the message of the son
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