I love Neil Young and some of his songs but after reading his biography entitled Shakey
what I love most about him is his willingness to follow up on what he feels is the
right thing for him to do and then be brave enough (or perhaps he doesn't even
care) to take the consequences.
I was reminded of him
earlier today when looking for information on the sounds which can be produced
by a blues harp. In particular I wanted to know if they could resemble a
trombone. And they can.
The link to Neil Young
came from an article about a 'master of the blues harp' called Walter Horton.
Walter was also known as Big Walter or Shakey Horton. Two Shakeys - how about that! And
in the article about his harmonica playing - and I quote - was the following
sentence ' His tone was
incredible -he could make the harmonica sound like a trombone at times'.
But back to NY. Below is a link to his 2001 Live at Farm Aid performance with Crazy Horse of the song When I Hold You in my Arms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNYFoRiRzOQ
I love both the song and the way it is performed
Of less import - I wrote some words a while ago with the title of this post. An
unmastered spoken word version is planned.
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| THE DRINKERS: an SKC painting of two men under it For good measure for anyone who likes to sing along to a really good song try the link below to another Neil Young performance (with others) of FOUR STRONG WINDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3PonfLXKhc The words for Four Strong Winds - as sung by NY - can be found on the blog at http://lyricsallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/four-strong-winds.html Caution for anyone who has not been to Alberta. It might prompt you to travel out there - and perhaps want to stay |
