Neil
Young
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Dreams II
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at Massey Hall (Jan. 19, 1971)
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Horse Live at the Fillmore 1970
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Harvest
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Prairie Wind
Chrome Dreams II
12/8/2005 - Press
Release
Neil Young will appear on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live"
on December 17th, performing music from his Grammy® Award-nominated
"Prairie Wind" album. The recent album has been receiving
accolades since its release in September, and is cited on many
critical lists as one of 2005's best albums of the year.
In the Grammy®
announcements on Dec. 8th, Young received nominations for Rock Album
of the Year for "Prairie Wind" and Best Solo Rock Vocal
Performance for the song "The Painter" from that album.
Co-produced by Young and Ben Keith, "Prairie Wind" was
recorded last spring in Nashville, using musicians from that city's
A-list of players, including keyboardist Spooner Oldham, bassist
Rick Rosas, drummers Chad Cromwell and Karl Himmel and special guest
vocalist Emmylou Harris.
In August, Young performed
two nights at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Both concerts were
filmed by Academy Award®-winning director Jonathan Demme for
Paramount Pictures. The feature-length movie is scheduled for an
early 2006 release.
Press Release
Neil Young and Reprise
Records Continue Historic Four-Decade Partnership in One of Music's
Most Honored Legacies
New Album "Prairie Wind" Set for September 27th Release
BURBANK, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/16/2005 -- Neil Young, who has
created one of the most exciting and groundbreaking musical legacies
in rock & roll history, is continuing his four-decade
relationship with Reprise Records. Young released his first solo
album on Reprise in 1969, and since that time has become known as an
inspirational innovator, both in terms of recordings, live
performances and film endeavors. He is often cited as the artist who
leads the way for others through an uncompromising pursuit of
staying true to his music.
Under the terms of the new
long-term recording agreement, Reprise will release multiple new
studio albums from the acclaimed singer-songwriter, beginning with
"Prairie Wind" on September 27th. That album is already
being hailed as one of Neil Young's masterpieces. Starting in 2006,
Reprise will also begin an extensive series of other releases, which
will present a treasure trove of archival material recorded over the
past four decades. Working together with Young, this series will
feature a vast number of unreleased recordings from his entire
career, along with long-sought live recordings and other infamous
rarities. The different archive sets will offer a comprehensive look
at every facet in the musical life of the multiple Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame member, and create new standards for honoring the
artist's history, widely seen as one of the most important and
influential in rock & roll.
"I look forward to
continuing my partnership with Reprise," says Young.
"We've been through a lot together over the years. When you're
with a company that long, it's like a family. [Warner Bros. CEO] Tom
Whalley really understands musicians and knows how to nurture
creativity. He's not afraid to let artists be artists."
Young first signed with
Reprise in 1969 after leaving Buffalo Springfield. The label has
released the outspoken and iconic artist's most critically and
commercially beloved albums, including "Everybody Knows This Is
Nowhere" (1969), "After the Gold Rush" (1970),
"Harvest" (1972), "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979),
"Freedom" (1989), and "Harvest Moon" (1992).
"Look at his track record," says Whalley. "Neil is a
relentless musical innovator and visionary, and we can't wait to
hear all the new music he's going to create. To us, Neil Young is a
foundation of what Reprise and Warner Bros. Records are all about,
and we are thrilled to continue our relationship with him into the
future."
That future includes the
September 27th release of "Prairie Wind," which was
recorded earlier this year in Nashville. In addition to a single
compact disc, the release will also be available in a special
edition that includes the CD along with a DVD in High Resolution DVD
Stereo, with filmed content of the entire recording of the album.
The incredible set of songs is being described as the last
installment in a trilogy of albums that include "Harvest"
and "Harvest Moon," and features the first single,
"The Painter," along with "No Wonder,"
"Falling Off The Face Of The Earth," "Far From
Home," "It's A Dream," "Prairie Wind,"
"Here For You," "This Old Guitar," "He Was
The King" and "When God Made Me." Young is joined on
the album by keyboardist Spooner Oldham, pedal-steel guitarist Ben
Keith, drummer Chad Cromwell, percussionist Karl Himmel, bassist
Rick Rosas and vocalist Emmylou Harris, along with the Fisk
University Jubilee Singers and other guests.
Neil Young is performing at
the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on August 18th and 19th, to be
filmed by Academy Award®-winning director Jonathan Demme. He is
also appearing at the 20th anniversary of Farm Aid in Chicago on
September 18th, an organization he co-founded with Willie Nelson and
John Mellencamp.