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For Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Tonight Was Not the Night: Concert Review
Although Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 'Love Earth' tour has gotten rave reviews, their New York show on a rainy Wednesday night was shambolic at best.
But the feverishly passionate reviews for the first dates of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s “ Love Earth” tour — their first in a decade — bore little resemblance to the band that plodded through its set Wednesday evening at the second of a two-night stand New York’s Forest Hills Stadium. To be fair, the last time I saw Neil and Crazy Horse was in 1996 — when they blew the roof off of Madison Square Garden with an electrifying set filled with so many great songs that you couldn’t believe it — and a spot listen to YouTube recordings of other concerts on this tour, including the previous night’s, shows the band playing better, sometimes much better. Paul McCartney, the Stones, Elton John and many other in the 70-and-above group are able to deliver stadium-sized sets thanks to low-key but essential support from auxiliary players and singers — Springsteen’s current tour band totals 18 musicians.
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