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Neil Young Performs Eighties Deep Cut ‘My Boy’ for First Time in 42 Years

Neil Young played a special benefit gig on Lakefield Ontario that featured rare performances of 'My Boy,' 'Name of Love,' and 'Love/Art Blues.'

Neil Young played his first full show of the year Friday night at a special benefit for Ontario’s Lakefield College School on the campus grounds. The most notable moment took place midway through the night when he strapped on a banjo and played the Old Ways obscurity “ My Boy ” for the first time since the 1983 Solo Trans tour. The show ended with “Old Man,” but a printed set list on the stage revealed that he originally planned on coming back out for solo electric renditions of “Throw Your Hatred Down” and “Rockin’ in the Free World.” It’s unclear why he cut the last two numbers, but the miserable weather likely played a role.

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