On Friday night, on the WayHome main stage, the main event showed up!
Neil Young put on an incredible 3 hour set in front (my guess) 20,000+ fans – and he was ever single bit the legend that we believe him to be.
It’s also incredible to watch him play the piano, organ, harmonica, acoustic and electric guitars. He has well worn equipment that match his experience and status in music history. If at 69 and a half years old, I can still do anything I love with the proficiency that Neil Young puts on a rock show, I’ll be a very happy old man.
Keep this in mind as well… to see this live show isn’t to see radio cuts played live. These songs are packed with extended guitar solos and musical breaks – with the average song length hovering somewhere around the 7.5 minute mark. It’s amazing to watch, hypnotizing to a point – and I could have watched him play for another full hour.
Shout out to Promise of the Real, they did a great job playing with Neil Young on the old tracks and the new.
Now, I did my very best to take notes and keep up – and I think I got it all down. So here now is…
The Rebel Content Tour set list from WayHome.
Solo Acoustic
After the Gold Rush
Heart of Gold
Helpless
Oh Mother Earth
With Promise of the Real
Unknown Legend
From Hank to Hendrix
Wolf Moon
Words (Between the lines of Age)
Winterlong
Cowgirl in the Sand
Rock Starbucks
People Want to Hear about Love
A New Day for Love
Down by the River
Workin’ Man
Too Big to Fail
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World
Monsanto Years
Love and only Love
Encore
Mr. Soul
Fuckin’ Up
For 3 hours Neil Young held court at WayHome, and he didn’t get to hits like Harvest Moon and Old Man. It was a set and a night that won’t soon be forgotten by the fans who have been waiting for years to see him for the first time, or those who were seeing him again because they love him.
Well done Uncle Neil.
