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Neil Young: Prairie Wind
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Lately, Neil Young has had personal reasons to contemplate his place in the grand scheme of things. Earlier this year he was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm (but has since been given a clean bill of health), and he ... lost his father. Fighting fit he may now be, but the gentle taping of the Grim Reaper's scythe echoes throughout Prairie Wind.
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Neil Young made a fleeting reference to Bob Dylan in the articulate and endearing interview session that served as this year's SXSW keynote address. That's appropriate since Young is poised to naturally fall into the "New Dylan'' category in the wake of his beautiful Prairie Wind and director Jonathan Demme's the lovingly created concert film Heart of Gold, screened at SXSW.
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To perform the music of Prairie Wind for the first time before a live audience, Young assembled a band of friends and fellow musicians. The roster ranged from his wife, Pegi, to pianist Spooner Oldham and singer Emmylou Harris.
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Prairie Wind clearly indicates that Neil Young is far from a spent force. The brush with death has refocused his muse. The fire is far from out. The Godfather of grunge is back on the throne. Long may he reign.
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In 1978, with Comes a Time, Young seemed to be permanently slipping off into the sunset of soft rock. Something of a pastiche, with various tracks produced by Young in cahoots with Ben Keith, Tim Mulligan and David Briggs, it nonetheless produced some minor hits in the title track, "Look Out For My Love," and "Lotta Love." The funky blues of "Motorcycle Mama" and his popular cover of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" seem to show a Young looking more backward than forward -- Young and Tyson had rubbed elbows in the New York folk scene in the early '60s.
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