Through personal memories and an interview with Nils Lofgren (nilslofgren), matt_mitchell48 pens a tribute to 'Somewhere Under the Rainbow,' the latest bootleg gem from Neil Young's (Neilyoung) Ditch Trilogy era. Read the essay here:
does, with a rendition of the album’s title track. After Young and the Flyers channel their harmonies together and sing about Berry, the crowd erupts into claps and hollers.
Young and the Flyers took to Studio Instrument Rentals in East Hollywood—a store owned by Ken Berry, Bruce’s brother—to lay down some tracks after, as Lofgren put it, “knocking a hole in the wall to run all the cables.” The layout ofwas extraordinary, because Young and Briggs wanted it to be an “anti-production record” where the focus became, in modern terms, an exercise in following vibes. “David said, ‘We’re going to do the songs live, but I don’t even want you to learn the songs too well.
But not every trick Young and the Flyers played on the crowds were copacetic. One night, an audience began throwing bottles at the band, which angered Young so much that he walked off-stage. “We were sitting there, playing, and then Briggs said, ‘Hey, come on everybody.’ We got off stage and Neil walked out, alone, with an acoustic guitar and started singing ‘Helpless,’” Lofgren says. “The place went crazy and they were very happy to hear that.
That palm—joined by 16-inch glitter boots nailed around the bell of Lofgren’s piano—was on a riser and rigged up with a light bulb by the band’s roadie, BJ. After playing through “World On a String,” Young calls out: “Let’s take a look at the palm tree. Come on, BJ, hit the light.” You can’t see him flick the switch, but you can hear the crowd react to it with a thunder of laughs. “Welcome to Miami Beach, ladies and gentleman.
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