NEIL YOUNG AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 2010
Long may you run.

HAL WILLNER’S NEIL YOUNG PROJECT
Vancouver 2010 [no label, 3CD]
Live at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Vancouver, BC, February 18, 2010. Very good audience recording.
To celebrate the music and legacy of a band, one finds, for instance, the ABBA or the Queen tribute bands. For his second Neil Young Project (the first was in 2004), part of this year’s Winter Olympiad, veteran producer Hal Willner said: “The way I prefer to do it is to go listen to everything the composer has written. Then I put the show together just from the material. I want something that balances the well-known and unknown, and covers all styles and approaches.”
Disc 1
Track 101. intro - Alfred Hitchcock and Olympics Anthem
Track 102. A Dream That Can Last (Teddy Thompson, Jason Collett, Julie Doiron)
Track 103. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (?)
Track 104. Don’t Cry No Tears (Teddy Thompson)
Track 105. New Mama (Ron Sexsmith)
Track 106. Down to the Wire (Elizabeth Powell - vocals, Julie Doiron, Jason Collett)
Track 107. Mr. Soul (Jason Collett? - vocals, Julie Doiron? - vocals)
Track 108. A Man Needs a Maid (Emily Haines - vocals, James Shaw - guitar)
Track 109. Scenery (James Blood Ulmer)
Track 110. For the Turnstiles (Eric Mingus - vocals & bass?, Nadine Goellner - vocals)
Track 111. One More Sign (Alasdair Roberts)
Track 112. After the Goldrush (Vashti Bunyan)
Track 113. Love in Mind (Elvis Costello - vocals/guitar)
Disc 2
Track 201. On the Beach (Joan as Police Woman - vocals/violin, Elvis Costello - guitar)
Track 202. Helpless - (Lou Reed - vocals/guitar)
Track 203. Harvest (Jenni Muldaur - vocals, Lou Reed - guitar)
Track 204. Albuquerque (Mark Kozelek)
Track 205. Bandit (Ambrosia Parsley)
Track 206. Country Girl (Bill Priddle)
Intermission
Track 207. intro jam
Track 208. Harvest Moon (Brendan Canning)
Track 209. Expecting to Fly (Janine Nichols - vocals, Kevin Hearn - vocals)
Track 210. Needle and the Damage Done (Kevin Hearn?)
Track 211. Out on the Weekend (Sam Goldberg)
Track 212. Star of Bethlehem (Jenni Muldaur, Ron Sexsmith)
Track 213. Wrecking Ball (Vashti Bunyan, Ambrosia Parsley)
Disc 3
Track 301. Powderfinger (Mark Kozelek)
Track 302. I Believe in You (Teddy Thompson)
Track 303. Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Elizabeth Powell, Joan as Police Woman)
Track 304. On the Way Home (Eric Mingus)
Track 305. Walk On (Kevin Drew - vocals/campfire host)
Track 306. Cowgirl in the Sand (Elvis Costello - vocals/guitar)
Track 307. Cinnamon Girl (Elvis Costello - vocals/guitar )
Track 308. Fuckin’ Up (many guests onstage)
Track 309. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Julie Doiron - vocals, Kevin Drew - vocals)
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