“It’s better to burn out than to fade away…”

Not only am I fan of new age indie/alternative bands, some of my favorite artists are from the 60′s and 70′s. I grew up listening to bands like Yes, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Phish, and Janis Joplin. What can I say, both my mom and dad listened and still listen to really great music. On my birthday I showed my dad that I had learned “Heart of Gold” by Neil Young on guitar. (It’s fairly simple; only a couple cords) So the next time I visited him he gave me Neil Young’s “Rust Never Sleeps” live DVD. I was so stoked and we watched it that night. It started out with the Jawas from Star Wars setting up the stage. The first third of the performance is mostly acoustic, then along comes Crazy Horse and they rock out and do their thing for the rest of the show. It has some of my favorite songs like “My My, Hey Hey”, ”Sugar Mountain” (which he opens the show with), and ”Cinnamon Girl”. He has been around a bit, and not only has he done his solo thing, but he was with the band Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Buffalo Springfield. He’s done rock n’ roll all the way to country with his album “Harvest”. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Buffalo Springfield and as a solo artist. Let’s just say, this guy is talented.

Lately, after coming home from a visit at my dad’s, I bring along a Neil Young CD to burn onto my computer. Each new CD is just as great as the last. Thanks to my dad, I now have great new music that I can lay down and listen to for hours to ease my mind!

If you have no clue who Neil Young is, you may find this song familiar. Then again, you may just be completely lost.