Friday 30 October 2009

Tonight’s the Night, whether you like it or not

Possibly apocryphal this but what the hell, it's a great story:






Following the success of 'Harvest' Neil Young suffered two sad losses in quick succession (his roadie and a member of his band) and made the tormented but great LP 'Tonight’s The Night'. On the following tour Young would play the 'Tonight’s The Night' record in full and in sequence. When the crowd- who were mostly there to hear the more commercial and widely-loved 'Harvest' tracks- became restless he appeased by them saying “if you bear with me I’ll play the album in full, then I’ll play some songs you’ve heard before”.


The crowd stayed and when Young finished the tracks from 'Tonight’s The Night' he did as promised and played some songs they'd heard before.


He played them 'Tonight’s The Night' all the way through again.