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1. Motorcycle Mama
2. Powderfinger
3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. I Believe In You   [electric]
5. Unknown Legend   [electric]
6. Dance Dance Dance
7. Buffalo Springfield Again
8. Razor Love
9. From Hank To Hendrix
10. Daddy Went Walkin'
11. Peace Of Mind
12. Walk On
13. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
14. Winterlong
15. Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
16. Harvest Moon
17. World On A String
18. Tonight's The Night   [on piano]
    Encore
19. Like A Hurricane
    Second Encore
20. Mellow My Mind

Just got back from Hershey. That's 110 miles back to my little country home in Maryland. I'll throw some thoughts out on my newest Neil experience.

First off, they really packed them in at the stadium. Quite a bit of the field wasn't used, if it had, it could have saved a little congestion. And to make matters worse, to my left sat John Popper's big brother; he made Popper look like the size of a Coyote Ugly bartender. Talk about girth, now I know what a sardine feels like in the can.

Anyway, the setlist was the same except for From Hank to Hendrix, which replaced Lotta Love. Folks, variety from night to night just won't matter. I knew what was played Tuesday and Wednesday and it did not matter. The show is incredible, regardless. Neil is at the top of his game right now; the voice is excellent, the guitar playing unimaginably excellent.

Electric versions of I Believe In You, Unknown Legend, and Dance, Dance, Dance add life to the songs.

It started to pour during Buffalo Springfield Again... I didn't come prepared but it didn't matter because everyone hopped out of their seats and most didn't sit back down because they wanted dry heinies. The rain only lasted about 10 minutes.

Neil mentioned that he'd been to Hershey before and had played the arena, which resembled (I'm paraphrasing) "a giant lozenge from outer space". The arena had a lot of echo and Neil said he thought he could still hear the echo of Crazy Horse from the last time they played there (which I think would be 1991). Nice acoustics in there (sarcasm). The stadium seemed fine to these ears.

<blatent lie mode on> Neil then thanked a superfan named Keith Hang The DJ for inspiring his trio of songs Walk On, Bad Fog, and Winterlong. <blatent lie mode off> In truth the songs were great to hear for us Rusties. Neil extended Bad Fog an extra minute, which was heavenly.

Tonight's version of Words makes the Big Island Transmission (on NeilYoung.com) version sound like chopped liver. It was blistering! Neil formed his usual Crazy Horse circle using Duck and Ben, and blasted away. Ben Keith is so good, you can't play Words live without him. So I guess the only other opportunity Neil would have had to play Words would have been the Santa Monica Flyers days, but Neil was a little shaky back then.

Popper's big brother was nearly in tears during Words, making for a beautiful combo of rain, sweat and tears. Hey, at least he loves Neil...

Like A Hurricane: WOW! I know it's been played often, but never like that. 12 minutes of pure unadulturated electric bliss. An encore to end all encores.

Other quick notes:

• False start on Daddy Went Walkin'
• Tonight's The Night was great -- Neil was a piano showman for this. Complete with a beer.
• Mellow my Mind was a 2nd encore for the true Rusties -- the other fans were confused by the song...
• Lots of doobage in the air.
• I liked Neil's hat!
• "How ya doin'" tally: 3

Tim Dapp
Motion Pictures

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