Neil Younger appeared at this 12 months’s Farm Assist pageant on Saturday night time in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Carrying his signature black denims, flannel shirt and fedora-esque hat, Younger performed via eight songs starting from classics like “Coronary heart of Gold” and “Powderfinger,” to newer songs like “Love Earth.”
You may view Younger’s full set listing under.
“We’re combating for our lives,” Younger stated at a pre-show press convention, emphasizing the necessity to help native American farmers as an alternative of enormous companies. “Keep in mind that we’re inflicting this [climate change]. … Every single day we’ve a possibility to be extra collectively than we had been yesterday.”
Younger’s set adopted performances by John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and a number of others: Mavis Staples, Margo Value, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Evening Sweats, Lukas Nelson with the Travelin’ McCourys, Charley Crockett, Pleasure Oladokun, Southern Avenue, Cassandra Lewis and Jesse Welles. The night will conclude with a efficiency by Willie Nelson.
Neil Younger’s Sluggish Return to the Street
Younger’s efficiency schedule this 12 months has been rocky. In April, he launched a tour with Loopy Horse that was finally canceled on account of sickness.
“A few us actually hit a wall,” he later defined. “I simply awakened one morning on the bus and I stated, ‘I can’t do that; I gotta cease.’ I felt sick after I considered going onstage. My physique was telling me, ‘You gotta cease.’ And so I listened to my physique.”
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Younger famous then that he plans to schedule smaller exhibits — he has already introduced two exhibits on the Capitol Theatre, close to New York Metropolis. “They’re largely theaters that I performed earlier than – little theaters,” he stated. “I can play a bit little bit of acoustic after which have the band come out and play.”
Except for 2021 and 2022, Younger has carried out at each Farm Assist since its inception.
Neil Younger, Farm Assist 2024, Set Checklist
1. “From Hank to Hendrix”
2. “Harvest Moon”
3. “Unknown Legend”
4. “Journey Via the Previous”
5. “Love Earth” (Neil Younger & Loopy Horse cowl)
6. “Coronary heart of Gold”
7. “Homegrown”
8. “Powderfinger” (Neil Younger & Loopy Horse cowl)
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