by Steve Newton on April 17th, 2021 at 6:37 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Remember concerts?
Thirty years ago today on April 17, 1991 Neil Young and Crazy Horse played the Pacific Coliseum on the Smell the Horse Tour, with guests Drivin n Cryin and Sonic Youth.
Maybe you were there?
To jog your memory, here s my review, which was published in the April 25, 1991 issue of the Georgia Straight
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This one s going out to Nardwuar. Hope he gets his Neil Young interview one day.
The chameleon-like Neil Young has travelled through a kaleidoscope of musical styles over the years, switching effortlessly (and with varying degrees of success) between acoustic folk, bare-bones country, futuristic techno-bop, rockabilly, and whatever else happened to pique his interest at the time.
| 12/11/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) Coming off the success of 1990 s metallic Fly Me Courageous, which included two FM and MTV hits, Drivin n Cryin returned in 1993 with Smoke, another collection of heavy, riff-oriented songs. Although both records were produced and engineered by Geoff Workman, Smoke had a less-polished, raw feel that should have fit right in to the new post-grunge world. But, as they d done on many prior albums, they (or the label) made a horrible choice for the first single, the uninspired Turn It Up Or Turn It Off, and the album never took off.Which is a shame. While not as lyrically strong as prior albums, Smoke still contains some great songs; meaty riffs on insanely heavy opener Back Against The Wall, the driving title track, the soulful Whiskey Soul Woman and Zep-homage All Around The World. And while the album is pretty heavy as a whole, fans of the band s lighter (crying) side will find some nice stuff here as well: the haunting dirge When You Co