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Neil Young performs on stage with Crazy Horse at Hammersmith Odeon, London on March 28, 1976.
The first week of 2021 saw Neil Young become the latest rock legend to go into business with ever-expanding publishing behemoth Hipgnosis Songs, with the song management accompany acquiring a 50% stake in the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer s back catalog. Coming hot on the heels of similar deals reached by Hipgnosis with Bob Dylan and Lindsey Buckingham, the terms of the agreement were not shared, but the cost of such a share in Young s 1,180-song catalog has been estimated to be worth tens and potentially even hundreds of millions.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Set New Release Date for Way Down in the Rust Bucket
The Ragged Glory -era live album and film will arrive in February
Published Jan 13, 2021
In Neil Young s flurry of activity before the end of 2020, planned Crazy Horse live album and film
Way Down in the Rust Bucket did not see release. Now, Young and his long-running outfit have given the project a new release date.
Initially slated to arrive in December, both the
Way Down in the Rust Bucket film and double album will now see release on February 26 through Reprise.
Way Down in the Rust Bucket captures a Young and Crazy Horse performance from November 1990, when the group played to an 800-person crowd at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, CA. The show took place two months after the release of
“It’s alright, Ma, I’m only bleeding.”
You live your life alone but tethered to the deed of a mother. You live your life naked to the world and what it will pile upon you. And, no, you will not avoid death. You won’t survive it. And by “you” I mean not just Jesus, who is invoked in this Bob Dylan song, whether intentionally or not, but you as in you, the person reading this. Someone loves you. That’s not small. You suffer and she watches, living or dead. She can’t protect you, but it’s alright, Ma, I can make it.
Investing giant
KKR is diving deeper into the music business.
The private-equity firm (ticker: KKR) agreed to take a majority stake in the music catalog of Grammy-winning artist Ryan Tedder, who has written for Adele, Ed Sheeran, and Beyonce in addition to having his own group, OneRepublic.
The deal for undisclosed terms includes the publishing and recording rights, though Tedder will keep an interest. Some estimates put the price tag for the deal around $200 million.
Shares of KKR rose 0.3% to $40.59 on Monday and are up 35% over the past year. The S&P 500 is down 0.2%, and has gained 16.7% over the past year.
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