Inside Look at Neil Young's Topanga Canyon Home Studio: After The Gold Rush. Recording & History.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Rare inside footage of Neil Young's Topanga Canyon home studio where he recorded "After The Gold Rush". Full studio tour including the tree house and piano. History & process of the recordings.
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Neil Young 1976: Mark Estabrook
Neil Young: Alterna2
Neil Young: F.Antolin Hernandez
Neil Young: Andy D at 6teezeven
Nils Lofgren: Takahiro Kyono
All music by: The Timtims except: "Empty Place Blues" & "Outside The Sun" by Philip Stevenson.
I would like to thank the owner of the former Neil Young property. Thank You!
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Thanks for the great videos! I discovered you today and spent the entire day watching on my day off. 👍🏻
OMG, Fave comment of the month! there are a few of the vids that I like better than others and this Neil vid is one of them. Its really fun when I get to actually go in!
This guy is really good. No "ums" or "aws". Well thought out. Very little filler. Has a voice perfect for video/radio that gets a hold of your attention. (Had to come back an edit my grammar.)
He just said "uhhh" three times while I was reading your comment. Hahahaha what a cokehead.
For your information my husband Ral Curren who owned the Corral designed and built that house.
I've never been anywhere that looked quite like it. The owners were busy remodeling it when I took the video but they were of course leaving all the structural and much of the style identity. The studio and downstairs apartment was finished and it looked great. Thanks for your wonderful comment!
That is awesome!
What year was the house built?
@@scott5565 in the early sixties.
And the tree fort?
After the gold Rush was a. One of.the.Greatest Albums of all time..and a inspiration.in my life.
That's cool Just imagine if those walls could talk. It would awesome to hear what they would say. I was born and raised in Southern California in 1958. The 60's where a very special part of my life. Thanks for reposting this.
We are the same age. Missed the 60's music scene here but caught up with it in the late 70's. Such a great place for music back then.
@@RockessentialTim Yes there was some great music back then. All of the clubs in L.A./Hollywood The Whisky A Go Go Madame Wong's The Troubadour and some that I'm sure I've left out.
Club 88, The Music Machine, The Central. We could go on and on!
@@RockessentialTim Yes we can go on and on, but if we could only go back it would be awesome. Of course if I knew then what I know now I just might have a "little" more fun.
According to Neil they DO talk!
Imagine being back in the day and a neighbor of Neil’s, sitting on your deck and listening to Neil on the deck of his treehouse working out the beginnings of a song like “Tell Me Why” on an old Martin. Magical stuff indeed.
Funny you should say that cuz when I when I was up there, there is this horse stable/riding school below and I remember thinking it would be close enough to hear someone in the treehouse singing.
I have watched several of your videos tonight...love anything around Laurel Canyon, my drive to and from work from Hollywood Hills, and then after my move to Burbank, to Sunset Blvd everyday. I had just moved to L.A. and started work within a week, and found that drive, before I knew it's history...there was such a good feeling in there, and I came to understand why, not long after I came to know several in the area.
Topanga Canyon became one of my favorite places during my first year in L.A., such a special magical place. I could smell the air as you were walking up the drive in this video, thank you for the full view from the tree house...took my breath away~
Love these videos and stories, I am so happy to have found them tonight. Carry On~
Thank you so much! I live near Laurel Canyon Blvd and when I go to Hollywood and back I take it. Its always so alive, I almost don't mind being stuck in the traffic.
I've lived in LA since 1993. On my very first drive to Topanga I knew that place was magic. Some unnamable energy there, no doubt.
I couldn't agree more. I don't get out there much but I love driving up Old Topanga Rd.
Im 68 years old and dig Neil Young thanks for taking the time to give us the tour, how did you pull it off via the new property owner wow? Buffalo Springfield takes me back to my early youth I love them too. Happy to subscribe and give thumbs up thank you
Thank you! The new owner was doing some work on the house when I was scouting it out and I asked her. She is a truly lovely person and knew that a lot of people might be interested in the house. Talk about being in the right place at the right time....
Thank you so much Tim for your continuing historical videos on the canyons of LA and more importantly the music history that was born in those hills. Thank goodness we have people like you that love this stuff just as much. Keep them coming. Thank you sir
Thank you. I love making them and it thrills me that people find the time to watch and even comment. Much appreciated.
@@RockessentialTimVery cool, Tim. I couldnt agree more! Thnx. ✌️&❤&🎵
I saw Neil Young and Steven stills in 72 in seattle
September 19th marks the 52nd anniversary of After The Gold Rush. Here's to you, Mr. Young!
Dear Neil, thank you for canceling ur self on that Spotify thingy. so it didn't go ur way...too bad.
I used to play guitar for hours in the 70's in the family house basement. After the Gold Rush was one that I used a lot.
Really great for listening and playing to. 🎸 🎉
I'm 49 years old and have been listening to Neil since I was in my mother's womb, and After the Gold Rush is my earliest memory. I still own the same LP my dad bought when it came out, and I still listen to it regularly.
Amazing!
Reminds me of my sweet pop whose voice paid the bills until he bravely lay down his sword in '22.
He broke artists such as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Bobbie Gentry, James Gang (ARS), Classics IV Allman Bros., Swingin' Medallions and more.
Diction was always very important to him, and he was a hard a$$ on us about English & grammar.
He was recruited from the deep South to the likes of NY, and Laurel Canyon because of his instrument.
Dear Lord, am I grateful we stayed put. Family is everything if you're lucky enough to have it❤
I noticed the Class A vacuum tube amplifier in the recording area on the shelf, they are suppose to have a warmer sound then using a transistor Class A/B or Class D amplifier.
Great tour thanks. Big Pink and Neil's home studio[s] inspired me to make my home studio. The luxury we have today of recording technology makes this easy, but back then it was quite a commitment. Great video, thanks.
If I were an up and coming artist right now I'd think about bringing a simple rig up to the Neil House and renting it for a few days to record. I've been in a lot of studios and that room had a very specific sound and it also had a definite vibe.
Thanks for the tour, drempt of visiting his places some day.
Yes, Topanga Canyon! This channel keeps getting better and better. Love it.
Right on, thank you!
This is great..been watching your videos. Really nice to see and hear some music history through your lens and narrative.
Hi Tim! I really enjoyed this one a lot, keep them coming. Blessings!!
Thank you. More in the pipeline!
It is too bad that they wouldn't let you include a few snippets of Neil Young songs along with the video. I would have fit in so nicely. Nice video, just missing the Neil Young ambiance. BTW, say hi to the wife.
Will do, thanks!
Tim, this is an absolutely brilliant video. I've been a huge fan of Neil Young since I was a kid (MANY years ago) and it was great hearing all the events that led to the recording of that classic album and the details of the recording process. Thanks!
This one was one of my favorites because the owner of the Neil house was such a truly wonderful human being. She didn't have to be so forthcoming about everything but she was!
Tim, thank you so much for truly awesome video. Music is one of the few joys in this insane cv19 world. Your vids bring peace and healing power. Plus definitely reinspire my love for LA. I saw Neil in concert once in early 70s, and was even more a fan of Nils Lofgren who graced LA with his magical guitar work and his early band Grin. Some of your subscribers may remember his show at the Topanga Corral circa 1970.
Nils the only guy who could do backflips on a trampoline whilst soloing on his guitar
It's rumored that the Topanga Corral is the inspiration for Roadhouse Blues. Right down to the bungalows in back before the whole thing burnt down.
Darn , missed those shows , think he did several. Seems to me we did see him there though hangin' out with Neil. Jim Morrison was there several times too although I missed him. Think Roadhouse Blues I'm told was written about the Corral. Good times.
Awesome vid, Tim. How did you get permission to tour the house?
I broke in. 😆
Seriously though, I walked by and noticed the new owner doing some yard work and I asked her. She and her husband love Neil and I think she's renting it out as an Air bnb.
@@RockessentialTim that little bit just adds that extra bit of seasoni to the ved, thanks
Good stuff as always Tim. Thank goodness the "offending" scene has been circumvented ;)
Hey man, good to hear from you. Yeah, they gave me a copyright strike for this and there isn't a lot I can do about it except say Thank you sir may I have another.
Nice job! Nice to see Neil's Topanga house still thriving. With regards to guitar tuning, Neil used double drop D, both E strings tuned down to D. It was also called D Modal. Neil's "Ohio" is the most sonically (to my ears anyway) representative of this tuning.
Haa, my bad! I know he used drop D but I spaced cuz I only ever tune down the low E. It takes too long when you only have 1 guitar and you are completely lazy like me! I have always thought of Cinnamon Girl when I think of that tuning.
very cool topic and great insight! loved it! wished it was longer but also some older house and studio pics would have tied it in. Neil was ahead of the time with the HOME FAMILY model for recording, that many bands took on, like in Exile by Stones. Kept family atmosphere and cohesion.
Thanx very much. BTW: I don't believe there are any pictures of the After The Gold Rush sessions in Topanga. The new owner of the house was asking me if I'd run across any. Anyway, someone should make a record in that room. It sounds amazing.
i was born at 650 topanga cn blvd in 1964. wonder how close this is? looks like a similar road. my parents were more beat than hip. loved this album as a teen.
Like maybe a mile or so away. Here is the Zillow on your old house. www.zillow.com/homedetails/650-N-Topanga-Canyon-Blvd-Topanga-CA-90290/20550677_zpid/ Its a REALLY cool house btw
I've subscribed with pleasure. That was fascinating. I first heard After The Goldrush at a party in Wales in the 1970s, and it was one of "what's that" moments. Southern Man is my favourite track and one of my favourite songs. Great to see where the magic happened. Thank you.
When I was in that room filming the song going through my head was Southern Man. There was a piano that the new owner had inherited from the previous one (no one in their right mind would move it off that hill again), and I played Southern Man on it. I couldn't show it on video (copyright stuff) but it was either the acoustics in the room or the same piano they used on that record or both---It had that wonderful, dull stunning tone.
One of my first cassettes I bought in the early seventies
Did Neil have a lady friend named "Peace"? Probably in late 60s or early 70s? I have a friend that tells me that was her cousin and she dated Neil. Just curious. It really isnt about music but may a little extra you may have heard about. Thanks for sharing your passion. It must be so fun to visit these homes of legends. You give a sense to me anyway, of being there too. Rock on! ✌️&❤&🎵
Nice video Tim. Always a pleasure to see your trips around the greater LA areas. This one was very interesting. Really nice house too. Thanks for the upload.
Thank you, Andrew. I love home studios and the footprint of this one was still very much there. This place had a definite vibe about it that you could feel just standing in it.
Like many at sixteen I wore out this album and my parents. At the time I didn't know this was recorded just down the canyon from our house. It's a special place.
I don't get to Topanga that often but when I do its always somewhat magical.
Incredible how music was recorded back then. I would have loved to have been a neighbor back then just to hear the sounds coming from the homes up there. One thing for sure, I wouldn't want to experience an earthquake in that house or any other in the canyon. On to the next video, keep sharing.
I've seen this house in a few different video's on Neil Young but it's so cool you were able to go in!!!! Great video, thanks! I look forward to more vid's on classic rock.
We were very fortunate that the new owners of the property are into people knowing some of the history of it. Great people.
Fantastic episode Tim..just loved it! And mate...your music is just awesome!!
Thank you so much!
Topanga Canyon is so beautiful, yet it's SO close to the urban dreck of LA.
My daughter and son both live in LA. My wife and I went last year to visit and drove up to Topanga, where I worked for a year at The Inn of the Seventh Ray (restaurant) in 1976. The Inn is still going strong thanks to my former boss, Lucy Yaney, and young culinary talent . Great memories for me in Topanga! Go if you want a special experience!
Robert--thanks for the tip. I don't get up there a lot but my wife has been wanting to go somewhere cool to eat in Topanga. Awesome!
@@RockessentialTim Neat little factoid: I was at Topanga Hardware when my van wouldn't start. Bernie Leadon was inside with a buddy. They push started my van for me. They were good neighbors as well as great musicians. Great memory for me.
We love going to The Inn of the Seventh Ray with our two dogs. Incredibly charming vibe. I've wanted to live in Topanga for years now but it's too damn expensive.
Excellent
One of my mentors
Great video
H.L.
Cool place and story but Young is as overrated as they come. His solo work ranges from okay to bad but he was in some cool bands. Solo he just did not thrive.
Every year we have a Festival in Topanga Canyon, people living in Southern California should go and check it out. It's called Topanga Days.
You should change the channel name to Rock essentials. Right here.
When I was a kid in Toronto Neil, Joni etc use to play downtown in Yorkville where all the folk clubs were. All gentrified now and has lost its soul....
Thank you for taking us there as seeing inside Neil Young's Topanga studio is something I would never had the opportunity to do! Really Great...Really, Really, Really Great!
Our pleasure!
? Topanga canyon, ZOOIKS ! That's Charlie Mansons stomping grounds.
Linda Ronstadt talks about how she would see the Manson Girls hitch hiking all the time when she lived there in 68.
WOW!!! Susan Ral was an eclectic architect/builder. Didn't Neil Young have a vision. Writers block was probably the tension built up from Buffalo Springfield break-up Loved this group. I started listening to different groups of the '60's. I remember Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. I was 5 in 1969. Glad the new owner kept the original personality plus her iwn touches to the house. Boy his stufio was pretty small for the equipment they had. The big electronic board that they edited the performance to put it on the tape. I grew up with classic rock through the '70's. I love the tree house!!
It was a bucket list experience being there. The owner was Air bnbing it for awhile but I think she stopped.
I have A friend i've never seen he hides his head inside a dream
Great video I really enjoyed it ...best wishes from England
Thanks much. Would love to come out your way and film a couple things one day!
Just found your channel, love it man so cool! It's funny ive wanted to do something similar for so long with a friend who is SO knowledgable, about your age. But just haven't been able to, so to find this channel was a real treat. Was like someone already made what I had in my mind haha.
Great minds think alike?
Hey, I love your videos, but I think more acknowledging the people who let you film and/or come into their homes. But thanks for taking us to these places.
Thanks much! In this particular vid the owner of the house wished to remain anonymous so I didn't mention them. Normally speaking I give them credits in the details box below the vid.
How'd you get permission to go inside??? Then again - that might be some inside you don't wanna share:)
I asked. Politely.
Is that a SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET 600 ?
Our newest Hiking4Life vid is up: TOM PETTY SECRET LOS ANGELES ua-cam.com/video/UdvOciUDkg0/v-deo.html
I should do a UA-cam video of Neil Young living in Winnipeg just before moving to California. His old neighbourhood, childhood home, schools, places he played, the steps at his school where he wrote his first song, places he played here, my "connections" with him.
@@shaneyoung3407 I would love to watch it!
@@RockessentialTim That whole area that I’m talking about I’m actually in that area right now if you had an email I can send you a few pictures
Ping. One of your video's pops up and I'm there. Brilliant as always. 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧
Thanks, man. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
I'm in Cyprus for a month. It beats the cold weather in the UK and it does start to get chilly in Merseyside this time of year . I've been walking round the akamas peninsula which is on the northwest coast between paphos and latchi. You would love it. The scenery is breathtaking. Cheers for all the videos your time and effort is appreciated. 👍👍👍🇬🇧
@@haydndavies2248 Another place on my bucket list!
Just Subscribed 👍U DO AN AWSOME JOB ON YUR CHANNEL ..LOV THE CONTENT ❗❗KEEP ON TRUCKIN MY FRIEND 🤙
Thanks for the comment, thanks for the sub. Rock on!
Tim, assuming you live out on the west coast, but if you get the chance, you ought to consider Hiking the back woods roads of West Saugerties, NY to visit BigPink. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you the significance of it in rock music history. I paid it a quick visit myself a few yrs back and the most intriguing thing about it, is it’s in the EXACT same shape & setting as it was back in the 60’s, same rough, gravel dirt road leading up to it, no signs or plaques, no groupies or fanatics loitering around.
Love the Band and yes, if I ever get out that way I would love to hike to Big Pink. I'd like to check out that whole Woodstock area!
Ohio came about from Crosby showing Young the news and saying “we need to do something about this” . That’s what spurred on ‘Ohio’ .
All props to Crosby. It was certainly the perfect song for the time.
Very nice tour. Thank you very much.
I now recognize this is Rick Beato talking but his hair is a lot longer, and the sun glasses threw me, it took me a couple minutes to see it was it him. Rick, tell me I'm not losing my mind, it's you right? Great video, well done, Rick?
Well at least you didn't go with Anthony Bourdain!
hey man - so excited to see this in my notifications - was just hoping yesterday you would release something new - watching now!
Love the re-edit: esp the cut-aways to new video from the car, the explanations, and of course the enthusiasm! Always follow your heart and let that guide you. Do you know there was a successful Australian band called Powderfinger? (named after the song)
I did not know about Powderfinger. I do however, remember really liking a band called The Saints.
@@RockessentialTim Powderfinger's lead singer went on to create some good solo albums - a bit of a National treasure: ua-cam.com/video/Q5VudVCt4Cw/v-deo.html
WOW! Such an integral part of my teenage life, these songs in the days of my youth. To actually see where it was conceived, played and eventually laid down on vinyl, which I played in my basement for so many years makes for a very concusive present moment jolt, when I realize they were recorded over 50 years ago! (still have both 1st & 2nd albums of his, as well as Deja Vu and CSN 1st (on the sofa). Thanks again for rekindling these memories. Remembrances of our youth are so potent, nostalgic and a little sad. As I have said before, where did the time go? Ya, still raining up here in Vancouver BC. Thanks for the sunshine! ss February 19th, 2023
Thanks much, I felt much the same when I visited his studio. It was hard to believe it was such a small, unassuming place.
That treehouse looks a little bit dangerous, especially if you'd had a few beforehand. After The Goldrush is one of my favorite albums, full stop. Don't Let It Bring You Down is one of my favorite songs.
Not only but way illegal, but who's to know (the world now)
@@akg96 So many of the homes in those hills look precarious in an earthquake zone. I don't mean that as criticism. They're beautiful. Great view and highly desirable. But some of them look like a real climb just to get to your living room from the road. A guy might need to stop halfway up for a rest!!
Enjoyed this. I was sitting on my bed, looking at the album photos trying to understand what this new record was all about. I was in Thunder Bay where I grew up. Not a lot of information back then, just the really cool album photos and the dream-like magical songs. Decades later my office was at Topanga and Ventura Blvd in Woodland Hills. Topanga to the Coast Hwy was something else. Great to see where the album was recorded. Thx
Thank you. I live in The Valley and I'm going up to Topanga tomorrow for the first time in a few months to do some filming and then down to Malibu. Love it up there.
I agree "Ohio" is one of the coolest song I have ever heard.
your wife should have kept the sunglasses on, and sat there still and never be referred to in any way.....was that neil young we would have wondered.
Ha! Wish it could have been that simple. I could not believe the amount of people who gave me guff over the fact that I didn't introduce her.
THANK YOU TIM, THIS WAS AWESOME, ALWAYS VERBALLY INTRODUCE YOUR WIFE, FROM THE GET GO THOUGH.
This is so cool..I recently took a look into rock history legends and this fits right in. Keep on rocking!🤘😎
You too, thanks!
good stuff! Powderfinger one of my favs - was written for Lynard Skynard!?
Hey thanks. I thought it was a wierd thang to at first but I got my info for it here and it seems pretty legit: americansongwriter.com/neil-young-powderfinger/
Nice walk. Thank you and the current owners.
"When I get big I'm going to get me a electric guitar, when I get real big."!
He's got him a few!
After watching this, I can see why the French horn player had to take a break after walking up the hill before he could record his part for After The Gold Rush.
HAA!! I wish I would have included that in the vid!
As Neil Young said, "If you follow every dream, you might get lost!". #dreams
Thanks for the tour of that studio where After the Goldrush album was recorded, it gave me a much more indepth idea how it was done. In fact, I've still got a copy of it in cassette format which a girlfriend of mine gave me way back 1979 and still sounds great to this day.
Thanks. I have to say, being in that little room, it had not only a vibe but a unique sound. It was noticeable and I really hear it on the Gold Rush record, especially on the piano.
Lessons learned.
1. Work to know what your sound is.
2. Make it freakin awesome!
3. Make 50 albums of it!
That is blueprint advice. If you got the talent to go along with it, its exactly what it takes.
I was a couple minutes into the 1st video I was watching of yours and hit subscribe & Thumbs up . You do a fantastic job. Please don't say "shamefully" about asking people to subscribe. We all know that it helps you and future viewers and subscribers. Thanks much again
Thanks for the cool comment, it is much appreciated. BTW: I actually say "Shamelessly" You say potato and I say potota, right? 😄
Great channel glad I came across it good stuff new sub
Right on, thanks!
been a Neil Young fan after i heard After the Gold Rush the 1st time
note the ghost sitting there, probably invisible to non rockers.
she prefers "apparition"...
Topanga Canyon is at the west side of the valley. It runs all the way to the beach. Hitching over Topanga Canyon from the Valley to the beach was so cool in the 60's and 70's. Topanga is at the other end of the Santa Monica mts in comparison to the Sepulveda Blvd/pass. (Sepulveda Pass, or further east the Santa Monica's,Verdugo Pass.) Yes Topanga Canyon was much more "artsy" than what was happening up off Lookout Mountain Road (the other side of the Santa Monica's looking over LA and Hollywood.) Here is a clip of Neil Young explaining "Ohio" best description I have found. ua-cam.com/video/hxl9R_2ax-8/v-deo.html
I suggest you "show the people" Big and Little Tujunga canyons? You might think of a trip out to Sespe Creek (Ventura County.) Not a lot of "Rock History" with these locals (Dave Mason lives/lived in Ojai) but some pretty neat SoCal locations.
Thanks, Dan. I will check this out!
@@danr5105 I was just up hiking at Rose Valley Falls and Rice Canyon in Ventura over the past couple weeks.
@@RockessentialTim I had to roll the map back until Santa Paula came into view for me to recall Rice Canyon. Santa Paula and Fillmore were stops on the way to get to Sespe Creek. I used to hike along the Santa Clara River (dry) outside of Santa Paula. Great SoCal hiking locations. The Santa Clara runs from Santa Clara to a bit above Oxnard. Interesting area. Following the history of water in the SoCal area is a good angle to look from. Original ways in and out of the Valley (Newhall Pass in the North and Verdugo Pass in the South) is an interesting story. Getting from LA to Bakersfield up (99(The Grapevine) is also an interesting story. Getting goods out of the San Joaquin Valley and down to LA is another great historical SoCal story.
@@RockessentialTim Speaking of Randy California at the time of his death he was living on Montgomery St. In Ojai . Also Ed Cassady (Spirit's drummer and Randy's stepfather) was living next to him in Meiner's Oaks. John Locke their keyboardist was living there also and selling cars at the old Ford dealership in Ojai - I still have his business card. On Friday nights Randy would play his sitar at the old Krishna Cafe.
I'm a Hoosier... corn-fed...good guy...this guy is totally groovy...REALLY , he's neat , --------you can tell the grade is steep, he's winded..../////// to walk those spaces.....priceless
What a cool place
Bravo…another home run!
Right on, thank you!
Great job! So much good info!!
Right on, thanks!
Great vlog...id love you to visit london town as there's a wealth of great music history still there and standing ❤
I've been there several times in my past but never as a vlogger. Notwithstanding music, It is still one of the greatest places on earth to visit. I am def going to get that one on the docket next year!
I love Neil young music as a teen I saved my Money to buy Neil Young Harvest which I loved so much, still do. But what happened was my little brother was mad and he went for my Harvest album and broke it in half on his knee, he knew that would get me. Eventually I replaced it but sad to say my brother passed after a first heroin injection. So the song the needle and the damage done gets me every time. 😞
I'm so sorry about your brother. Needle is one of my all time favorites and it gets me every time too!
Thank you ! I really miss LA ! I want to go back so bad !! 😞
Hey Tim. Heard your referral to this.
Very groovy!
IMHO Neil and Rodger Waters are the only cats who are holding true to our 1960’s values.
While I like “After the Gold Rush”, “Everybody Knows this is Nowhere” is my favorite! Cowgirl in the sand, Down by the river absolutely epic.
What a fun channel. Watching from Detroit.
I was just a kid in the late 60s this brings all the rock stories to life.
Thanks much. I spent my first 18 years on the Eastside of Detroit! (Finney High)
Great vlog Tim. Say, are you from Los Angeles and where you here during the the 60's?
Hey man, hope all is well! I have lived in LA for the better part of 40 years but I grew up in Detroit. Working on a legends video about that place as we speak....
@@RockessentialTim Detroit...did you go to the Grande Ballroom? Some really heavy acts played there...similar to the Fillmore Auditorium.
@@desertfox486 Hey there! I went to what is left of The Grande Ballroom and got some killer pics of it. There were so many places to go in Detroit it was hard to narrow it all down to just 25 but its on the docket and should be out in the next few weeks.
wow - what a glimpse! it all makes perfect sense.
Places like this matter...part of incredible stories, adventures, creativity, a place where spirit touched a soul and gave a gift to humanity...Thanks for this incredible tour...and totally get how you were so excited & forgot to intro your wife! ;-) ps: I have a piece of Crosby's house in Mill Valley CA which I often walk by with my dog - it was being renovated for first time (long after he left)...whole dumpster full of wood from the inside out front...it was a house of pain & addiction...by all accounts a terrible time for him, but part of the journey that led him to Jan (his beloved wife) and so much more creativity and so many more gifts...so that little scrap of wood is sacred to me...
Thanks for the great story! I think its not so much the places that are important but how they start a conversation about the people that lived there. I totally get it.
9:50 The LIFE magazine Neil was reading was brought up there to him by David Crosby earlier in the day who rode his motorcycle up there, which was a gift to David from his good friend Peter Fonda to show Neil the news of what happened as Neil hadn't heard about the Kent State massacre until then. I really like this format of presentation as well, thank you. Peace from Oz!
Love to hear stuff like this! Peace from California!
Thanks for the quick tour. Very inspiring. I’m about the same age as Neil so I find it a positive thing that he is still active in music production. That very well might be what keeps him going at 76. Served my military time with his music in my ears.
I do quite a few of these vids and I can say without question that even at 76, Neil is still the most interesting person in the music business. Right on!
That house has the most amazing views of the Santa Monica Mountains. I'm sure the views and the area were inspirational to their music. Neil Young also had a house/ ranch up here in Woodside, California.
Not super familiar with that area. Is that his Santa Cruz house?
There's an indy artist in Connecticut I just discovered that's doing a new Neil Young solo tribute show and it's absolutely amazing how much he sounds like Neil, even on his own original music. I've never heard anyone whose voice is this close to Neil's. Here's his cover of "After the Gold Rush" from the full show performance ("The Loner: The Music of Neil Young") at a small club in Bridgeport, CT recently. See what you think. ua-cam.com/video/K9FDGN37wnQ/v-deo.html
Incredible! Thank you for this.
Thank you.
I owned all of Neil Young's albums when I was a teenager. What I would give to have all that vinyl back
Who knew it would make such a comeback, right?
Still have all of mine... scratch free, in non-acid paper inner sleeves with the original cover, inside plastic envelopes. i consider myself extremely fortunate. They still sound great with the Bang & Olufsen turntable, 4000 receiver, and Klipsch raw birch speakers.
@@rolhoreis6187 "that is most triumphant dude" you made me green with envy
Still have my lps from high school with original WB inner sleeves. They still sound great!
Do you remember pianist/singer, Bob Long from Santa Barbara and Hollywood?
Sorry, I do not. A relative of yours?
@@RockessentialTim Yes, I thought that I had met you thru him, but maybe not! Your video here was just terrific! You've got a great gift for these projects!
BTW: Just because I don't remember him doesn't mean I didn't meet him. At my age the memory ain't what it used to be!
@@RockessentialTim 10-4 on that one my friend!
Just curious as to how you got in the house? I assume owners allowed you too.
I broke in.
Actually I asked the owner who happened to be outside doing some work and she was wonderfully nice. She didn't wish to be on camera.