It changes the tone of the tune, I think.īLOCK: So that's "Neil Young: Live at the Cellar Door" solo in 1970. But he's thought very carefully about how to translate what he usually hears and what he'd written to the piano, and it kind of works. MOON: He's not at all an accomplished pianist. He does his song "Cinnamon Girl" on this live album on piano. And using a very straightforward melody to express vulnerability, which, of course, his voice just takes you to that immediately.īLOCK: Oh, yeah, that haunting high sound of his. A song like "Tell Me Why" there, very, very earnest. He's thinking very small, both in terms of the instrumentation and also in terms of the songs are simple. And this is him kind of orienting himself to a different scale entirely. With Buffalo Springfield and CSNY, he was playing arenas and big places. Essentially, it was for his purpose of getting used to being a completely solo performer.īLOCK: Such a great intimate feeling for these songs, Tom, I mean, just Neil Young, either on guitar or on piano on some of the songs.
He booked three nights at the Cellar Door, which was this little, tiny, almost a shoebox of a room. Tom, welcome back.īLOCK: And, Tom, we hear Neil Young here performing in 1970, at the small club in Washington, these are warm-up dates for a gig he's about to do at Carnegie Hall. And joining me to talk more about them is our music critic, Tom Moon. They show musicians at turning points in their careers. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are on the way out, and Neil Young is going solo.īLOCK: This recording, "Live at the Cellar Door," is one of three live albums from three different artists, all from about the same time period and all recently released. His folk rock group Buffalo Springfield has dissolved. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: We'd like to welcome to our stage, Neil Young.īLOCK: It's the fall of 1970, Neil Young takes the stage in a small club in Washington, D.C.īLOCK: And his career is turning in a new direction. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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