50 years, 50 songs...

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Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes

A day spent listening to the three hastily learned Neil Young songs I was to perform tonight..

It turned out today was a day of performances...

We said goodbye to our chum Wheelers - the biggest Hibs fan I know...

Accordingly, I surprised him by learning two songs by, frankly, one of my least favourite acts of all time, The Proclaimers...

And so Mr W was able to serenade the gathered throng with rather wayward renditions of "500 Miles" and "Sunshine on Leith"...

Onlookers were suitably entertained...

A fractious bus journey thereafter, down to Newhaven to perform at the Neil Young tribute night organised by my old Out of the Bedroom chum Scott Renton...

50 years of Neil Young, 50 Neil Young songs, performed by 16 various solo artists and groups, to a standing room only crowd...

As you'll see from the pics, there was a certain amount of crossover between acts, personnel-wise...

  

 

  

  

  

I must admit to having been a little the worse for wear following the Wheelers shenanigans...

Nonetheless, having also arrived barely one minute before my performance time, I still managed my three swiftly learned songs and set up a nice call and response scenario on my third song, "Change Your Mind" which, thankfully, I cut down from the Neil Young version's 15 minutes, to around three...

I didn't stay for the whole night but did witness 20 of the fifty songs played, particularly enjoying Scott's band The Heartbreak Diet...

For posterity, here is the running order for the evening (songs I saw in bold)...

 1. The "Theresa May Farewell" Neil Young Medley- Scott Renton

2. Borrowed Tune- David Welsh

3. Barstool Blues- David Welsh

4. Expecting To Fly- Stuart Ross

5. Comes A Time- Stuart Ross

6. Helpless- Andy Watson

7. Albuquerque- Andy Watson

8. Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Andy Watson

9. Pocahontas- Jim Igoe

10. Driveby- Cloudland Blue Quartet

11. Western Hero- Cloudland Blue Quartet

12. Change Your Mind- Cloudland Blue Quartet

13. My My Hey Hey- Ben Inglis Band

14. Unknown Legend- Ben Inglis Band

15. All Along The Watchtower- Ben Inglis Band

16. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere- Colt Luger

17. Cortez The Killer- Colt Luger

18. Are You Ready For The Country- Colt Luger

19. See The Sky About To Rain- Marty Loans

20. Wrecking Ball- Marty Loans

21. On The Beach- Norman Lamont

22. Music Arcade- Ross Neilson

23. Love and War- Ross Neilson

24. Without Rings- Ross Neilson

25. Burned- Heartbreak Diet

26. Revolution Blues- Heartbreak Diet

27. Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown- Heartbreak Diet

28. Down By The River- Heartbreak Diet

29. Roll Another Number- Heartbreak Diet

30. After The Goldrush- Normans/Whole Shebang

31. Mr Soul- Normans/Whole Shebang

32. Don’t Cry No Tears- Normans/Whole Shebang

33. Harvest Moon- Jim Igoe/Normans/Whole Shebang

34. Ohio- Normans/Whole Shebang

35. Tonight’s The Night- Normans/Whole Shebang

36. I’ve Been Waiting For You- Val Bernard & Crazy Goat

37. Welfare Mothers- Val Bernard & Crazy Goat

38. Farmer John- Val Bernard & Crazy Goat

39. Cinnamon Girl- Val Bernard & Crazy Goat

40. Hey Hey My My- Jeanice Lee Band

41. Words (Between The Lines Of Age)- Jeanice Lee Band

42. Angry World- Jeanice Lee Band

43. Birds- CHIL

44. Out On The Weekend- CHIL

45. Heart Of Gold- CHIL

46. Powderfinger- CHIL

47. Rockin’ In The Free World- CHIL

48. Like A Hurricane- CHIL

Scott commented "It was only 48, not 49, but let’s play the joker: the bastardisations of "When You Dance I Can Really Love", "Needle and the Damage Done" and "Cowgirl In The Sand" in song 1 take us up to 50."...

A long bus journey home through the pouring rain, soundtracked by the first LP I ever bought, and picked up by the Exec Producer for the final furlong...

A very enjoyable day...

Highlight of the Day : Performing...