Neil Younger shares video of him performing ‘Silver and Gold’ for the primary time in nearly 20 years

Neil Younger has shared a video of him performing ‘Silver and Gold’ for the primary time in nearly twenty years.

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The observe was launched in 2000 on his album of the identical title, however written in 1981. Since then, it’s hardly ever been carried out dwell, with the final time he sang it to an viewers being in 2007.

Following ‘Silver and Gold”s launch in 2000, Younger defined the method of writing the music to KGSR Radio. “I attempted it a number of methods. And it was such a pleasant, it’s simply such a music, . It simply type of lives with the guitar. It’s simply there,” he mentioned.

He went on to say: “I actually recorded, I feel, a complete of 11 instances with completely different individuals in every kind of various configurations. And we obtained ’em all, none of them are value listening to. However this one right here lastly simply obtained again to the roots of it and simply sat down with my guitar and performed it and mentioned, ‘That’s it.’ As a result of I really like the music and I really feel the music now and it means one thing to me now.”

The video, which was shared yesterday (December 25), reveals Younger enjoying guitar and softly singing whereas sitting by a hearth. Because it cuts off on the finish, he could be heard saying: “Is that our first hearth session?”

Test it out under.

In different information, in October Younger and Stephen Stills – previously his bandmate as a part of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Younger – reunited to carry out their music ‘Hung Upside Down’ for the primary time in 57 years.

The on-stage look was a part of the 2024 Harvest Moon profit gig in Lake Hughes, California. Hosted by Neil Younger, the occasion noticed varied well-known musicians come collectively to boost funds.

in September, it was reported that Younger had carried out his elusive 1977 music ‘Hey Babe’ dwell for the primary time ever.

He wrote and launched ‘Hey Babe’ together with Loopy Horse, Linda Ronstadt and Nicolette Larson as a part of his eighth studio album ‘American Stars ‘N Bars’. For the 47 years since its launch, the music was simply one in every of two tracks off the report that had by no means been carried out dwell, alongside ‘Will To Love’.

Earlier this yr, he additionally lastly commented on his not too long ago axed Loopy Horse tour dates, explaining that it was as a result of an undisclosed sickness. Following the tour’s cancellation, the ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’ singer returned to the stage to carry out at this yr’s version of Farm Help on the Saratoga Performing Arts Heart in Saratoga Springs, New York on September 21.