Neil Young - Orpheum Theater - Minneapolis, Minnesota - 5/22/99
Setlist
1. Look Out For My Love
2. Looking Forward
3. War of Man
4. Out of Control (upright piano)
5. Albuquerque ("hank" guitar)
6. World on a String ("hank" guitar)
7. Pocahontas (12 string)
8. Philadelphia (grand piano)
9. Homegrown (guitjo) (long, rambling intro)
10. Daddy Went Walkin'
[intermission]
11. Distant Camera
12. Ambulance Blues
13. Southern Pacific (guitjo)
14. Old Man
15. Mother Earth (pump organ)
16. Harvest Moon
17. The Needle and the Damage Done
18. Slowpoke
19. After the Gold Rush (upright / organ combo version)
[encore]
20. Good to See You
21. Railroad Town (changed guitars and said "here's an extra one"
immediately after a loud request for "The Loner." For a few brief seconds I
thought we were gonna get a tour debut.)
22. Heart of Gold (extended version - coulda sworn he repeated a bunch of
verses - seemed to go on forever!)
[encore]
23. One of These Days
Wonderful show! Neil was in top form, fairly talkative and, once again,
seemed enamored with an old theater. Commented a few times on the venue and appeared to be in excellent spirits. This was a much more intimate setting
than the 3 shows I saw in Chicago at the Rosemont - the Orpheum is a very
ornate, cozy ol' theater. Crowd was fairly well behaved, but there were
several loud outbursts during the show. Pretty sure we "lost" a piano song
tonight. After "Philadelphia" he definitely hesitated at the piano and later
on in the 2nd set he made an unscheduled trip towards the Steinway and
almost sat down before resuming the regularly scheduled programming. Coulda
been "Flying on the Ground" or "Horseshoe Man" or ??? Not that we'll ever
know...
Set list was definitely lacking in big surprises, but there's always
tomorrow night. Very similar to the first Detroit show 3 nights ago. No
jaded whining from this cowboy, though, cuz the performances were superb.
"War of Man," "Southern Pacific" and "Railroad Town" were all killer
versions, as good as anything I've heard or experienced this tour.
"Albequerque / "World on a String" - it's always great to hear a "Tonight's
the Night" 1-2 punch. "Pocahantas" was the best version I've heard in a long
time, at least since Chicago :) - and that was one for the ages. I've
pretty much warmed to all of the "new" songs, with "Out of Control" and
"Slowpoke" leading the pack as the tour progresses. Which brings us to
"Ambulance Blues." Absolutely devastating rendition - a cool, weird, wacky
tour de force that continues to amaze well into its third decade of life.
Man oh man, what an amazing song. Crowd got pretty worked up during the
hits. "Homegrown" had a very loud response and we were blessed with another
singalong version ala Chicago. My non-Rustie friend Dean, who accompanied me to the concert, had only heard of this song and he was singing along with
everyone else by the end of the song. Pretty cool.
Meet-and-greet went fine. Seemed to go by in a flash. Neil was cool, if not
a bit dazed, and Elliott seemed nice. Chuck King will have a great story to
tell about his now infamous Somerset HORDE photo which seems to be taking on a life of its own!
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