Jones Beach, concert review, set list, video

Written by Shar on 23 July 2015

Photo by BH

Reviews for the Jones Beach show of Neil Young and Promise of the Real on Tuesday, July 21 have been hard to find, but here is one from The Brooklyn Vegan’s Blog.

Fellow Monsanto hater Reverend Billy and Norah Jones‘ country band Puss N Boots opened.

Andrew Sacher writes that last night’s set was filled with favorites.

He writes: “What were highlights was seeing Neil come out by himself at the start of the night to play ‘After the Gold Rush,’ ‘Heart of Gold,’ ‘Long May You Run’ ‘Old Man’ and ‘Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)’ consecutively on either piano, acoustic guitar, or organ. It wasn’t until after those five that the band even came out, and it wasn’t until even later that Neil picked up an electric guitar for the first time.

“Promise of the Real obviously aren’t Crazy Horse or anything, but they did a great job backing him. They brought a lot of energy to the show, and they basically played all the songs the way they sound on record. When they locked into the extended jams on ‘Down by the River’ and ‘Love and Only Love,’ they were on fire.

“Another treat was he gave us a good amount off one of his best ‘latter day’ albums, Harvest Moon, including the title track, ‘From Hank to Hendrix’ and ‘Unknown Legend.’ Plus he sprinkled in even more from his most classic era, including ‘Out on the Weekend,’ ‘Words (Between The Lines of Age)’ and ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.’ Really an incredible show.”

Here’s another good review of the show: http://observer.com/2015/07/neil-young-returns-to-woodstock-and-talks-to-plants/

Cortez

2015-07-21, Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, New York, USA
w/ Promise Of The Real

(unconfirmed)

1.	After The Gold Rush
2.	Heart Of Gold
3.	Long May You Run
4.	Old Man
5.	Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)
6.	Hold Back The Tears
7.	Out On The Weekend
8.	Unknown Legend
9.	Field Of Opportunity
10.	Wolf Moon
11.	From Hank To Hendrix
12.	Harvest Moon
13.	Words
14.	Lookin’ For A Love
15.	Winterlong
16.	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop
17.	People Want To Hear About Love
18.	Big Box
19.	A New Day For Love
20.	Down By The River
21.	Workin’ Man
22.	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
23.	Monsanto Years
24.	If I Don’t Know
25.	Love And Only Love
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26.	Cortez The Killer