Thats the winner then, just back from seeing a genius at work. Neil Young at Hammersmith Apollo awesome, absolutely awesome, a living legend. He played for over two and a half hours, acoustic set first then a toilet break, then came back to blow your head off with haunting bludgeoning electric ramblings, just awesome. He went from guitars to pianos to mouthies to banjos to organ to old Blackie the man is simply a genius. He has some energy for a man in his sixties, he can rock with the best of them, in fact, he just possibly is the best of them. Bumped into mr Naelifts and party at the gig........well, in the Duke of Cornwall before the gig, pretty sure they enjoyed it as well. The only downside of having a guy that has written so many songs is he can't fit them all in, but he certainly gave it a good try. No After The Goldrush was disappointing, but so much to choose and Old Man had the hairs standing on the back of my neck. Down By The River just got better and better and Powderfinger had everyone in raptures. His distinctive edgy guitar playing is just so special, raw and original certainly covers this legend. Plenty of feedback and piercing ear busting wailing from Blackie, but the return to the rythymn and punching beats completes the journeys and if that is not enough the harmonica that compliments the shrill tones from Neils tonsils gets plenty of puffs as well. His voice is as haunting as it was in the early seventies, not a lot has changed and his energy knows no bounds.
Thats it then, the contest is over for the bestest live band ever, it has just been won. :clapping03: