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#234,303
bobyoung53 said:
Thank you and yes I'm a reader so knew why he wrote the song but always thought Whitten had died before the song was written, didn't realize it was the same year and afterward.
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Yep.

He wrote and released Harvest. Then Danny passed. He had a lot in the hopper that he recorded around that time. Then he did Tonight’s The Night which was his grief album after losing Danny and his best friend, roadie Bruce Berry. He fought long and hard with Reprise to get that record released. A classic. Very raw. Very real. The pain he felt is evident with each strum on old black.

In the vid I posted, it is clear he is touched and having a hard time. Almost fifty years later. Same the next night (I was there too) which is available on YouTube.

He did Winterlong on a recent release with Promise of the Real. He looks troubled playing and singing it. It is a great version of the classic Crazy Horse song.

Neil is no angel. Like most of us. He has had his problems. And with Crosby (who he was at one time very close with) who tried to drink himself to death before and after a liver transplant. I truly hope they can get over their current issues.

The few times I’ve met and talked to him, Neil is as real as they come. The only other artist as approachable (aside from my “girlfriend “ Nikki) is Al Stewart. Neil is a caring, honest and humble man. I’m nobody. But he talks to me. He takes the time to reach out and connect with those who care. And he doesn’t even play bass so go figure. He loves his fans. He won’t stop making music until the end. And for that I’m truly grateful.
 
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About to sort this out in a minute

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MCF said:
Yep.

He wrote and released Harvest. Then Danny passed. He had a lot in the hopper that he recorded around that time. Then he did Tonight’s The Night which was his grief album after losing Danny and his best friend, roadie Bruce Berry. He fought long and hard with Reprise to get that record released. A classic. Very raw. Very real. The pain he felt is evident with each strum on old black.

In the vid I posted, it is clear he is touched and having a hard time. Almost fifty years later. Same the next night (I was there too) which is available on YouTube.

He did Winterlong on a recent release with Promise of the Real. He looks troubled playing and singing it. It is a great version of the classic Crazy Horse song.

Neil is no angel. Like most of us. He has had his problems. And with Crosby (who he was at one time very close with) who tried to drink himself to death before and after a liver transplant. I truly hope they can get over their current issues.

The few times I’ve met and talked to him, Neil is as real as they come. The only other artist as approachable (aside from my “girlfriend “ Nikki) is Al Stewart. Neil is a caring, honest and humble man. I’m nobody. But he talks to me. He takes the time to reach out and connect with those who care. And he doesn’t even play bass so go figure. He loves his fans. He won’t stop making music until the end. And for that I’m truly grateful.
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Yes, that's a great song. You can tell Neil is a nice guy, thanks for the details, Harvest is one of my favorite albums, bought it when it was new and have respected him since, I'm slowly buying up his stuff, started at the beginning. Love Tim Drummond too.
 
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I received the Epiphone Goth last week. At first I was very disappointed, it was listed as Very Good condition. I initially judged it as poor to fair, it obviously had suffered a fall. I almost just put it into storage, but it is a good looking bass, so I played it and was not impressed, dull, flat tone and it bothered my fretting hand some. So I started half-heartedly looking for a new neck. Picked it up again and noticed the strings I put on the D-G sounded markedly better than those it came with on the E-A. It came without the D-G saddles, our friend JJR58 sent me a set of saddles on his own dime at no cost to me.

So I installed new strings on the E-A and played it for a few hours today, it's actually quite a nice bass, well constructed with some nice tones. I was also gonna change the pots and cap, but I'm happy enough, I'm not going to mess with it at this time. I will roll the fretboard, and do wish the fretboard radius wasn't 12, but my fretting hand hasn't experienced any pain yet, probably because the 1.625 neck helps keep my fretting hand more relaxed (as opposed to 1.5's, darn, guess I could have bought that Greco after all). Who knows, after I round the fretboard, it may just be a keeper as is. And I do find Thunderbirds comfortable for seated practice. Here's a terrible, but proof of life photo.
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MCF said:
Yep.

He wrote and released Harvest. Then Danny passed. He had a lot in the hopper that he recorded around that time. Then he did Tonight’s The Night which was his grief album after losing Danny and his best friend, roadie Bruce Berry. He fought long and hard with Reprise to get that record released. A classic. Very raw. Very real. The pain he felt is evident with each strum on old black.

In the vid I posted, it is clear he is touched and having a hard time. Almost fifty years later. Same the next night (I was there too) which is available on YouTube.

He did Winterlong on a recent release with Promise of the Real. He looks troubled playing and singing it. It is a great version of the classic Crazy Horse song.

Neil is no angel. Like most of us. He has had his problems. And with Crosby (who he was at one time very close with) who tried to drink himself to death before and after a liver transplant. I truly hope they can get over their current issues.

The few times I’ve met and talked to him, Neil is as real as they come. The only other artist as approachable (aside from my “girlfriend “ Nikki) is Al Stewart. Neil is a caring, honest and humble man. I’m nobody. But he talks to me. He takes the time to reach out and connect with those who care. And he doesn’t even play bass so go figure. He loves his fans. He won’t stop making music until the end. And for that I’m truly grateful.
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The last part is very interesting and I'm truly glad you posted it. (Really making it difficult to maintain my long held thoughts about him.:D)
 
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Thumper said:
I received the Epiphone Goth last week. At first I was very disappointed, it was listed as Very Good condition. I initially judged it as poor to fair, it obviously had suffered a fall. I almost just put it into storage, but it is a good looking bass, so I played it and was not impressed, dull, flat tone and it bothered my fretting hand some. So I started half-heartedly looking for a new neck. Picked it up again and noticed the strings I put on the D-G sounded markedly better than those it came with on the E-A. It came without the D-G saddles, our friend JJR58 sent me a set of saddles on his own dime at no cost to me.

So I installed new strings on the E-A and played it for a few hours today, it's actually quite a nice bass, well constructed with some nice tones. I was also gonna change the pots and cap, but I'm happy enough, I'm not going to mess with it at this time. I will roll the fretboard, and do wish the fretboard radius wasn't 12, but my fretting hand hasn't experienced any pain yet, probably because the 1.625 neck helps keep my fretting hand more relaxed (as opposed to 1.5's, darn, guess I could have bought that Greco after all). Who knows, after I round the fretboard, it may just be a keeper as is. And I do find Thunderbirds comfortable for seated practice. Here's a terrible, but proof of life photo.
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That's great things are getting sorted out.

That JJR58 cat is alright! No doubt about it.
 
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