
Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer and video director whose work appears regularly in many magazines, including Rolling Stone and Guitar Player. Over the last 30 years his photographic rock and roll journey has seen him work with many legendary artists including The Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Phish, Dave Matthews and John Lee Hooker to name just a few. He has published several volumes of his work that includes books on The Grateful Dead, Primus and The Flaming Lips. Recently he has directed live concert video for The Flaming Lips, REM, Spearhead, Gov’t Mule, Jackie Greene, Widespread Panic, and The Allman Bros. His most recent book is ‘Traveling on a High Frequency’ which is a 30-year retrospective of his music photography.
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I don’t watch Jimmy Fallon usually, but this skit was pretty good. Jimmy dressed up like Neil Young and sang as him, singing the unlikely of songs..The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song. The impersonation is quite good, plus Jimmy playing the guitar is equally impressive. Watch the video below:
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The lineup for the giant UK festival, Glastonbury Festival was announced earlier today. The festival is happening June 24th to 28th in Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK. Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur will be the big headliners. Other notable acts on the impressive lineup include The Specials, Madness, Echo And The Bunnymen, Lily Allen, Glasvegas, Franz Ferdinand, Fleet Foxes, Crosby Stills and Nash, Spinal Tap, Nick Cave, Tom Jones, Lady Gaga, Pete Doherty, Jason Mraz, Peter Bjorn and John, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and plenty more! Check out the full lineup down below:
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Record Label: Reprise Records
Genre: Rock
Band Link: www.neilyoung.com
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Any Neil Young release should be greeted with open arms and “Fork In The Road” is no exception. Yes, it is somewhat of a “concept” album. Any fan of Neil Young’s will know of his real love of automobiles, you just have to visit www.neilyoung.com to get an idea! So its not that much of a surprise that this release has come along. Songs devoted to cars, being on the road, going places – you get the idea.
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