Neil Young began his run of solo shows in Los Angeles with two shows, which featured the first appearance of “Thrasher” in 36 years.
Young played the “Rust Never Sleeps” classic during his Saturday night set at the Dolby Theatre. Among other changes from the New York shows in January, Young included “Philadelphia”, “Harvest Moon” and a cover of the Gordon Lightfoot song “If You Could Read My Mind”.
“If You Could Read My Mind” will presumably figure on Young’s much-rumoured covers album, “A Letter Home”, along with Phil Ochs’ “Changes”. A couple more clues to the tracklisting appeared during the Sunday night show, as Young tackled Tim Hardin’s “Reason to Believe” and “Blowin’ In The Wind”.
Scroll down for the full setlists from both LA shows…
Setlist 29/3/2014
1. From Hank To Hendrix
2. On The Way Home
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Love In Mind
5. Philadelphia
6. Mellow My Mind
7. Are You Ready For The Country?
8. Someday
9. Changes
10. Harvest
11. Old Man
12. Goin’ Back
13. A Man Needs A Maid
14. Ohio
15. Southern Man
16. Mr. Soul
17. If You Could Read My Mind
18. Harvest Moon
19. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
20. After The Gold Rush
21. Heart Of Gold
22. Thrasher
23. Long May You Run
Setlist 30/3/2014
1. From Hank To Hendrix
2. On The Way Home
3. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
4. Love In Mind
5. Philadelphia
6. Mellow My Mind
7. Reason To Believe
8. Someday
9. Changes
10. Harvest
11. Old Man
12. Goin’ Back
13. A Man Needs A Maid
14. Ohio
15. Southern Man
16. Mr. Soul
17. If You Could Read My Mind
18. After The Gold Rush
19. Heart Of Gold
20. Blowin’ In The Wind
21. Long May You Run