''Way Down in the Rust Bucket'' is a live album and

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from Canadian-American rock musician

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and his band

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, released on February 26, 2021. It is Volume 11.5 in the Performance Series of

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Recording and release

The album was recorded on November 13, 1990 at The Catalyst in

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, where the band was warming up for their upcoming ''

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'' tour. The show consisted of three sets and an encore, featuring most of the recently released ''Ragged Glory'' as well as older fan favorites and deeper cuts. Guitarist Poncho Sampedro remembers the show fondly in a March 2021 interview for ''

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'': Due to a temporary power loss, the multitrack recording of "Cowgirl in the Sand" was damaged; it was decided to remove the song from the CD and LP running order (which also allowed the release format to be limited to two CDs/four LPs). "Cowgirl in the Sand" appears only on the DVD version, with dropout sections augmented by lower-fidelity FOH mix. Young announced the release on his site on January 1, 2020 with the intention to release it that year along with ''Greendale Live'', which was later retitled ''

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'', a 2003

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that also features Crazy Horse. This album was initially scheduled to come out on October 16, 2020 before being postponed to January 15, 2021 and later February 26. Young has previously shown all the concert video footage of this show as part of the ''Movietone'' section of his Archives website.

Critical reception

''Way Down in the Rust Bucket'' was met with acclaim from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 85 based on 7 reviews.

Track listing

All songs written by

except as noted.

DVD

* "Country Home" * "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" * "Love to Burn" * "Days That Used to Be" * "Bite the Bullet" * "Cinnamon Girl" * "Farmer John" * "

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" * "Over and Over" * "Danger Bird" * "Don't Cry No Tears" * "Sedan Delivery" * "Roll Another Number (For the Road)" * "Fuckin' Up" * "T-Bone" * "Homegrown" * "Mansion on the Hill" * "Like a Hurricane" * "Love and Only Love" * "Cortez the Killer"

Personnel

;Neil Young and Crazy Horse *

– vocals, guitar *

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– drums, vocals *

Frank Sampedro Frank "Poncho" Sampedro (born Manuel Francisco Sampedro de Victoria; February 25, 1949) is an American retired guitarist and a former member of the rock band Crazy Horse, his is known mainly for his longtime collaboration with singer-songwriter N ...

– guitar, Stringman, vocals *

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– bass guitar, vocals Engineering and production *

, David Briggs– production *John Hanlon– recording, mixing *

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– art direction & design *Frank Gironda– direction

Charts

References

External links

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Review of the show from Neil Young News
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