Old Man

Bob Dylan Sings Neil Young’s Old Man (3 versions)

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

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I’m a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.
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“Old Man” is a song written and performed by Neil Young on his 1972 album Harvest. “Old Man” was released as a single on Reprise Records on April 17, 1972, reaching number 4 in Canada, and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending June 3.

Bob Dylan played “Old Man” 33 times on his 2002 tour, and here are 3 of them:
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Bob Dylan: 5 Brilliant live performances from the year 2002

Posted on by Egil Mosbron

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Never ENDING TOUR 2002
Start date January 31, 2002
End date November 22, 2002
Legs 3
No. of shows 78 in North America
29 in Europe
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107 in Total

A year of great cover versions dedicated to the dead and dying. All of these covers came in the last leg of 2002 – US Fall Tour (Oct 5 – Nov 22).

Philips Arena
Atlanta, Georgia
9 February 2002

  • Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar
  • Charlie Sexton (guitar)
  • Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
  • Tony Garnier (bass)
  • George Recile (drums & percussion).

Lay Lady Lay

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Lay across my big brass bed
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February 6: Neil Young recorded Old Man in 1972

Posted on by Hallgeir Olsen

Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.

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“Old Man” was one of the highlights of Neil Young’s Harvest album, with a haunting melody strong enough to have made it a good choice as a single. It was indeed released as a single in 1972, but it made only #31, possibly because it came just a few months after the chart-topping “Heart of Gold,” which might have blunted its commercial impact a bit. Nevertheless, it got mucho airplay on FM radio and is one of Young’s more familiar songs, especially to those who prefer the more gentle singer-songwriting face of his work. ..
~Richie Unterberg (allmusic.com)

Neil Young – Old Man, original 1971 version:

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