Neil Young, Crazy Horse – Live At The Fillmore East

Live at the Fillmore East captures Neil Young & Crazy Horse at their rawest, loudest, and most emotionally potent. Recorded just months before guitarist Danny Whitten’s tragic spiral and the band’s fragmentation, this live set documents the original Crazy Horse lineup in full flight—sloppy, soulful, and transcendent.

This show comes from the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere era, right after the success of “Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand,” but before the folkier introspection of After the Gold Rush. It’s the perfect snapshot of a young band wielding volume and vulnerability in equal measure.

Long bootlegged and heavily mythologized, this official release finally gave fans a properly mixed, high-fidelity version—part of Neil Young’s long-delayed Archives Performance Series.

Live at the Fillmore East isn’t just a great live album—it’s one of the definitive documents of Neil Young’s electric side. No frills, no long intros, no acoustic interludes—just Neil and Crazy Horse cranking it up and letting it bleed. Essential listening for fans of fuzz-drenched, emotionally raw rock & roll.

Reviews

"Young's contribution to this trend were his fraternal-twin epics 'Down By the River' and 'Cowgirl in the Sand', each with grand valleys of open space between brief scripted moments of verse and chorus. This release is dominated by those two songs, both of which gallivant past the 10-minute mark without ever growing stale, perfect demonstrations of the chemistry between frontman and supporters." ​Pitchfork

"Opening with a soaring rendition of 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,' there's no question that Young and Crazy Horse are in their prime." ​Slant Magazine