A still-legendary Neil Young performance of "Down By The River" from Austin City Limits

[Miles Archer]

He was touring behind his "Old Ways" album. On this performance, with the International Harvesters, he did an hour of Cowpoke Neil songs. There are a lot of Neils, I listen to them all. And at the end of the show he blowtorches "Down By The River." I especially like the "Be on my side" / guitar / "Be on my side" / guitar / "Be on my side" / guitar bit near the end.

As a Neil Young fan, the 80s pretty well sucked for me. Before he came roaring back with "Rockin' In The Free World" and "Ragged Glory," we got this...a little glimmer of hope that he could still rip it up, if and when he wanted to.

When I watched the original broadcast on PBS, I was about as toasted as Neil. I was mesmerized to the point of cold chills. You had to be there, but now you can...sort of.

[pbmus]

1. Thanks for sharing

[JDC]

2. Thx. I really enjoyed it. I used to love to catch Austin City Limits

On PBS. It was always a treat. I don't ever see it anymore.

[Little_Wing]

3. Saw Neil & IH live at the Saddle Rack San Jose

June '84, one of those last minute word-of-mouth dealies he was famous for in the Bay Area back in the day. Didn't do Down by the river, but scorched the playlist nonethe less. Good times! Love Neil forevah ❤️

[gristy]

4. Oh, man.

Amazing!

[shanti]

5. love neil young

and it was a tough choice, but down by the river is my favorite song of his. i remember when it came out. thanks for the video!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I was wondering who the guitarist was (the other one), when

the video got to 5:19, just as Wikipedia came up with the answer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Crawford_(musician)#Video_and_TV_appearances

Thanks for the video.