Neil Young premieres ‘Pardon My Heart’ in 50 years

Neil Young dug deep into his archives for an updated addition to his fireside sessions and pulled out “Pardon My Heart,” its first performance in over 50 years.

The live performance was shared to his Neil Young Archives website as part of his Fireside Sessions series, just days after the singer gave a rare performance of the song “Silver and Gold” on Wednesday (December 25). Now, the second installment in the series goes even further, resulting in an ultra-rare version of “Pardon My Heart.”

Originally published by Neil Young and Crazy Horse Zuma The track was played only twice before the album was released in November 1975, and has not been played since its official release.

The band performed for the first time at New York’s Bottom Line on May 16, 1974, when Young performed a surprise set after Ry Cooder’s set. The penultimate song on the collection, Young describes it as “a love song I recently learned” in the introduction to the debut album.

“I wrote it too,” he added. “It’s a love song. It’s one of the saddest love songs I’ve ever heard.

Just three months later, the song was performed live for the final time on August 15 during Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s reunion tour in New York.

“Pardon My Heart” was written by Young and chronicles the breakdown of his relationship with Kelly Snodgress, who also inspired his writing. native album. Although recorded in 1974 and 1975, native Didn’t see launch until 2020.

While it remains to be seen whether there will be any more Fireside Sessions performances at this point, Young also used his first entry in the series to announce that he will be releasing a new album titled “Fireside Sessions.” Talk to the treehe will tour North America and Europe with his new band Chrome Hearts.