Although the format is the same-here again, it’s Young solo on guitar, harmonica, and occasional piano-it’s an interesting aside that lives up to its archival tag.
Songs such as “Pushed It Over the Edge,” “Ambulance Blues,” “On the Beach,” and “Pardon My Heart,” several of which were culled from his then-current album, On the Beach, offer the opportunity to hear songs that Young rarely performed in concert after their initial unveiling. Blues, taken from a concert three years later at the Bottom Line, varies the set list from the earlier two offerings, and while there is some familiar fare - “Helpless,” “Long May You Run” and “Dance Dance Dance” being the most obvious - Young aficionados might relish the fact that in the case, the material is more of what one might describe as period pieces. Of course, absolute diehards will absolutely demand both regardless.Ĭitizen Kane Jr. I’m Happy That Y’all Came Down was famously an early bootleg, but regardless, if choices have to be made, one might consider that only one of these two volumes is really needed. That’s hardly surprising considering the fact that they were performed only one day apart. The first two of the three, both recorded in 1971, repeat many of the same songs (“On the Way Home,” “Tell Me Why,” “Old Men,” “Journey Through the Past,” “Cowgirl in the Sand,” et.al.), and mostly in the same order no less. Blues - they cover the same stretch of the early ‘70s. A spate of recent live albums from a seminal period in Young’s early solo career makes that reckoning no easier, even though in the case of three of these offerings - Royce Hall 1971, I’m Happy That Y’all Came Down and Citizen Kane Jr.
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