So, unless you don't talk to me on a regular basis, or don't know me at all, lemme fill you in on something. I LOVE CLASSIC ROCK. But I don't just love it, Im simply obsessed with it. There was one person in particular that I have ALWAYS wanted to see. And lets just say, I saw him on the grandest stage of them all, TEN FEET FROM THE STAGE. Who is it you ask? Allman Brothers? Nope, but I have seen them in 4 different states now. CSN? Good guess, but I did just seem them again at the Beacon Theatre in NYC where they played their entire debut album from 1969 in its entirety, which they have never done before. It was amazing in case you were wondering. Hmm, who else, Fleetwood Mac? Seen em, but they are coming to NYC in April, and I'm pretty sure I will be going. Simon and Garfunkel? Nope, seen em. Joni Mitchell? God I wish, a girl can dream. Rod Stewart? Seen em. Moody Blues? LOVE me some moody blues, but nope, seen em. Paul McCartney? AGH I WISH. Ok I'm starting to run away with myself. But I'm sure by now you've either grown bored of my incessant talk of the oldies or just simply scrolled down to see who it is. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT'S NONE OTHER THAN NEIL YOUNG!!!!!!!!! NEIL YOUNG!!!!!!!!!! NEEEEEEEEIIIIILLL FREAKIN' YOUNG!!!!!!!

I was having a little anxiety coming up to this concert, because as I said, it was on the grandest stage of them all, Madison Square Garden. One can only dream of seeing a concert here. I was late to the game on buying tickets, and ticketmaster seats for lower level were well over $300. I was beginning to think this dream was not going to become a reality. But I always have stupid good luck buying concert tickets, especially last minute. I went on stubhub and found a floor general admission ticket, just one, for an above modest price, but what I was willing to pay to see my freakin' hero! (I enjoy saying "freakin" a lot now cause it's a big NY word, ha) I had it Fedex'ed to me overnight. Being that it was a general admission ticket I knew I would have to get there very early to get in line, otherwise my chances of being close to the front would diminish every minute I was late. So I packed a book, and got there two hours early. I was surprised because there were only about 30 people in front of me. Once they let us in we had to stand in another line, and let small groups of people in at a time. Needless to say, I was one of the first groups to be let in. And you better believe I RAN to the front. And guess what. I was front row.

You're now probably wondering who is in the pictures above. No, Neil Young has not become a haggard looking old woman, that is Patti Smith, who was opening for Neil. And let me tell you something, she might be a haggard looking woman, but she can still rock. Her and her band were incredible. During songs she would preach about peace and love and kindness, which in San Francisco, where I'm used to seeing shows, it would be well received. People in New York really didn't seem to go for it, and were screaming at her to shut the fuck up. But I thought it was awesome.

After Patti Smith's set, this group of maniacal looking mad scientists came running out to the stage to set up for Neil Young. I think the title of his new album "Psychodelic Pill" had something to do with it...

And finally, the moment you've been waiting for.........NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE! They came ready to rock. It was Jimi Hendrix's birthday that day, so Crazyhorse was wearing a Jimi t-shirt. It was an extremely rock heavy psychadelic set.

Being that I was ten feet away from these guys, I can tell you for sure that these guys prove that age means NOTHING. They still sound amazing. Incredible. Incendiary.

Another thing I also noticed at this concert was how respectful the audience was. No one was talking, no one was recording the entire concert on their iphone, no one was pushing and shoving or trying to get in front of me. And those things never happen...

In the middle of his set, one of the crazy looking mad scientist guys came out with a stack full of newspapers and started wadding them up and throwing them in front of this giant fan, and blowing them across the stage. I later realized why. Neil came out solo and did a few acoustic songs like "Needle and the Damage Done", which is one of my favorites.

In between some of the songs Crazyhorse was throwing out what we thought were guitar pics, but they turned out to be cheez-its...

I left with my ears ringing a smile on my face. Id hate to say it, but I think I might of just seen the best concert ever. :-) Oh and funny thing: the day after the concert, Neil Young was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, wearing the exact same outfit. Awesome.