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Brooklyn's favorite son calls it a career...
From www.neildiamond.com:
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God bless, Neil, and best wishes for a long and healthy life...
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Thanks for the post, Steve, Neil is one of the best! I would buy my mom his records as gifts when I was a teenager, and then "sneak" listening to them, even though I thought I was too cool for Neil Diamond....but I always enjoyed his stuff and sharing it with her. And Mom is almost 83 and still rockin' hard
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For sure, Bob, and it's a shame a lot of his "deep-cut" album stuff never got wider recognition - he was every bit as good (and prolific) as the more highly-touted names in the S/S genre, far better than most IMO, and a number of his more obscure cuts still figure prominently in my own solo-acoustic repertoire; difference is that his focus was always more musical/poetic than topical/political - probably cost him a lot of potential fan base in the '60s/70s - and none of his contemporaries could pull out all the stops and rock the house the way Neil could in his prime...
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From the old 9 volt transistor radio I had as a kid I can still hear "Cracklin Rosie" and "Sweet Caroline." Sorry to hear of his illness.
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I played Hot August Night till the grooves wore out. And always covered some of his songs in my gigs. Hope his retirement goes smoothly. Parkinson's is a tough road to walk .
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One of the first three full length recordings I ever bought (1970) was his "Shilo" album. Now called "Classics - the early years" Definitely the soundtrack of my early youth.
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I've always considered Neil to be a huge talent. I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been more response to this thread.
Sad to hear he has Parkinson's.
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I was a huge fan of Neil Diamond in his early years...his songwriting and his powerful performance skills were second to none...
I pretty much lost interest when he started doing duets with Streisand, and going "Vegas", but still enjoy listening to his earlier material... I'm sorry to hear of his diagnosis...Parkinson's is a terrible disease for anyone to live with... |
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It's impossible to think of the acoustic and not think of Neil Diamond. My thanks and very best wishes to him and his family.
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A true legend.
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I hate to see him deal with Parkinson's.
Bob
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As a late teen I learned a few of his songs, Cherry Cherry, Solitary Man, Kentucky Woman, I truly enjoyed his earliest work the best. He was a great musical and entertainment treasure for us
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Good songs, sure, and Neil will be remembered as one of the greats of his era, but in a southern rock band? |
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After several appearances on the Goodtime Hour, Neil would write this '70s hit for Glen Campbell: Sharing the stage with two legends (FYI Johnny Cash released his own cover of "Solitary Man" around this time - and that's the Carter Family singing backup on "Brother Love"): An early venture from the "Sweet Caroline" album, recorded live in 1972 and my favorite break-up song (don't ask): - and something more recent, perhaps hinting at his imminent retirement:
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Hard for me to imagine any more easily rocked up songs than Cherry Cherry or Kentucky Woman ,,,,, North ,South, East or West .....
I'm guessing The Almond Bros or Lynyrd Skynyrd et.al. could S. Rock the snot out of those two songs without blinkin' an eye, or battin' an eyelash ... And I would think Solitary Man is just beggin' to be rolled out something like the the arrangement on this song . Genre Phobia, luckily does not factor into the mindset of the great ones who can skate across a genre's like ice, take something, and make it their own ......
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