SPRING
THE
PULSE
l
21
Tw
o
masters
of
their
craf
t
are
on
their
way
over
to
spread
a
little
sunshine
MUSICCalifornia
dr
ea
mi
ngSIT
BA
CK
AND
enjoy
some
distinctly
8211
and
perhaps
unseasonably
8211
sunny
sounds,
as
March
at
the
Playhouse
is
topped
and
tailed
by
two
of
the
most
influential
songwriters
that
North
America
has
ever
produced.
On
Monday
,
3
March,
Neil
Yo
ung
will
bring
his
show
to
promote
Chrome
Dreams
II,
which
is
something
in
the
region
of
his
30th
studio
album.
He8217s
an
artist
that,
even
among
the
most
musically
literate,
divides
opinion
between
worship
and
head-shaking
naysay-
in
g.
Ho
we
ve
r,
Jonathan
Demme8217s
recent
doc-
um
en
ta
ry
fi
lm
,
He
ar
t
of
Go
ld
,
ha
s
ch
an
ge
d
ma
ny
pe
op
le
8217s
op
in
io
ns
of
Yo
ung
and
there
may
well
be
a
rush
by
latecomers
to
the
party
.
Yo
ung
may
be
62
no
w,
but
his
performances
are
always
from
the
heart.
He8217s
a
definite
product
of
his
times
and
opinions
are
rarely
ke
pt
to
himself.
He8217s
be
en
tr
ue
to
hi
s
causes
and
himself,
and
that8217s
what
mak
es
Yo
ung
still
rather
special.
James
Ta
ylor
may
not
share
his
spikiness
but,
on
Saturday
,
29
March,
his
particular
style
of
American
songwriting
will
draw
an
equally
appreciative
audience.
Ta
ylor
will
have
just
turned
60
by
the
start
of
this
tour
.
He
has
no
new
material
to
promote,
just
a
live
con-
cert
CD
and
DV
D,
One
Man
Band,
where
clas-
sics
such
as
Fire
and
Rain
and
Sweet
Baby
James
are
stripped
back
to
the
original
core.
To
be
honest,
however
,
Ta
ylor8217s
recorded
material
could
rarely
be
described
as
over
-
produced.
His
voice
is
still
honeyed
and
gen-
tle
and
his
guitar
-playing
impressive.
With
more
than
11
million
copies
of
his
gr
ea
te
st
hi
ts
CD
so
ld
in
th
e
US
al
on
e,
ma
ny
pe
op
le
wi
ll
ha
ve
gr
ow
n
up
wi
th
Ta
ylor8217s
songs
without
realising
it.
Can
you
think
of
anything
better
to
lis-
ten
to
while
driving
down
the
Californian
coastline
8211
or
even
just
the
seafront
at
Silverknowes
8211
in
an
open-topped
car?
Neil
Yo
ung
,
Monday
,
3
March,
The
Playhouse,
prices
from
16355.
James
Ta
ylor
,
Saturday
,
29
March,
The
Playhouse,
prices
from
16330
There
were
gasps
of
surprise
when
James
re
-appeared
on
last
year
8217s
festival
circuit.
Not
only
had
Tim
Booth,
the
previou
sly
curly-t
opped
frontman,
gone
completely
bald,
but
the
band
were
on
cracking
form.
There
must
have
been
a
good
rehearsal
schedule
as
Booth
had
left
the
band
in
2001,
going
on
to
release
solo
material
and
dabble
in
acting
,
but
with
nothing
lik
e
the
success
he
enjoyed
with
James
in
the
late
80s
and
early
90s.
The
Manchester
band
always
had
a
reputation
as
crowd
pleasers,
particularly
with
anthems
such
as
Sit
Down
and
She8217s
A
Star
,
but
there
seemed
to
be
a
renewed
vigour
for
the
material,
particularly
on
Booth
8217s
part.
Anyone
who
witnessed
the
performance
at
last
year
8217s
T
in
the
Pa
rk
will
testify
to
that.
Now
there
is
an
album
to
release
in
April,
followed
by
this
tour
.
Whatever
the
new
material
is
lik
e,
James
is
still
a
live
band
worth
ticking
off
the
8220to
see8221
list.
James,
Thursday
,
24
April,
Corn
Exchange,
price
16329.50
plus
booking
fee
James
the
second
ROCK
AND
POP
Lorraine
Wilson
SOUNDS
FA
MILIAR
Neil
Yo
ung
(above)
and
James
Ta
ylor
(right)
rank
as
two
of
the
most
influential
songwriters
of
their
generation
8220There
may
be
a
rush
of
latecomer
s
to
the
party8221
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