Disc 1
1. Heart Of Gold - Tanya Donelly
2. I Am A Child - Britta Phillips (Luna)
3. Comes A Time - Kate York
4. The Needle And The Damage Done - Lori McKenna
5. Down By The River - Jill Sobule with John Doe
6. Burned - Veruca Salt
7. Cowgirl In The Sand - Josie Cotton
8. A Man Needs A Maid - Dala
9. Ohio - Darcie Miner
10. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Carmen Townsend

Disc 2
1. Cinnamon Girl - Euro-Trash Girl
2. I Believe In You - Julie Peel
3. Tell Me Why - Luff
4. Ohio - Dala
5. Helpless - Elk City
6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Amilia K. Spicer
7. Sugar Mountain - Louise Post
8. Powderfinger - The Watson Twins
9. Like A Hurricane - Kristin Hersh
10. Old Man - Cindy Wheeler (Caulfield Sisters)
11. Walk On - Heidi Gluck (Some Girls)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Y2WAYI/?tag=imwan-20

i am getting old...i've only heard of jill sobule, veruca salt and kristen hersh..and only "heard of" them. never actually "heard" anyone on the album.





renny

The best female vocal Neil Young cover i've ever heard (and i haven't heard many, nothing on this cd) was a version of "The Losing End" by a local (Boston) band called "Fuzzy". It's not an all-female band, but the two front people and primary vocalists were women. Saw them do it live when they opened for the Continental Drifters, and bought the cd that they were selling at the show which had that on it. The rest of the cd was pretty decent as well, but they did a superb job with this song.

Here it is:



Long out of print, but dirt cheap through Amazon's third party dealers. There are audio samples of all the tracks on the album including "The Losing End":

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000IG3T/?tag=imwan-20

The only cover of a Neil Young song I can recall is "After the Gold Rush" (circa mid-1970s). I believe the band was called Prelude (not positive about that), and the vocalist was female - although this was not an all-female band.

I believe the song was a moderate hit at the time, although the group did not achieve much additional commercial success.

You're remembering correctly, Jeff. It's on Prelude's imported best-of collection, which is in fact named after that track:





2-CD Set at Amazon USA:
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2-CD Set at Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000HT3KNI/?tag=imwan-21

MP3 download of only the Neil Young song:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SH5BQ8/?tag=imwan-20

Thanks Linda.

Prelude's version of "After the Gold Rush" is definitely one of the prettier vocal performances of that era.

Wow, Linda, you can find anything! It's been a while, will have to break that cd out and give it another listen. Hard core Young fans who enjoy covers of his songs really should hear this one.

other neil young female covers:
BIRDS:LINDA RONSTADT, BETTE MIDLER
AFTER THE GOLDRUSH: DOLLY PARTON; TRIO(grammy award)
WRECKING BALL:EMMYLOU
LOOK OUT FOR MY LOVE, I BELIEVE IN YOU-RONDSTADT

Thanks Linda for the Prelude info!

A few noteworthy additions to Female Neil Young Covers: Patti Smith-Helpless, Indigo Girls- Down By The River, Kelly Richey- Down By the River, Sonya Hunter- Expecting to Fly, Cowboy Junkies- Powderfinger, Victoria Williams- Don't Let It Bring You Down, Valerie Carter- After The Gold Rush.

Best,

Sal

Ronstadt's version of Neil's "Love Is a Rose" was a sizeable hit, especially on the country charts.

helpless-buffy sainte-marie

My favorite is Anne Richmond Boston's - When You Dance I Can Really Love

Other good ones with female leads

Crash Vegas - Pocohontas
Tired Eyes - Cowboy Junkies
Like a Hurricane - Walkabouts

The December 2007 issue of Uncut magazine (on the newsstands currently) has a cover article on Neil Young, and a free cd of artists covering Neil Young tunes. A quick glance didn't show anything previously unreleased, but I may be wrong. Alongside the usual suspects (Paul Weller covering "Birds", the Dream Syndicate version of "Cinnamon Girl") was the rendition of "For The Turnstiles" by The Be Good Tanyas. Worth checking out.

some of my faves:

Jackie DeShannon "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" from Jackie 1972
Blake Babies "Over & Over" (live) from Innocence & Experience 1993
N'dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies singer) "Old Man" from N'dea Davenport 1998
Juliana Hatfield "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" from Gold Stars 2002

harvest moon cassandra wilson
helpless cowboy junkies- they've done enough for their own neil young ep!

This release (apparently already available at CD Baby and Starbucks?) slipped under my radar:

"More Barn: A Tribute to Neil Young"

A Tribute Record to Neil Young with profits going to support the Bridge School. Features tracks by Howe Gelb, Steve Wynn, Waco Brothers, The Silos, Rick Rizzo, Jay Bennett, and many others.

Have any fellow ICErs here heard it, or heard of it?

Nicolette Larson: Lotta Love

A great interpretation on her first album NICOLLETE.

Graham Nash told a story on Letterman years ago. He said that Neil Young wired up these huge speakers to the buildings on his property -- the house, the stables, the barn, etc. -- so he could blast music wherever he went. He and Nash were out fishing, music blaring from the shore, and Young looked up and said, "Needs more barn."

I'm a close second. I've also heard of Tanya Donelly.