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Originally Posted by stealthn
Neil is a classic (and Canadian), a childhood friend of mine committed suicide and he was a budding guitarist and at his funeral his guitar instructor played "old man" on acoustic...I watched his dad the entire song...I will NEVER forget that song.
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My best friend, Eric, died in a plane crash when he was 24 and, yes, we played "Old Man" at his funeral. "Twenty-four and there's so much more." Neil lived about 2 miles from us on his ranch and Eric's older sister worked for Neil. Eric was a huge fan of the music but had a special connection as well.
My favorite shows were when he showed up with just hours notice at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. With Crazy Horse, no less. The place holds a couple hundred people.
I never caught him playing in front of the fireplace by himself at a local restaurant on Kings Mountain, but I always heard about it. He'd just walk in and start playing with maybe 20 or 30 patrons in the dining room or at the bar.