Sunday, Sep 12, 1993
Neil Young
With Blind Melon , Social Distortion
- Date
- Sunday, Sep 12, 1993
- Show time
- 6:30 PM
- Venue
- San Diego Sports Arena
- City
- San Diego, CA
- Seating
- Arena
- Face value
- $25.00
- Promoter
- Bill Silva Presents
- Sold by
- Ticketmaster
Also on the bill, recovered from setlist.fm's record of who played this room that night. setlist.fm stores no running order, so the slot each act played is unknown. Blind Melon opened, per John; Social Distortion also played, per setlist.fm. Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon had eighteen months to live.
What they played
- Mr. Soul Buffalo Springfield cover
- The Loner Neil Young cover
- Southern Man Neil Young cover
- Helpless Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover
- Like a Hurricane Neil Young cover
- Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young cover
- Love to Burn Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young cover
- Harvest Moon Neil Young cover
- The Needle and the Damage Done Neil Young cover
- Powderfinger Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover
- Live to Ride Neil Young cover
- Down by the River Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover
Encore
- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding cover
- All Along the Watchtower Bob Dylan cover
15 songs, from setlist.fm. Contributed by whoever was standing there taking notes.
The moment
September 1993 was peak godfather-of-grunge: ten days before this show Neil Young closed the MTV Video Music Awards playing 'Rockin' in the Free World' with Pearl Jam, the coronation of his adoption by a generation of bands half his age. He toured that year with Booker T. and the M.G.'s — Stax royalty — as his backing band. And Blind Melon opened at the exact instant 'No Rain' and the bee girl owned MTV; Shannon Hoon had eighteen months to live. Three eras of American rock stacked into one arena night.
From the time
- Harvest Moon
“The 1992 return to the Harvest sound that, with Unplugged, crowned Young's early-90s resurgence as grunge's chosen elder.”
The stub
