(written 27 Jan 2006)

Last night, we went to the Historic Ryman Auditorium to see Neil Young as he debuted music from his new album, <em>Prairie Wind</em>. Not really. In fact, we went to the Rose Wagner Center to see a movie of Neil Young's Ryman Auditorium concerts. Still, it seemed a little like old home week&mdash;all the grainy images of the <a href="http://www.city-data.com/picfilesv/picv8273.php" target="_blank">Nashville skyline</a> (there's the Bat Building!), <a href="http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc3211.php" target="_blank">lower Broad</a> (including a nice long shot up and down the outside of <a href="http://www.tootsies.net" target="_blank">Tootsie's Orchid Lounge</a>), the crowd shots of people outside the Ryman before the show, that horrible <a href="http://www.city-data.com/picfiles/pic880.php" target="_blank">sculpture</a> that "graces" the center island of the Music Row Roundabout, and of course, the pleasingly ubiquitous Emmylou Harris.

The movie was good, particularly for a concert film. I had hoped there would be more interviews, more talking before, during or after the concert footage, but all in all I wasn't disappointed in the way the movie turned out. The sound quality was excellent, so much like being there that I had to suppress the urge to clap after every number. 