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Last Friday’s star-studded tribute to Neil Young became the toughest ticket in Los Angeles and a legendary night of music. Here’s who performed at the event, which raised an extraordinary amount of money for the worthy charity MusicCares.
Host: Jack Black
John Mellancamp “Down By The River”
Ozomatli “Mr. Soul”
Jackson Browne “Don’t Let It Bring You Down”
Sheryl Crow & Stephen Stills “Long May You Run”
Lady Antebellum “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
Norah Jones “Tell Me Why”
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin & Lucinda Williams “Comes A Time”
Wilco “Broken Arrow”
Josh Groban “Harvest Moon”
Everest “Revolution Blues”
Dierks Bentley & Booker T “Cinnamon Girl”
Ben Harper “Ohio”
Keith Urban & John Fogerty “Rockin’ In The Free World”
Elvis Costello “The Losing End”
Jason Mraz and Shawn Colvin “Lotta Love”
Dave Matthews “The Needle & The Damage Done”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “A Man Needs A Maid”
James Taylor “Heart of Gold”
Jimmy Fallon “Pants on the Ground” (spoof)
Elton John, Leon Russell, T-Bone Burnett, Neko Case & Sheryl Crow “Helpless”
Crosby, Stills & Nash “Human Highway”
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Tom Gates
Tom is a wayward writer based in Los Angeles. He has served as Editor for both Matador Nights and Life. He loves to go far, far away whenever possible. He is also pretending to be a third person right now and is obviously writing his own bio. He knows that you knew that, despite the deft maneuvering of pronouns.
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