# Dennis Ally Wisdom Dancers, Neil Young, & Nils Lofgren at Bridge School Benefit №30, Shoreline Amphitheatre, October 23, 2016

[30th Annual Bridge School Benefit](https://www.bridgeschool.org/concert/):  
Opening sets featuring the Dennis Ally Wisdom Dancers, [Neil Young](http://neilyoung.com/), and [Nils Lofgren](http://www.nilslofgren.com/)  
2016-10-23  
[Shoreline Amphitheatre](http://www.livenation.com/venues/14489/shoreline-amphitheatre)  
[1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1326 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Amphitheatre+Pkwy,+Mountain+View,+CA+94043-1326+USA&hl=en)  
12:00 PM, Sunday, October 23, 2016

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## Set One: Neil Young solo opener

[1:49 PM Dennis Ally Wisdom Dancers blessing of the stage]

[1:58 PM, opening announcements and thanks from Pegi Young]  
[Neil out to play after Ben Young declares the opening of the show]

01. [2:14 PM] _Blowing in the Wind_  
[set ends 2:21 PM; Neil introduces Nils]

## Set Two: Nils Lofgren solo

01. [2:22 PM] _Keith Don't Go_ @
02. [2:33 PM +NY: harmonica, harmony vox] _Believe_ \#
03. [2:38 PM -NY] _Miss You Ray_ @ (dedicated to David Briggs)
04. [2:41 PM +Pegi Young, Mickey Raphael] _I Don't Want to Talk About It_ @
05. [2:47 PM -PY] _Walking Nerve_  
[set ends 2:50 PM]


## Performers

* [Nils Lofgren](http://www.nilslofgren.com/): @ acoustic guitar, \# piano, vox;
* [Neil Young](http://neilyoung.com/): acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead & harmony vox;  
- with special guests -
* [Mickey Raphael](http://www.mickeyraphael.com/): harmonica;
* [Pegi Young](http://www.pegiyoung.com/): harmony vox.

## Notes

I'm excited to get down to today's show, so we're up early and bustling about ... trying to make sure everything's together for the long day. We actually get out of the house on time for once, and as traffic is miraculously light this Sunday morning, we zoom down to Mountain View with hardly a hassle. Plenty of street parking is available this early in the day, so we ditch the car near the freeway, then walk about a mile in to the venue. Way better to stretch the legs a little before (and after) the show than to sit and creep in traffic.

We run into friends as soon as we enter the lot, and while it would be sensible to take time to visit, I'm too excited to get inside -- for some reason I think we're running late -- so after quick hugs we hustle on in through the entry gates. An unannounced opener is just starting their set on the side stage set up by the totem pole, but I'm on a mission! Off to our seats! Happily, we are under the shade of the big tent, and we proceed to vegetate for a very long while as the place slowly fills up.

Eventually it's time to start. Yay! First up are the Dennis Ally Wisdom Dancers -- a Native American family group -- who offer blessings, invocations and prayers, and brief ceremonial dances. Next, Pegi offers thanks to a very long list of folks -- good of her to be doing so, but not very interesting from a fan's viewpoint, and I assume most of the folks who are in their seats right now are there because they want to hear Neil's opening solo segment. Today he condenses it down to a single tune: Bob Dylan's _Blowing in the Wind_, stretched out to to allow Neil to interact a bit with each of the Bridge School kids sitting onstage.

Neil eventually winds down the song and introduces Nils Lofgren, who proceeds to entertain us over the next half hour. Nils fills us in by telling stories about growing up in rock-and-roll; his set sees sit-ins from both Neil and Pegi (separately), as well as Mickey Raphael. Excellent!

And so we're off!

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