Michael Hedges opens for Crosby, Stills,& Nash - 1989- UN Building, NY (FM) - Thanks to Speedy

 Crosby, Stills,& Nash - 1989-11-18 - UN Building, NY (FM)

Those of you who may read the comments will have spotted that Speedy dropped by to enlighten yours truly about Michael Hedges and sent us this link where he says he believes Michael plays along with the guys plus I managed to find Hedges’ own set before the CSN so this is very much a collaborative effort!

Crosby, Stills & Nash 
1989-11-18
Hungerthon 89
United Nations General Assembly Hall
New York NY
FM Broadcast


01. Wasted On The Way
02. Change Partners
03. Blackbird
04. The Lee Shore
05. Just A Song Before I Go
06. Helplessly Hoping
07. 4 + 20
08. Wind On The Water
09. House Of Broken Dreams
10. Tracks In The Dust
11. Almost Cut My Hair
12. Guinevere
13. Midnight Rider
14. Got It Made
15. Southern Cross
16. Wooden Ships
17. Our House
18. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
19. Teach Your Children
20. Daylight Again > Find The Cost Of Freedom

Speedy said:

As mentioned in several other posts, in 1975 by the late Harry Chapin and Bill Ayres founded Why Hunger, an organization whose goal was to put an end to hunger suffered by 49 million Americans and nearly 1 billion people worldwide. That same year, they came up with an idea to reach out for donations and aid using the power of the music and the radio. In conjunction with WNEW-FM (and later other stations), they launched Hungerthon, a 24 hour radio broadcast designed to raise awareness about the issue of hunger in the United States. Live music from rock artists concerned with this serious problem became a staple of each Hungerthon broadcast.  This FM broadcast captures CSN in support if Hungerthon on November 18, 189, 27 years ago today

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

Michael Hedges opens for CSN UN Historic concert 

UN General Assembly Hall, New York City, NY

 18Nov1989 Hungerthon 

00:00 Introduction by Pete Fornatale, WXRK, Radio host: If you are not familiar with our first guest, you're really in for a treat. He's been a regular visitor to my Sunday morning program and he's done a lot work recently with David & Graham. He's been described as a one man guitar army. You're about to see and hear why. Ladies and gentlemen, would you welcome please Windham Hill Recording Artist Michael Hedges 👏🏻

00:33 Pinball Wizard (The Who)(classic New Age hit ☺️Violent Acoustic Guitar)

03:55 Rickover's Dream (Heavy Mental Guitar){submarine fantasy piece w a big beam of harmonics}

09:18 Ritual Dance(Savage Myth Guitar)what i dedicated my studio with - in sort of a ritual ceremony

12:02 She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)

16:23 Aerial Boundaries {MH's masterpiece, written in the foothills of Yosemite - while looking at the sky, thinking about the sky)

21:21 The Rootwitch (Savage Myth Guitar), healer character

25:13 Woman Of The World - i'd like to dedicate this next tune to Mischa and Jasper and Ollie and their mom (Mindy, who MH  was once married to; Mischa + Jasper{MH's children})

30:23 Silent Anticipations (MH's first guitar solo composition) i'd like to dedicate this next tune to two wonderful guitar players that kind of set me on my way early on. One's Leo Kottke + the other's Stephen Stills.  i was backstage; he finally told me the tuning to Suite Judy Blue Eyes

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♡CSN♡UN Historic Benefit Concert♡UN Assembly Hall♡NY ♡18Nov 1989🎟️ ➡️    • ♡Crosby, Stills & Nash ♡United Nations♡18N...    🎙Fans are grateful to have this precious concert recording. 🌟"CSN hit the stage for almost two hours of acoustic tunes soon after Hedges finished.~their guitar playing and vocal harmonies were perhaps the best they've ever been.~C/N~ witty selves" - full article in comments. 🤗Imagine Michael enjoying the music of his friends/rock heroes; and being touched by their praise of him during the concert!  Upon hearing Croz's beautiful performance of "Almost Cut My Hair", i wonder if that was the moment Michael decided to one day cover it! ♡🗽Of note: this concert took place a few days before CSN would perform a mini-concert at the recent "fallen" Berlin Wall 🇩🇪on Nov 21🕊 

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-I saw Michael Hedges perform with CSN at, of all places, the United Nations back in 1989. Dude did stuff with the guitar -- ACOUSTIC guitar -- he could get the strangest, most original sounds -- organically -- out of the instrument. If I knew what genius was, I'd guess he was one.

-It was broadcast live on WKRQ in New York with Michael Hedges opening for CSN. It was one of the most incredible concerts I have ever listened to. 

-I was at this concert back in 1989, when CSN performed at the UN. That was a historic event and I agree one of the best concerts ever. All the incredible energy that is present in the General Assembly Hall combined with the live music created an unforgettable event.

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