Neil Young considering performing lost ‘Cortez The Killer’ verses on Crazy Horse tour

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Neil Young has revealed that he has uncovered the “lost verses” from the 1975 song ‘Cortez The Killer’, and that he’s considering playing them during his upcoming tour with Crazy Horse.According to a Rolling Stone report, Neil Young recently hosted a Zoom session with a handful of fans who are subscribed to his official website.

During this call, Young revealed that he had recently found “the other verses” from ‘Cortez The Killer’ that were either cut from the song, or lost due to technical difficulties while recording the track.He also teased performing them, though nothing is set in stone just yet: “Just a couple of days ago, I found the other verses.

Just the lyrics… we may have those lost lyrics in the show, which will be fun for me.”Young also reflected on the lost verses, recalling that he and his band were recording “a good take” when the power went off and they lost a verse that had been recorded.

When producer David Briggs told them of what had happened, Young recalled saying that he “never liked” the verse anyway.“It was a good take,” Young recalled. “So what we did was take the master tape and find ways to cut it together so that it would work, but we lost a couple of verses.