RIP Ben Keith / last show with Neil Young Down by the River at Bridge School Benefit 2009

[meltdownman1]

Wow...Ben is gone...just found out reading this post, I will miss his pedal steel. A true professional.

The Meltdownman

[ILoveCurves88]

@ deigis Wow, thats so sad!!!! I hadn't heard til I saw your post...

[ILoveCurves88]

@ groeslon Yeah, that's true, not to mention the session work he did with Patsy Cline, Todd Rundgren N many other artists...

[mortyaddams]

yea ..saw him in London too..maybe 2009 and Aberdeen before that..Great legacy though..:))

[meloderon]

I also saw him once here in the Netherlands.

His steel sounds always so great and no one else can get that sound like he did.

RIP Ben

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[VoodooDangerbird]

That dobro on "For the turnstiles", the man was awesome. So glad I got to see him once

[SuzzyStohelit]

unmistakably Ben

[tommythunder99]

Just found out yesterday Ben Keith's dead.. makes me sad. He's a legend.

[bamberwales]

Ben will be missed hugely. Love this final performance. Pushing barriers 'till the end.

[welshcanadian1]

Its a pleasure sat here in my Welsh flavoured Ontario paradise, in the company of legends in my eardrums (and my heart too).

[mydogchance195]

Neil once said "I love every fucking noise he makes". He will be missed.

[julyarchives]

Ben , the giant undertow in so many of Neil Youngs great albums .RIP Ben you will never be forgotten

regards

jimmy

[julyarchives]

Brother Ben we are told Neil called you.I,m sure he and all your fans will notice the space you have left that won,t be filled

regards

jimmy

[dancetunes2008]

He was soooooo good at steel guitar :)

[oldoldraven]

thank you, ben keith, for all... rip & be blessed....

[happyjack63]

So very sad that Ben Keith has passed. I'm only 7 years younger and I don't feel old. Obviously Neil doesn't feel old either. His music and spirit are soooo young, no pun intended. Life is too short. My first thougths were...was he on an aspirin regiment. He had a blood clot in the lung which may have started in the legs. Did he smoke? That's a risk factor for that kind of thing. Nobody can replace Ben. Our musical giants are slippijng away from us. R.I.P. Ben. You will be missed by all.

[groeslon]

Ben Keith's passing is sad indeed.His contribution to Neil Young recordings is incalculable.Thanks for everything.

[jahbjammin]

RIP indeed. What a loss.

[svsvsvv]

all proceeds of the new book "Hillsborough, CA" go directly to Bridge School.

[HeidiIvy]

yes- thanks for posting this river jammm- next year I am going to make it to the show- !!! Why is Neil SO inspiring?-cheers!

[DeborahYIP]

Awesome, thanks a million for sharing it here !

[BrokenArrow1967]

alway wanted to see him do this with the band and acoustic AWESOME!!!!!!!