Neil Young & Randy Backman - Prairie Town.mpg video free download

2thpic

Tegan and Sara should cover this but drop a Calgary street name instead of Portage and Main 

Steve Woan

Heard a recent interview with Randy Bachman. He said that after he wrote this tune, he faxed it over to Neil. After reading the lyrics, Neil faxed him back and asked if he could play on the recording. How cool is that!??

jhamptonjr

THIS! Best of rock ever! Neil and The Squires play The Zone! Portage and Main, 50 below.

Daryle Cosgrove

As an ex-Winnipegger, I'm always proud of Randy's references to the city. And I see that Neil has never forgotten his Canadian roots either. This song is a good as it gets for rock music.

YearOfCam

I went to Grant Park, not Kelvin, but half of who I knew from the neighbourhood ended up at Kelvin for a few years. It was the nicer of the 2 schools, bit of a rivalry, but GP partied harder and played great football. Both south end, as opposed to north end, which Randy seems to shout out.

winterlandSF

I think I like it.

Oblivious Parnelli

this is fuckin' cool

Chinook

I was fortunate to see BTO perform at the Assiniboine Downs with a group of high school buddies during the late summer of 1984.

Mats Frånlund

Gotta get to Winnipeg then! Where do I stay?

Gregory Mawson

Always a favourite. You've never heard this till you've heard a bar full of drunken Winnipeggers singing this.

signalsyyz

AWESOME TUNE ! .....THANKS...!!!

kennypeeandpoo

hard to believe that, when this song was new, it was on regular rotation on MuchMusic!

Megathrust

Neil Young, Randy Bachman, Harlequin, Guess Who, Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), Burton Cummings, all are proud to have been born or live in Winnipeg. Minus 30 (- 30) is considered a typical winter evening in January. North End, tough streets where Young, Bachman and Cummings grew up. In the 70's you could walk down Portage and Main, now it's all underground. If you can live in Winnipeg and smile, you can live anywhere and be happy.

rrtodd95

If you didn't grow up in Winnipeg you'll never understand how important music is to the community. Best part of Winnipeg for me as a kid was the West End Cultural Center, The King's Head Pub and the Albert. Playing 3 30 minute sets for a 6 pack of beer for your whole band and walking home piss drunk with your friends freezing your ass off because someone stole your jacket and you where broke seems kind of fun when I look back.

khunopie

WINTERPEG CITY, BITCHES

M CD

From Bachman's Any Road album ... Randy Bachman with Neil Young, pretty much as good as rock gets!

Buzz Crooks

@lgcrooks I love it when they say "North End" , "Kelvin" "So long Banatyhne"!!! Gotta know the town!

Buzz Crooks

Ah yes... Portage and Main in January! It's not so bad if you have snowmobile boots, sheepskin mitts, down parka and long johns!! ;-) Great video!!

Leigh James

Only heard of this song a week ago! And i thought i was a Neil Young fan!! its awesome! Only a Manitoban, or winnipeger can understand "Portage and Main, 50 below"

curiousgeorge555

@rockinroller7 I love Neil's grin when he hears "...Neil and the Squires...".