Live Review: Real Young & Lazy Horse - 9/19/26 Industry City Brooklyn, NY

Real Young & Lazy Horse

Live 9/19/26 Industry City Brooklyn, NY

On an overcast fall evening, in the courtyard of the refurbished warehouses that makeup Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, the quartet Real Young & Lazy Horse took the stage to deliver their dynamic, extended spin on Neil Young & Crazy Horse tunes. The resulting three and a half hour show was spiritually uplifting as the band channeled the core of the original group with energetic majesty.

While technically a cover band, when the four piece, Adam Reich (lead vocals and guitar) Davey Jones (guitar and backing vocals) Jeremy Aquilino (bass) and Yoni David (drums), get rolling, the sum of the parts coalesce into something greater...much like the original garage rock greats. On this night the band was augmented on keys by Scooper Aquilino who helped guide a few of the glorious jams. 

RY&LH have talked about their shows just being an extension of their hangouts, as they start playing NY&CH tunes and just keep going until they are exhausted and on Saturday the group played for over three and a half hours sprucing up well-known classics and a ton of deep cuts with equal vigor. 

Starting off with four tunes that were fairly straight ahead and tame, as they were clearly warming up, via clean versions of "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "The Losing End", a bouncy "Walk On" and "Yonder Stands The Sinner". Things started to get wooly with "Speakin' Out" from Tonight's The Night as the fuzzy edges of things began to vibrate and flow.  

"Lookout Joe" was a stomping rocker while the slow "I Believe In You" used a gorgeous build as Scooper on keys shined brightly. The first major jam was deployed during the classic "Down By the River" which ebbed and flowed with guitar majesty over fifteen minutes, mixing chunky riffs from Jones and soaring flights of screeching fancy from Reich. A celebratory "Motorcycle Momma" with guest vocalist Velvet Vaughan followed (with a celebratory round of shots) as Lazy Horse truly hit their stride from here on out. 

The slamming version of "Cinnamon Girl" crashed gloriously while "Albuquerque" used harmonica and guitar muscle in equal stride. The bouncing "Born In Ontario" featured nice harmonies while "Hippie Dreams" was a bit clunky, however that was quickly forgotten as "When You Dance " was a dynamite display from the group as Reich's lead solos mixed with piano and soared, a show highlight for certain. 

Those high points kept arriving late as the band was locked in for the punk burning of "Sedan Delivery" and the extended "Fuckin' Up" which found Reich ping-ponging across the stage soloing off stage, amongst the crowd, as the killer tune rocked out with abandon. RY&LH dropped into the slow burn for "Ramada Inn" easing out after the punk chaos (which was needed) while the energy picked back up for the clanging "Crime In The City" as Reich screamed about getting paid by a 10-year old. 

The peak of this long running outing just may have been Reich's melting solo in "Powderfinger" combined with the band's locked in low-end and burning guitar on "I Am The Ocean" which was a bombastic rendition of this criminally underrated Young song. As the sun began to set in Brooklyn "Tired Eyes" was a fun exhale before the drums kicked with power (as if they hadn't been banging for over three hours straight) during "Vampire Blues". The band encouraged the jubilant crowd to "Throw Your Hatred Down" in drawn out fashion. 

Wrapping up the fantastic evening was a chilled-out stroll through "Roll Another Number" before RY&LH gleefully dove back into the feedback/shimmering rock for the closing "Big Time" which allowed the fans to luxuriate in the riffs and stomps one last time. Leaving it all on the stage, Real Young & Lazy Horse are a godsend for Crazy Horse diehards (RtBE included) delivering a soul affirming extended live music outing, celebrating one of the best garage rock outfits of all-time.

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