Neil Young recently shared a rare performance of his song “Silver and Gold” on Instagram.

The track was released in 2000 on his album of the same name, but it was written in early eighties. The legendary singer-songwriter has rarely performed live the song, with the last time he performed it being in 2007.

The video, which was shared on Christmas day, December 25, shows Young playing guitar and softly singing while sitting by a fire. As it cuts off at the end, he can be heard saying, “Is that our first fireside session?”

Following the release of “Silver and Gold” in 2000, Young explained the process of writing the song. “I tried it several ways. And it was such a nice, it’s just such a song, you know. It just kind of lives with the guitar. It’s just there,” he said.

He went on to say, “I really recorded, I think, a total of 11 times with different people in all kinds of different configurations. And we got ’em all, none of them are worth listening to. But this one here finally just got back to the roots of it and just sat down with my guitar and played it and said, ‘That’s it.’ Because I love the song and I feel the song now and it means something to me now.”

Source: RTT Music News