Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts played the penultimate show of their summer tour Friday evening at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Midway through the set, Young broke out the Rust Never Sleep deep cut “Sail Away” for the first time since Willie Nelson’s 80th anniversary concert in 2013.

“Sail Away” was first heard by the public on Aug. 1, 1977, when the Ducks — a short-lived band that included Young and Moby Grape’s Bob Mosley — played at the Steamship in Santa Cruz, California. It remained in their repertoire throughout the rest of the summer, and Young recorded it on Sept. 12, 1977, at Triad Recording Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A couple of months later, bassist Joe Osborn, drummer Karl Himmel, and background singer Nicolette Larson overdubbed a

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