NEIL YOUNG Duets With Beach Boy AL JARDINE On Romantic Gem ‘MY PLANE LEAVES TOMORROW (AU REVOIR)’
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
1 June 2025
AL JARDINE, the now 82-year-old, former beach boy co-vocalist/co-founder
has no plans to retire. He just released a 4-track EP titled Islands In The Sun .
It’s his first new music since his 2010 LP, named
A Postcard From California. Actually his only
solo album.
It features two tunes written by Jardine himself, and two reworked
versions of The Coasters’ Leiber/Stoller classics ‘Smokey Joe’s Café’ and
‘Crumple Car’.
One of the two Jardine written songs, a romantic tearjerker named MY PLANE LEAVES TOMORROW (AU REVOIR) features vocals by living legend Neil Young and a short trumpet moment by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. Their parts were already recorded during the ‘Posctard From California’ sessions, but Jardine only finished the song recently.
Have a listen. It’s a beauty.
The whole EP is a nostalgic beauty.
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Jardine will play a handful of gigs with his Pet Sounds Band this summer.
7/04 – Lake, MN @ Mystic Amphitheater at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
7/18 – Cohasset, MA @ South Shore Music Circus
7/23-24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
8/23 – Des Plaines, IL @ The Des Plaines Theatre
8/24 – St. Charles, IL @ The Arcada Theatre
9/05 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
9/07 – Concord, NH @ Chubb Theatre at Capitol Center for the Arts