Neil Diamond played Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn for a surprise homecoming show – his first ever in the borough. I got turned on to Neil Diamond via my dad through albums like the Robbie Robertson produced Beautiful Noise and the one I really loved Hot August Night. Neil still makes the same connection to the audience as heard on that album when he acknowledged the ‘Tree People’ who were the fans without tickets camped on the hillside adjacent to the Greek Theater in LA. It was clearly a meaningful evening for ND.
