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Experience Arizona's Largest Combined Brewery & Distillery Facility.

Arizona's Largest Combined Brewery & Distillery Tour

Enjoy several tastings along the tour route, choose from multiple weekend tour schedules, great for family outings, corporate retreats and more, tour information & schedule.

Our Brewery + Distillery is located at 495 E Warner Road Chandler, AZ 85225.

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• Includes a guided brewery | distillery tour
• Get a $15 credit toward membership in our Cask Club

About Your Tour

Please note:.

• All tour attendees must wear closed toed shoes
• Please arrive 10 mins prior to your tour start time
• Take all the photos you like

Frequently Asked Questions:

SanTan Tours last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Yes. As you tour the facility, you’ll have the opportunity to taste SanTan products in their rawest forms in various stages of production. Some of these samples contain alcohol, about the equivalent of three beverages. Please drink responsibly. 

No, but our Chandler Pub is located in Downtown Chandler – less than 3 miles away from the Tour Facility. 

Tour attendees must be aged 21 or older.

Tour capacity is 10 attendees. Please contact us if you’d like to arrange for a larger group tour. 

Please submit requests for cancellation or rescheduling to [email protected]  within 48 hours of your ticketed tour time.

PHONE: 480.534.7041

relax, enjoy, and shop at the

Tasting bar.

Our Tasting Bar offers a huge selection of SanTan beer, spirits, and merchandise including exclusive items you won’t find anywhere else! Shop our Vault and Pilot Series beers in 16 oz. cans or our mini 200 ml. spirit bottles.

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Mon-Fri : 3pm-7pm • Sat:  12pm-7pm • Sun : 11am-4pm

Customers reviews

The tour was informative and the guide knowledgeable and excited. They provided you with a taste of several of their products as well. I would recommend this tour to everyone. The facility was clean, spacious and inviting.

We really enjoyed the tour and our guide. It was fun, interesting, and we were well taken care of. Afterward several of us went to your pub down the street. My team agrees that this was the best team builder ever – thank you again. Juicy Jack is my new favorite beer!

SanTan Tours beat my expectations. It’s amazing to see how much this local, independent establishment has grown over the years. A must for any SanTan fans!

About SanTan Tours

Over a decade ago, SanTan Brewing Company disrupted a stale world of beer, creating innovative craft brews for modern beer drinkers. In 2015, SanTan Spirits was born from a brewers desire to continue the journey of fermentation. Our tours take visitors on a unique, step-by-step experience through our craft process in our working 35,000 square foot production facility.

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• 495 E Warner Rd, Chandler, AZ 85225

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Experiences

We take pride in finding the best way for you to experience the Hard Truth. The hub of our Hard Truth Distilling Co. experience is the Tours & Tastings Center, where guests can partake in a diverse array of interactive, informative, and inspiring offerings. Whether you engage with the craft of sweet mash bourbon in our distillery or hop on a spirits-tasting ATV adventure through the forest, we have something for everyone. Explore the options we have available here and start your Hard Truth journey today.

Hard Truth Distillery Tour

Tiki cruise, get lost atv tour, inside the barrel tour, old fashioned master class, advanced whiskey appreciation.

For Bourbon Lovers and Distillery Enthusiasts

Full experience, $25 per person Non-drinker, $20 per person

All tour guests must be 21 years of age or older.

The Hard Truth Distillery Tour takes visitors through our working distillery where we craft our pioneering sweet mash rye whiskey and bourbon. Over the course of this 25-minute experience, guests will explore the Hard Truth Distilling Co. production facility.

• Tour duration: 25 minutes
• Sturdy shoes recommended
• Limit 16 people per tour

Tours offered daily. Click the button below to check availability and reserve your spot.

For rum lovers and relaxation seekers

Tiki Cruises will resume May 4, 2024. Booking is now available. 

Full experience, $50 per person Non-drinker, $50 per person

Embark on a Tiki Cruise in the middle of the woods! A Hard Truth tour guide will take the helm of the S.S. Hard Truth and talk Tiki culture and history as you enjoy rum drinks, gentle breezes, and the beauty of our secluded forest oasis. This hour-long pontoon excursion includes one piña colada and one tour-exclusive tiki drink, along with a souvenir glass.

Duration: 60 minutes

• Limit seven (7) people per tour
• Life-jackets will be provided; sturdy shoes recommended

Tiki Cruises are seasonal, sailing May through October. Regularly scheduled cruises occur on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

For Adventure Seekers and Nature Lovers

Full experience, $70 per person Non-drinkers, $70 per person

The Hard Truth Get Lost Tour takes visitors on a drinking expedition across the 325-acre Hard Truth Distilling Co. campus with stops — and tastings — at a variety of special sites on the property. Over the course of the one-hour excursion, guests will taste various Hard Truth Distilling Co. spirits and Quaff ON! Brewing Co. beers while surrounded by Brown County’s natural beauty and leave with a souvenir Hard Truth mason jar drinking glass.

• Tour duration: 45-60 Minutes
• Limit 5 people per tour

Tours offered daily. This tour is weather dependent. In the event of rain that impacts the conditions of our trails, ATV tours may be canceled or rescheduled. Click the button below to check availability and reserve your spot.

$70 per person, ages 21+

Hard Truth Distilling Company’s exclusive Inside the Barrel Tour transports visitors through time as they engage with the history of Hard Truth, the legacy of crafting spirits in Brown County, and the human connection to brewing and distilling through the ages.

Over the course of this 75-minute immersive experience, guests will receive an Old Fashioned in a complementary Hard Truth glass, walk through the Hard Truth Distilling Co. production facility, then take a private walk-through in our rackhouse amongst the barrels aging our sweet mash whiskey and finish with thieving your own taste of whiskey directly from the barrel.

• Tour duration: 75 minutes
• Maximum 16 people per tour

Tours offered Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only. Click the button below to check availability and reserve your spot.  Friday and Saturday only.

FOR CLASSIC COCKTAIL LOVERS WITH A CREATIVE STREAK

$35 per person, ages 21+

Get to know Hard Truth Sweet Mash Whiskeys while exploring the history and craft of one of the world’s most famous cocktails: the Old Fashioned.

Throughout this 30-minute class, participants will learn about Hard Truth Sweet Mash Whiskeys, the origins of the Old Fashioned, and creative cocktailing using the classics as a starting point — all while crafting their own Old Fashioned.

• Duration: 30 minutes
• Capacity: 16 people
• Education and discussion
• Samples of Hard Truth High Road Rye, Sweet Mash Rye, Sweet Mash Bourbon, and Wheated Bourbon
• One full-sized Old Fashioned cocktail, made by you
• Souvenir Hard Truth rocks glass

Old Fashioned Master Classes take place in the Hard Truth Tours & Tastings Center and are regularly scheduled at set times on Wednesdays and Fridays through Sundays.

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For new and casual whiskey lovers

$70 per person, 21+

Take your love of whiskey to the next level with Hard Truth’s Advanced Whiskey Appreciation class. Explore the history of whiskey while learning the art of tasting and drinking whiskey like a pro.

Capacity: 18 people

Each session includes lessons in whiskey history and tasting techniques, alongside a guided tasting of four, unique Hard Truth whiskeys

Advanced Whiskey Appreciation workshops take place in the Hard Truth Tours & Tastings Center and are regularly scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

Mixology Class

For the cocktail craftsperson.

$60 per person, ages 21+

The Hard Truth mixology class allows visitors to gain hands-on, in-depth experience making cocktails while mastering bartender techniques and tools. Over the course of a 60-minute lesson, guests learn about and engage with bartending utensils, the history of mixed drinks, and creating cocktails.

Our Master Mixologists develop a workshop with cocktails based on the current season, so be sure to check back regularly and join in as often as you can. Advanced bookings only.

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Moonshiner's Experience

$700, ages 21+

The Hard Truth Moonshiner’s Experience offers visitors a chance to join the centuries-long legacy of crafting Moonshine in the hills and valleys of Brown County, Indiana. Over the course of this 3-hour immersive experience, guests have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make their own moonshine just like pioneer distillers of the past.

Duration: 3 hours

The Hard Truth Moonshiner’s Experience offers visitors a chance to join the centuries-long legacy of crafting Moonshine in the hills and valleys of Brown County, Indiana. Over the course of this 3 hour immersive experience, guests have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make their own moonshine just like pioneer distillers of the past. In our secluded forest hideaway, ‘Shiner’s Creek, folks will spend the day cooking mash, distilling spirits, eating campfire delicacies and bottling their own ‘shine. Side by side with our ‘Shine-Guides and Distillers, everyone works through the process start to finish – from distilling the lo-wines to selecting flavoring for their spirits, and finally finishing custom bottles.

Admission includes 3+ hour experience, which includes two cocktails, one camp meal, hands-on moonshining action, mason jars of the pioneering spirit you distilled and the proud title of Master Moonshiner. Price covers a minimum of two guests and a maximum of five (bring more friends, save more money!).

Price includes up to 5 people; more can be added for $125 per person.

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Stay overnight.

Take your Hard Truth experience to the next level — stay the night nestled among the trees in our Hard Truth Cabin.

Enjoy live outdoor music in Hard Truth’s breathtaking terrace area, a meal in our full-service restaurant, craft cocktails and locally-made beer, distillery and ATV tours, mixology classes, and more, then retire to the custom-built Hard Truth Cabin nestled among the trees on our 325-acre wooded campus.

All cabin guests must be 21 or older. No pets are allowed on premises.

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Stellar Adventures has teamed up with O.H.S.O Distillery for one-of-a-kind whiskey tasting tours in Phoenix/Scottsdale plus an ATV/UTV/Hummer experience through the desert. Say what?

• ADVENTURE : Get ready for a rugged journey through the Sonoran desert with stunning views on a H1 Hummer, ATV or UTV.
• WHISKEY : After your adventure through the desert terrain, get ready for your whiskey flight with food at O.H.S.O. Distillery!
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• EXPERIENCED : Our guides are trail experts with your safety a top priority.
• PERMITTED : We have express permission from the Bureau of Land Management and the US Government/Tonto National Forest to operate tours in this region.

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H1 hummer - $295/pp*, single atv – $355*, 2 seat utv - $700*, 4 seat utv – $1,350*, tour details.

OFF-ROAD ADVENTURE - ATV/UTV/Hummer

Stellar Adventures and O.H.S.O. Distillery have joined forces to provide one of the most unique excursions in the Valley! Hop into one of our H1 Hummers/ATV/UTV for an off-road desert expedition through the desert. Your final destination will be an oasis of O.H.S.O. local whiskeys—kick back and join the O.H.S.O. staff for some fun!

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This Wheels & Whiskey tasting tours package comes complete with a buffet of heavy appetizers for Groups of 25+ (groups under 25 will order off the menu) , samples of the whiskeys distilled on site plus 2 whiskey-based craft cocktails, and some casual Whiskey 101. We know you’ll get a kick out of learning how the whiskeys are crafted and an even bigger kick out of learning how good they taste.

Say sayonara to the same-old happy hour spots and hello to a happy hour in the most beautiful desert on earth!

Let’s break this down into the two (totally perfect and amazing on their own) parts: The Off-Road Tour and the O.H.S.O. Distillery Tasting Tour.

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Once you’ve wrapped up your stint on the trails, get ready to party! O.H.S.O. Distillery is an Arizona institution, a sacred ground for Sun Devils, tourists, and locals alike! You’ll love every minute at O.H.S.O Distillery, which will include a whiskey sampler complemented by incredible food. 

One of our favorite things about teaming up with  O.H.S.O Brewery & Distillery is that it’s a great way to showcase how multifaceted Arizona is. We’re not just a world-class destination with stunning desert views and top-rated tours; we also have a vibrant culinary scene. When you sign up for our Wheels & Whiskey Tasting tours, you’re guaranteed to get a taste of all that Arizona has to offer!

Stellar adventure begins where the pavement ends!

WANT A LITTLE MORE CONTROL?

Good news! The whiskey and food part takes place at the end of the tour, and we take care of getting you back to your hotel. Do you prefer to be in the driver’s seat? If so, how does the front of an ATV or UTV sound? With this unique option, you’re in charge! Simply select your vehicle option when booking your tour . 

COME ONE, COME ALL!

Remember, you don’t have to be a tourist to kick it with Stellar Adventures. This company is locally owned and operated, and we love connecting with our year-round (aka diehard) Arizona peeps. You might be a local, but we can probably show you a thing or two you didn’t know about your own backyard!

H1 Hummer*: 8am, 1pm (regular season) 7am only (summer season) ATV/UTV* – 9am, 12pm & 3pm *Tour times fluctuate based on time of year. *Please see reservation system for availability

• Experienced Guide
• Safety Briefing
• Photos of your daytime tour via SmugMug
• Snacks & Water
• Helmet, Goggles & Bandanna (ATV/UTV Only)
• Whiskey tasting flight with food at O.H.S.O Distillery
• Hotel/Resort Pickup in Most Cases

Closed Toed Shoe and long pants (No flip flops or sandals)

• PLEASE NOTE: No Restrooms at Trailhead
• Bookings after 6pm for the next day may be subject to change.
• 24 hour notice is required for all tasting tours.
• For each tour time, a minimum of 6 people must be booked in order to operate the tour. Your party DOES NOT have to meet the 6 person minimum, we can group parties together.   We will contact you if the tour minimums for your selected time slot are not met.

No problem! O.H.S.O Brewery has plenty of non-alcoholic options for those under 21.

PLEASE NOTE: No price change occurs for guests under 21.

Don’t care for whiskey? Don’t worry. O.H.S.O has a variety of other options. 

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Our Tasting Room offers a huge selection of SanTan beer, spirits, and merchandise including exclusive items you won’t find anywhere else.

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Saturdays : 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm  •  Sundays : 1:30pm

495 E Warner Road Chandler, AZ 85225

Tasting Room Hours: Monday – Friday: 3pm – 7pm Saturday :  12pm – 7pm Sunday : 11am – 4pm

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The Phoenix area is known for beverage crafters of all kinds, and its distilleries are among the best in the West! We did the work for you and found the 10 best distilleries near you in the Phoenix area to try some premium concoctions!

Blue Clover Distillery | 7042 E Indian School Rd

This sleek and sexy Scottsdale micro-distillery, with Danish and Irish heritage alike, has a cocktail menu featuring their own corn liquors, as well as another menu of delicious grub !

Arizona Distilling Co. | 601 W University Dr

Based just a few blocks west of bustling Mill Avenue, this distillery near you in the Phoenix area allows scheduled private tours and tastings to proudly show off products like their award-winning Desert Durum Wheat Whiskey .

Adventurous Stills | 2125 E 5th St #102

Based in Tempe, Adventurous Stills has a tasting room offering some delicious bourbon and rums for purchase, as well as exclusive tastes of an agave spirit of their own. Their hand-distilled products are also for purchase all across the Valley!

CaskWerks Distilling Co. | 1920 E University Dr #105

CaskWerks is only a stone’s throw from University and the 101, but wherever you are in Arizona, it’s worth the trip. In addition to the traditional spirits, this whiskey distillery near you creates a delicious proprietary tea-infused gin and barrel-rested apple pie liqueur. Their aging process is attributed to the titular wooden casks they use.

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SanTan Brewery & Distillery | 495 E Warner Rd

SanTan is a distillery that offers both beers and distilled liquors of its own creation, and with all of this product, there’s no way to resist the tasting bar where the magic happens. You can even order a keg of their amazing beer before you even get there!

O.H.S.O. Brewery + Distillery | 4900 E Indian School Rd

The Arcadia location of O.H.S.O. offers group dining, a beautiful patio, and a menu of both cocktails and meals that highlight their own liquors quite well. A true fanatic may even choose to visit them for an amazing beer brunch with “Monster Mimosas”!

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Paradox Distillery | 1725 W Williams Dr #65

On the far north end of Phoenix lies Paradox Distillery offers hand-crafted small-batch vodka, gin, and rum. This distillery near you in Phoenix consists of two individuals who  share their passion for high-quality distilling as a craft.

Lucidi Distilling Co. | 8307 W Washington St

Housed in Old Town Peoria’s Fire Station No. 1, Lucidi regularly offers pub fare from their craft kitchen and an in-house bar within their robust distillery tasting room .

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Wild Hare Distillery | 5869 S Kyrene Rd #18

Open to visitors only by appointment, Tempe-based Wild Hare offers to hold private events at their distillery near you in the Phoenix area. They sell craft agave spirits in multiple flavors along with branded drinking glasses online!

Absinthe Minded | 2125 E 5th St #102

Also based in Tempe, one of the best distilleries near Phoenix has a different liquor that they feature — absinthe, which they have also showcased in a cocktail menu that features drinks reported to be signature absinthe-based beverages of legendary drinkers like Frida Kahlo and Ernest Hemingway.

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Looking for a unique gift for that whiskey lover in your life? A Teeling Whiskey Distillery Gift Voucher is the ideal gift for any whiskey fan or anyone interested in Dublin’s long association with Irish Whiskey. Gift Vouchers can be redeemed on distillery tours and gift shop purchases, and can also be used in the distillery’s Bang Bang Bar or Phoenix Café. To find out more information please email [email protected]

The Bang Bang Bar

Named after the real-life beloved Dublin local, the Bang Bang Bar is open seven days a week and serves our complete portfolio of multi-award-winning Irish whiskeys. Come and try our range of Irish whiskeys or one of our world-famous Irish whiskey cocktails handcrafted by our mixologists.

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Take some time out in our Phoenix Café to savour a selection of locally sourced artisan food and treats. We also serve locally sourced Cloud Picker Coffee and Wall & Keogh Teas, all to be enjoyed while soaking in the view of the bustling Dublin 8 neighbourhood outside. Pop in and sample our menu with friends or family.

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Book a private tour for 15 or more people at Teeling Distillery and enjoy an exclusive experience like no other. See, feel, and taste the experience with our very own knowledgeable Teeling Whiskey Ambassadors. Private tours can be arranged in several languages to accommodate your group.

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For an event with a difference, with added character and atmosphere, book a private room at the Teeling Distillery. We have six event spaces to choose from, suited to standing or seated events, and can be arranged for catering with or without food. Take a browse of our rooms to find the one that suits you.

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Billie Eilish is coming to metro Phoenix. Everything to know about her 2024 tour

Billi e Eilish is scheduled to bring her tour in support of a forthcoming album titled “Hit Me Hard and Soft” to Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.

This is slated to be Eilish's first metro Phoenix concert since the Happier Than Ever: The World Tour played Desert Diamond Arena (then called Gila River Arena) in April 2022.

“Hit Me Hard and Soft” is set for a May 17 release. The new album was written by Eilish and Finneas, her brother and long-time collaborator who also produced the album. It is available to preorder, add or save at billieeilish.lnk.to/hitmehardandsoft .

How to get tickets to Billie Eilish in metro Phoenix

The general on-sale starts at noon Arizona time on Friday, May 3, at billieeilish.com .

Presale information for Billie Eilish in Phoenix

American Express card members can purchase tickets before the general public from noon Arizona time on Tuesday, April 30, until 11 a.m. Friday, May 3, with additional presales running through the week. Any remaining tickets will be available during the general on-sale starting at noon on Friday, May 3, at  billieeilish.com .

What to know about Billie Eilish resale tickets

The goal is to give fans, not scalpers, the best chance to buy tickets at face value. To make this possible, Eilish has chosen to use Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange. If fans purchase tickets for a show in the U.S. or Canada and can't attend, they'll have the option to resell them to other fans at the original price paid.

To help protect the Exchange, the tour has requested all tickets be mobile only and restricted from transfer. This applies to all shows except those in Colorado, Illinois and New York, where Face Value Exchange cannot be mandated. A valid bank account or debit card within the country of your event is required to sell on the Face Value Exchange. More information on how the Ticketmaster Exchange works is available at ticketmaster.com.

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Is 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' sustainable?

The album will be available on all digital platforms and — in a continued effort to minimize waste and combat climate change — across all physical formats in limited variants on the same day, with the same track listing and using 100% recyclable materials. For more information on all sustainable practices for this album release, visit store.billieeilish.com/pages/sustainability .

What to know about Billie Eilish's tour sustainability efforts

Eilish will continue her long-standing partnership with environmental nonprofit Reverb on this tour, building on the success of previous efforts, which resulted in more than $1 million donated to environmental, greenhouse gas reduction, and climate justice projects, more than 150,000 fan actions and more. Sustainability efforts on this tour will include reducing greenhouse gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste, supporting climate action and updating concession offerings to promote and encourage plant-based food options with Support+Feed.

In keeping with her commitment to making a difference in the environmental impact of her music and touring, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales in North America will go to Reverb and its ongoing effort to help support organizations across the country addressing the impacts of food insecurity and the climate crisis.

The Billie Eilish Reverb Eco-Villages will be set up at two locations in the main concourse of each show, where fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts, connect with nonprofits and take meaningful action for people and the planet.

What to know about Support+Feed

Support+Feed will be launching a 360 campaign throughout the tour, offering an expanded version of the Support+Feed Pledge inspiring fans to eat one plant-based meal a day for 30 days with digital elements and community activations. Fans can also participate in plant-based food drives in select cities to raise awareness and gather food to distribute to local communities.

Why Billie Eilish wants fans to take public transportation

Fans are encouraged to join the effort to make the “Hit Me Hard and Soft” tour more sustainable by taking public transportation, where possible, and carpooling to and from the shows to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Fans will receive information via email about public transportation options before the show.

Venue partners are also helping to lessen the environmental footprint of the tour. In addition to efforts to decrease waste through reducing or eliminating single-use plastics and diverting landfill waste with compost and recycling, venues will be offering plant-based food options at all shows.

What to know about RockNRefill bottles

Fans are encouraged to bring an empty reusable water bottle or donate for a custom RockNRefill Nalgene bottle to fill up at the free water refill stations located at each venue. The RockNRefill bottles and refill stations are located at the Eco-Villages in the main concourse at all shows.

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Fans are also encouraged to fight fast fashion by opting for thrifted, upcycled or borrowed clothes instead of buying new clothing to wear to shows.

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse scaled heights of ragged glory in transcendent Phoenix concert

Neil Young didn't waste any time getting into the epic guitar jams Saturday, April 27, at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, taking the stage with Crazy Horse to set the tone for his first Phoenix concert since 2003 with the fuzz-guitar transcendence of "Cortez the Killer," a speaker-shredding meditation that made it past the 15-minute mark, just long enough to leave you wishing it had gone another 15 minutes.

They were six minutes deep before the singing started. And they dusted off the missing verse Young recently unearthed that didn't make it onto "Zuma" because the console in the studio lost power in the midst of recording an otherwise perfect take.

“I floated on the water,” Young sang nearly 50 years later in Phoenix. “I ate that ocean wave/ Two weeks after the slaughter/ I was living in a cave/ Came too late to get me/ There’s no one here to set me free/ From this rocky grave/ To that snow-capped ocean wave.”

Neil Young and Crazy Horse treat Phoenix to elevating guitar jams

It was a glorious start to a brilliant performance, from the cavernous majesty of his guitar tone to the weathered ache of his lead vocal as the members of Crazy Horse effortlessly lived up to the reputation that led him to title a 1990 album "Ragged Glory," played out in front of the oversized fake Fender amps and road cases they used on the Rust Never Sleeps Tour in the '70s.

This is Young's first major tour with Crazy Horse in 10 years and they're only three shows in, so we may have lucked into a concert that was even looser-limbed than usual. Songs were falling together like magic in slow pursuit of something more elusive than perfection.

It's been 55 years since Young and Crazy Horse spent two weeks in the studio bottling lightning on "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere," a masterpiece that featured heavily in Saturday's performance, from the proto-punk riffing of "Cinnamon Girl" to a sprawling rendition of "Down By the River," "The Losing End (When You're On)" and the country-rocking title track.

It's actually kind of amazing that two of the three original members of Crazy Horse — bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina — are still out there touring with Young after 55 years. They're joined by Micah Nelson, Willie's son, on this tour. The 33-year-old is filling in on guitar for Nils Lofgren, who couldn't do this tour because of a previous commitment with the E Street Band.

But more on Lofgren later.

Nelson previously toured with Young as a member of Promise of the Real.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse haven't lost their magic after 55 years

To look at Young and his two fellow travelers from the early days, you'd clearly know they've aged a year or two since 1969. To hear them? Not so much. It didn't sound much different than the tours I saw Crazy Horse do in the '90s. It rocked with that same urgency and passion (and distortion).

Young has never been the world's flashiest guitarist but he gets more magic out of one note than most guitar heroes can pack into 20 or 30 notes in half the time, arriving at a sound that's his and his alone.

As a singer, his vocals have rarely been flawless, but they've always done exactly what the songs require with raw emotion to spare, and that remained the case Saturday in Phoenix, where the 78-year-old Young sounded great.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse 2024 setlist: Every song they played at Phoenix concert

Neil Young's set went heavy on classics, from 'Powderfinger' to 'Cortez'

The set went heavy on the classics, from those already mentioned to "Don't Cry No Tears" and "Powderfinger."

After "Love and Only Love," the only song they played from "Ragged Glory," Young sent his bandmates away for a three-song mini-set on acoustic guitar and harmonica, including “Comes a Time” and “Heart of Gold."

Then his bandmates returned to bring the set to a cacophonous conclusion with the speaker-bleeding majesty of “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)," Young defiantly insisting "Rock and roll will never die" while illustrating why that is before returning for a one-song encore, "Danger Bird," with guest piano by Lofgren, who lives in the Valley and was home on a break in touring with the E Street Band.

By that point, it was everything you could've hoped for from an artist who's been touring since the '60s, playing to the strength that made him such a legend in the first place.

The newest song they played was “Scattered (Let’s Think About Livin’)” from 1996’s "Broken Arrow," prefaced by a heartfelt tribute to producer David Briggs, who worked with Young on countless classic albums before his death in 1995.

It was as close to a greatest hits tour as you'll likely see from Young but because he kept it so unpolished and spontaneous, it felt as fresh as those songs would've felt at any point in Young's career, even a warhorse as frequently featured as "Cinnamon Girl" or "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)."

It was everything a Young fan could've hoped for when the tour was first announced and then some.

Young and Reverend Billy & the Stop Shopping Choir deliver Love Earth gospel

After the second song, "Cinnamon Girl," Young took a moment to address the fans.

"This is the part of the show where I stand here at the front and figure out what to say for just a minute or two," he said before leading the crowd in a call-and-response of "What's your favorite planet?" "Earth!"

Then, when the applause died down, he added, "I want my grandchildren's grandchildren to have this so they can go way out in the forest and walk around, way out in the fields and walk around. That's what I want them to see. We've gotta be here."

This is the Love Earth Tour, a sentiment at the heart of the opening set by Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, a performance art ensemble whose surreal performance found the Reverend, dressed in a white suit, preaching an anti-war, pro-environment gospel.

"We're here to talk to you about the Earth!" the Reverend shouted. "We've got some high stakes here this evening. Couldn't be higher. It's about life! Saving life! Loving life! Being strange enough to change enough to find a way to live!"

Neil Young and Crazy Horse 2024 setlist: Every song they played in Phoenix

Here’s every song Neil Young and Crazy Horse played at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix:

• "Cortez the Killer"
• "Cinnamon Girl"
• "Don't Cry No Tears"
• "Down by the River"
• "The Losing End (When You're On)"
• "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"
• "Scattered (Let's Think About Livin')"
• "Powderfinger"
• "Love and Only Love"
• "Comes a Time" (Neil Young solo acoustic)
• "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young solo acoustic)
• "Human Highway" (Neil Young solo acoustic)
• "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
• "Danger Bird"

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