▁life ▁and ▁death ▁Neil ▁left ▁Wood stock ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁spent ▁his ▁remaining ▁dec ades ▁on ▁the ▁sh ores ▁of ▁southern ▁Florida , ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Dol ph in ▁Project . ▁Following ▁a ▁guest ▁appearance ▁with ▁Stephen ▁St ills ▁at ▁New ▁York ▁City ' s ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁Neil ▁began ▁a ▁long ▁ret irement , ▁performing ▁in ▁public ▁mostly ▁at ▁gig s ▁for ▁the ▁Dol ph in ▁Project ▁Rev ue ▁in ▁Co con ut ▁Gro ve . ▁He ▁played ▁a ▁benefit ▁show ▁for ▁the ▁Rev ue ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁He ▁performed ▁with ▁his ▁core ▁group ▁of ▁John ▁Sebastian ▁on ▁harm onica , ▁Har vey ▁Bro oks ▁on ▁bass , ▁and ▁P ete ▁Child s ▁on ▁guitar ▁at ▁the ▁Mont re ux ▁Jazz ▁Festival ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁Michael ▁Lang , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁organiz ers ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁Wood stock ▁Festival ▁and ▁a ▁hab itu é ▁of ▁Co con ut ▁Gro ve ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁tried ▁un success fully ▁to ▁release ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁live ▁LP . ▁ ▁Neil ' s ▁last ▁public ▁performance ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁at ▁an ▁out door ▁concert ▁at ▁the ▁Old ▁Gro ve ▁Pub ▁in ▁Co con ut ▁Gro ve , ▁where ▁he ▁joined ▁B uz zy ▁Lin hart ▁for ▁one ▁song ▁and ▁stayed ▁on stage ▁for ▁the ▁rest