Crazy Moon - Neil Young

Unplugged - Neil Young

The first time I bought a Neil Young album was about 15 years ago, before that, I hadn t heard of him. A friend brought his acoustic round one day and started picking away at a song I found very catchy and quite nice, he started to sing along to the song he played, after which he introduced me to it as "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young. The song is a tribute to Crazy Horse band member Danny Whitten, who Young sacked fro the band after being totally smashed on heroin, not being able to hold or play his guitar, Young gave him $50 and a ticket to California, the $50 was for Whitten to go to rehab, spending the money on a pure form of heroin, he died, ...

Unplugged - Neil Young

on the iMac), I thought I'd share with you my opinion, for what it's worth, on this bunch of stuff from the wispy barnetted wailing Canuck. OK, Neil Young potted history. Born in Toronto, moved to Winnipeg (aha - Crash Test Dummies country, I was right then. Winnipeg = Manchester). Formed high school bands, met bass slapper Bruce Palmer, Stephen Stills and Joni Mitchell. Back to Toronto, several small bands and then after driving to LA in the Neil Young hearse, bam! he along with Stills, Palmer and Richie Furay, formed Buffalo Springfield. They were responsible for "Mr.Soul", "Broken Arrow" and "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even ...

Zuma - Neil Young With Crazy Horse

"Zuma", released in 1975, has long been one of my favourite Neil Young albums. Although not as immediately accessible as “After the Goldrush” or “Harvest”, and probably not a good introduction to Neil Young for beginners, it contains all the elements which make his music great. A unique blend of melodic country-rock, delicate acoustic and searing electric guitar makes this an essential purchase. The highlights of the album are “Danger bird” and “Cortez the killer”. On these tracks the raw electric thud of Crazy Horse provides a framework around which Neil weaves some of his finest, most piercing, guitar ...