Needle and the Damage Done...

I also love "Unknown Legend".

2nd is probably "After the Gold Rush"

Like puff the magic dragon.

My kids make fun of me.

then Powderfinger.

Basically the "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" album.

"Down By The River" and "Cowgirl In The Sand" and "Cinnamon Girl" on the SAME album? What other artist could pull off something like THAT?

Crazy Horse changed radically when Danny Whitten was fired / passed away. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro is a good foil for Young, but the Young / Whitten interplay was more like Garcia / Weir. Sampedro didn't bring any of that to the table. He's a heavy hitter. Granted, "Cortez The Killer" is a distant cousin to "Down By The River" and "Cowgirl In The Sand," but more often than not, the modern-day Crazy Horse has been more about power and intensity.

The "Harvest" album was far too smooth for me. Like Young himself, I saw it as a journey to the middle of the road, and was happy it only lasted for one album. I appreciate his acoustic work, but in a more raw and primal state.

Thanks for that info

"Down By the River" is now poll choice # 5 so you can vote for it now.

I've heard a LOT of versions of this song, but my favorite is from Austin City Limits in the 80s.

He was touring behind the "Old Ways" country album with the International Harvesters. The majority of the hour was a set of Cowpoke Neil. And in typical Neil fashion, he closed the show with a slow-boiling version of Down By The River.

The part of the performance that slayed me originally comes at the 7 minute mark, where he ramps up the solo, and at 8:30, where he repeats "Be on my side...," and punctuates each repetition of the lyric with a nice little bee-sting solo snippet, bringing in the whole thing for a soft landing at 9:30.

I've seen him do almost half-hours of this thing with Phish and Promise of the Real (both at Farm Aid), but other than the original (which I have memorized and played note-for-note in various bands in the past), this is my favorite.

Neil is my favorite artist of all time

4 Way Street version.

Well, I like Cinnamon Girl almost as much.

(You can vote for it now)

Ian Tyson song from the early 1960s and recorded by Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia.
Neal's version is great- a bit of Canadian soul.

Two of my favorite albums of all time are:
After the Gold Rush and Harvest

yes INDEED

Ah, Skittles beat me to it.

Pretty good guitar work.

-- Mal

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