Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere I’ve been a Neil Young fan for a long time and I haven’t been too picky about the items from his catalog that I’ve purchased over the years. To me, even marginal Neil Young blows most music out of the water, so I wasn’t [...]
by TW on January 20, 2012
I discovered the 1970′s country-rock outfit Mason Proffit on one of my many record-shopping trips. I found a copy of the 1973 release Bare Back Rider, for $1.99 and immediately locked onto their blend of Byrds-meet-Buffalo Springfield arrangements. After that I tracked down copies of every LP from the band: Movin’ Toward Happiness, Last Night [...]
by TW on January 30, 2009
Neil Young was just days away from his 23rd birthday and the release of his first solo album when he played the gigs that comprise Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House 1968. And what impresses most is how many great songs Young had already penned. As a member of Buffalo Springfield, Young was responsible [...]