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Dylanisgod2
man, the Stray Gators have such a doomy vibe on this track, it's amazing. Then Stephen Stills and Graham Nash come in and this might be my favorite Neil Young song
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djsweetlips1971
Young writes the most beautiful songs and then can play absolute ferocious attacking guitar. Im so glad I got to see him a few years back. He closed his set that day with A Day in the Life. It looked like everyone was off the stage. He ran back and hit the vibes and ran back off while the note hung in the air.
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smeghead1851
The Stray Gators were Tim Drummond on Bass, Ken Buttrey on Drums, and Jack Nitzsche on piano. The version on Harvest also had Stills and Nash doing background vocals. Jack Nitzsche also did the orchestral arrangements on A Man Needs A Maid and There's a World
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recon77
Neil Young has always been woefully discounted as a guitar player. He is simply one of the best, period. I am moving him up to my top 8. I like his playing better than Clapton, not that Clapton is bad, but Young's taste and emphasis is just perfect, much better than Stills, though similar. Another woefully discounted guitarist has always been Messina, whom I consider better than Stills as well. The big negative about the BS reunion was that Messina should clearly have been in the group, either as another guitarist or the bass player. I don't know of a better Telly player. It is the sweetness of Young, Messina, and Keaggy's leads that are above most others. Oh, and drop Zappa in there as well. And I agree with the guy below on the steel pedal in this song. The best steel pedal of all too me is the ending by Sneaky Pete on Chistine's Song.
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WiseJake237
Just a note - this song does not include Crazy Horse. Nor did any of the songs on the Harvest album. His backing band here was called The Stray Gators.
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andywillrise
This is so honestly written and recorded. Crazy Horse is definitely the second best backing band in the world according to Neil, but who's better?
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bobgreen623
One of the things that makes this song so beautiful, apart from the ragged sound, Neil's guitar and singing, the ploddy bass and drums and the piano, is the searing pedal steel guitar especially in the fadeout - I just drift off on it. Masterpiece.
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curiouscrab
i go with what glasgow islander said. NY is one of the very few folk who deserve the term....... genius.
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CactusShake
this song's one of the many reasons why he's my favourite guitarist. I've always thought alabama/words would have been the greatest album closing segue.
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glasgowislander
Something like 35 years old this song - will still sound great 135 years from now.
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