Song Quote of the Day
A few weeks before the people who would found Crazy Horse (as yet unnamed), Danny, Billy, Ralphie, and me, got together in my Topanga living room, I had been sick with the flu, holed up in bed in the house. Susan was bringing me soup and good stuff, but I still felt like shit. I was delirious half the time and had an odd metallic taste in my mouth. It was peculiar. At the height of this sickness, I felt pretty high in a strange way. I had a guitar in a case near the bed—probably too near the bed in the opinion of most of the women I had relationships with. I took it out and started playing; I had left it in a tuning I was fond of, D modal, with the E strings both tuned down to D. It provided a drone sound, sort of like a sitar, but not really. I played for a while and wrote “Cinnamon Girl.” The lyrics were different from how the song eventually ended up, but all those changes happened right there, immediately, until the song was complete. Then I took the guitar out of D modal and kept playing. At the time, there was a song in E minor on the radio that I liked, “Sunny” or something like that. I remembered hearing it in the drugstore at Fairfax and Sunset while I was shopping for something to ease the flu. The song kept looping in my head, endlessly, like some things do when I’m sick and maybe a little delirious. So I started playing it on the guitar, and then I changed the chords a bit—and it turned into “Down by the River.” I was still feeling sick, but happy and high. It was a unique feeling. I had two brand-new songs! Totally different from the last album! Then I started playing in A minor, one of my favorite keys. I had nothing to lose. I was on a roll. The music just flowed naturally that afternoon, and soon I had written “Cowgirl in the Sand.” This was pretty unique, to write three songs in one sitting, and I am pretty sure that my semi-delirious state had a lot to do with that. Neil Young Waging Heavy Peace Sept 2012
Session:May 1, 1967
Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Artist:Buffalo Springfield
Pretty Girl Why
Last Time Around Buffalo Springfield July 18, 1968
Buffalo Springfield (Best Of) Buffalo Springfield November 30, 1973
Selections From Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 16, 2001
Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 17, 2001
Carry On Stephen Stills February 12, 2013
What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection Buffalo Springfield June 29, 2018
Session:May 1, 1970
Home studio, Topanga, CA
Artist:Neil Young
Don't Let It Bring You Down
After The Gold Rush Neil Young September 19, 1970
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young June 2, 2009
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young June 2, 2009
After The Gold Rush 50th Anniversary Edition Neil Young December 11, 2020
Session:May 2, 1970
Home studio, Topanga, CA
Artist:Neil Young
Session:May 1, 1975
Billy Talbot's house, Echo Park
Artist:Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Get Over Here, Woman
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1975
Billy Talbot's house, Echo Park
Artist:Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Powderfinger
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1975
Billy Talbot's house, Echo Park
Artist:Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Born To Run
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1976
Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL
Artist:
Traces
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1983
Modern Recorders, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Neil Young
That's All Right (Mama)
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1985
Castle Recording Studios, Franklin, TN
Artist:Neil Young
Your Love Again
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1990
Plywood Digital, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Dreamin' Man
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Session:May 1, 1990
Plywood Digital, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Natural Beauty
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Concert: May 1, 2003
Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany

Solo
Live Recording:
Concert: May 1, 2016
Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
w/ Promise Of The Real
Concert: May 1, 2018
Warnors Theatre, Fresno, California, USA

w/ Crazy Horse
Live Recording:
Tour start: 2018 NYCH Tour

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