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 10, 1982
Commercial Recording, Honolulu, HI
Artist:Neil Young and The Trans Band
Little Thing Called Love
Trans Neil Young January 10, 1983
A Little Thing Called Love/We R In Control Neil Young January 10, 1983
Trans (CD) Neil Young March 2, 1993
Mystery Train Neil Young May 1, 2001
Session:May 10, 1982
Commercial Recording, Honolulu, HI
Artist:Neil Young and The Trans Band
Like An Inca
Trans Neil Young January 10, 1983
Trans (CD) Neil Young March 2, 1993
Mystery Train Neil Young May 1, 2001
Session:May 10, 1988
Redwood Digital, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
That Girl
American Dream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young November 22, 1988
Concert: May 10, 2011
Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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After The Gold Rush
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Down By The River
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Helpless
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Hitchhiker
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I Believe In You
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Leia
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Love And War
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Ohio
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Peaceful Valley Boulevard
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Rumblin'
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Sign Of Love
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Walk With Me
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You Never Call
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