Such is the astonishing weight of material he’s produced over the last 50 years, Neil Young is virtually a genre in his own right.The stats make for astonishing reading; since starting out on the road to solo stardom, he’s released 40 studio album s, eight live LPs, four soundtracks and a further 11 records as part of his Archives series.
Although it’s a rather reductive statement, Young’s work can be split broadly into two distinct categories – the plaintive Laurel Canyon acoustic troubadour material and his visceral output with Crazy Horse and various backing out fits featuring Neil wrestling with his trusty ‘Old Black’ Gibson Les Paul, ring o shards of feedback am id epic electric workouts.
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