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Hay hay, my my – Neil Young’s 41st studio album sees him saddling up Crazy Horse and thinking about the good old days. By Keith Cameron. Illustration by Justin Metz.
BACK STORY: GOD BLESS CANERICA
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● “I am American, American is what I am.” He may not always be a reliable witness, but Neil Young’s lyric on Canerican tells the truth. As the song says, Young was born in Canada, but had been resident in California since the mid-’60s (“Came south to join a band”), finally applying for US citizenship in 2019 so he could vote against President Trump. His application was initially held up due to “marijuana-related activities”, but on January 23, 2020 he announced his official ‘Canerican’ dual status.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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SO STRONG is their spiritual bond, it’s worth acknowledging that Neil Young has made three times as many albums without Crazy Horse a with. “That’s why they’re so special,” he told MOJO in 2018. “If I’d made Crazy Horse my band on every record, I’d have made a lot fewer records. You can’t keep on doing the same things over and over again.”