About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected story behind Neil Young's album 'Harvest'.

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums.  Neil Young was fresh off the success of Deja Vu but still trying to define himself as a solo artist when a back injury and a new love affair combined to help him create an acoustic classic. Rob, Tom, and Marty get together to discuss melodic harmonica, piercingly intimate songwriter, and telling the drummer to only use one hand. Join the comment thread NOW available on our free Patreon to continue the conversation about this episode and get early access to the weekly show 100% ad free, plus 60+ bonus shows like Song Battle and Guilty Pleasures https://www.patreon.com/1001AlbumComplaints Join our Mailing List here: https://linktr.ee/1001albumcomplaints Email us your complaints (or questions / comments) at 1001AlbumComplaints@gmail.com Listen to our episode companion playlist (compilation of the songs we referenced on this episode) here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Gam3ijXqSslsHyEGLQYou?si=0ca448288aa74f15 Listen to Harvest here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2l3QxNo4QubBNmVKxLeum0?si=gp24TR2rTvC0-38iibrgxA Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers Outro…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rob, Tom, Marty

Topics covered

• Neil Young
• album creation
• music commentary
• acoustic music
• songwriting

Keywords

• Neil Young
• Harvest
• album story
• music podcast
• songwriter

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Harvest

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