About this episode

Tyler Wilcox concludes the season discussing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' with guest Lee Ranaldo, exploring the song's themes and Ranaldo's experiences with Neil Young.

Tyler Wilcox has spent season two of All One Song conversing about Neil Young with musicians, writers, and artists. And now, we’ve reached the end of the road for this Neil journey, with a very special guest: Lee Ranaldo, dropping in to discuss “Down By The River.” Lee is a founding member of Sonic Youth. Along with Thurston Moore, Lee redefined how we hear the electric guitar in a rock setting. Sonic Youth is no more, but they just released a wild Plunderphonic collage from the archives: Diamond Seas. Ranaldo joins us to talk about a Neil classic, one that dips from muder ballad terror to cosmic life affirmation. When we had Micah Nelson on, we discussed how immense this song is. Lee offers a great ramble about, as well as hear about Lee’s own experiences on the road with Neil and Crazy Horse with Sonic Youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Wilcox

Guest: Lee Ranaldo

Topics covered

• Neil Young
• Sonic Youth
• electric guitar
• music discussion
• Down By The River
• murder ballad
• cosmic life affirmation

Keywords

• Neil Young
• Lee Ranaldo
• Sonic Youth
• Down By The River
• music interview
• electric guitar
• murder ballad
• Diamond Seas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sonic Youth

Books & works: Down By The River, Diamond Seas

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