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At His Highest And Best…

Circa 1975. Neil Young called Tonight’s the Night, his tribute to two close friends taken down by drug overdoses, the closest he ever came to art. The dark tone, punctuated by the deep bluesy riffs, bind it to and separate it from his mainstream work of the era. Sit back, close your eyes, and sink into the raw emotion…

2 Comments so far

  1. John B. February 21st, 2008 7:37 am

    Yessir.

    The first time I heard this song was his version on Live Rust–a great album anyway, but an extraordinary closing to that album.

  2. Winston February 22nd, 2008 5:57 am

    Well, John B., it seems nobody likes Neil Young ‘cepting you and me. I was going to have another post on the subject, but will just record here that I was around when Neil was the Y in CSNY, and in fact, still have that LP around here somewhere.