Written by: Neil Young
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When I first started playing guitar I was a chicken farmer at the time. I was about seven or eight years old or something. Maybe a little older than that. But my daddy brought me an Arthur Godfrey ukulele - a little plastic one. Now I didn't know what to do with it or anything. He said, "You might need this." And then he sang me a song - which I never heard him sing before. He got this funny grin on his face, and was looking at me, and I was watching him ... and then I had to go feed the chickens. Neil Young Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA August 18, 2005
When I was just a kid, about eight years old or something, I was a chicken farmer. I had some chickens - I had about thirty-five of them I think. My daddy used to take me out on the weekends and we'd deliver the eggs. And I'd also deliver a newspaper that my dad wrote for because it was some weekend edition kind of thing that I could deliver without getting in the way of going to school. Anyway, one morning Daddy came home. He had this plastic Arthur Godfrey ukulele and he showed it to me. I looked at it and I didn't know much about that. I'd seen it in the store where I bought my 45 RPMs. But I must have said something about it because he bought it for me. And then he played a song on it. I'd never seen him sing or play before and I remember I was shocked. And he moved his hands around on it and made these funny sounds. And then he sang a song called "Bury Me Out On The Prairie" ... first song. And then he gave me this big smile. And I'm going, "Wow!" After that I got more into and our family used to get together and sing songs. My uncle Bob and my dad and my grandma ... Neil Young Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA August 19, 2005
‘Far From Home’ is a song about Canada and my family. I miss my Dad, my cousins, my mom too. Neil Young NYA - Now Showing in the Hearse Theater November 13, 2019
Far From Home (version 1 of 2)
Session Date:March 22, 2005
Studio:Masterlink Studio, Nashville, TN
Produced by:Neil Young & Ben Keith
Recording type:Studio
Mono/Stereo:stereo
Length:3:45
Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Ben Keith: Dobro Rick Rosas: bass Spooner Oldham: piano Karl T. Himmel: drums, percussion Wayne Jackson: horns arrangement, trumpet, trombone Thomas McGinley: baritone saxophone Emmylou Harris: vocals Pegi Young: vocals Diana Dewitt: vocals
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Far From Home Neil Young Released: 2005-09-01

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Prairie Wind Neil Young Released: 2005-09-27

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Far From Home (version 2 of 2)
Session Date:August 18, 2005
Studio:Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Produced by:Jonathan Demme
Recording type:Live
Mono/Stereo:stereo
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Musicians:Neil Young: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Ben Keith: dobro Spooner Oldham: piano Rick Rosas: bass Karl T. Himmel: drums Chad Cromwell: percussion Emmylou Harris: background vocals Pegi Young: background vocals Diana Dewitt: background vocals Wayne Jackson: trumpet Thomas McGinley: baritone saxophone Jimmy Sharp: trombone
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Heart Of Gold Neil Young Released: 2006-02-10

Track 4

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