Song Quote of the Day
A few weeks before the people who would found Crazy Horse (as yet unnamed), Danny, Billy, Ralphie, and me, got together in my Topanga living room, I had been sick with the flu, holed up in bed in the house. Susan was bringing me soup and good stuff, but I still felt like shit. I was delirious half the time and had an odd metallic taste in my mouth. It was peculiar. At the height of this sickness, I felt pretty high in a strange way. I had a guitar in a case near the bed—probably too near the bed in the opinion of most of the women I had relationships with. I took it out and started playing; I had left it in a tuning I was fond of, D modal, with the E strings both tuned down to D. It provided a drone sound, sort of like a sitar, but not really. I played for a while and wrote “Cinnamon Girl.” The lyrics were different from how the song eventually ended up, but all those changes happened right there, immediately, until the song was complete. Then I took the guitar out of D modal and kept playing. At the time, there was a song in E minor on the radio that I liked, “Sunny” or something like that. I remembered hearing it in the drugstore at Fairfax and Sunset while I was shopping for something to ease the flu. The song kept looping in my head, endlessly, like some things do when I’m sick and maybe a little delirious. So I started playing it on the guitar, and then I changed the chords a bit—and it turned into “Down by the River.” I was still feeling sick, but happy and high. It was a unique feeling. I had two brand-new songs! Totally different from the last album! Then I started playing in A minor, one of my favorite keys. I had nothing to lose. I was on a roll. The music just flowed naturally that afternoon, and soon I had written “Cowgirl in the Sand.” This was pretty unique, to write three songs in one sitting, and I am pretty sure that my semi-delirious state had a lot to do with that. Neil Young Waging Heavy Peace Sept 2012
Session:March 28, 1967
Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Artist:Buffalo Springfield
Down To The Wire
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Decade - German LP Neil Young October 28, 1977
Decade Neil Young October 28, 1977
Selections From Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 16, 2001
Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 17, 2001
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young June 2, 2009
Session:March 28, 1967
Gold Star Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Artist:Buffalo Springfield
Down To The Wire
Unreleased Sessions Neil Young November 30, -0001
Decade - German LP Neil Young October 28, 1977
Decade Neil Young October 28, 1977
Selections From Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 16, 2001
Buffalo Springfield Box Set Buffalo Springfield July 17, 2001
Neil Young Archives Vol. I 1963-1972 Neil Young June 2, 2009
Session:March 30, 1967
Columbia Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Artist:Buffalo Springfield
Concert: March 28, 1973
Memorial Auditorium, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

w/ The Stray Gators
Live Recording:
Don't Be Denied
Time Fades Away - mono Neil Young October 15, 1973
Time Fades Away Neil Young October 15, 1973
Time Fades Away - UK promo EP Neil Young October 15, 1975
Time Fades Away 50 Neil Young November 3, 2023
Session:March 28, 1974
Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA
Artist:Neil Young
On The Beach
On The Beach Neil Young July 19, 1974
Neil Young Archives Vol. II 1972-1976 Neil Young November 20, 2020
Session:March 28, 1988
Redwood Digital, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Clear Blue Skies
American Dream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young November 22, 1988
Session:March 28, 1996
Plywood Analog, Broken Arrow Ranch, CA
Artist:Neil Young with Crazy Horse
Session:March 28, 2010
Le Noise, Los Angeles, CA
Artist:Neil Young
You Never Call
Le Noise Sessions Neil Young August 21, 2019
Le Noise Sessions Neil Young August 21, 2019
NYA Outtakes, Demos & Exclusives Neil Young July 23, 2025
NYA Outtakes, Demos & Exclusives Neil Young July 23, 2025
Session:Spring 2010, Le Noise, Los Angeles, CA
Artist:Neil Young
You Never Call
Le Noise Sessions Neil Young August 21, 2019
Le Noise Sessions Neil Young August 21, 2019
NYA Outtakes, Demos & Exclusives Neil Young July 23, 2025
NYA Outtakes, Demos & Exclusives Neil Young July 23, 2025
Session:March 28, 2010
Le Noise, Los Angeles, CA
Artist:Neil Young
Peaceful Valley Boulevard
Le Noise Neil Young September 28, 2010
Le Noise Sessions Neil Young August 21, 2019

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