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Let's Go Home - Glenn Frey
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Jane -Jefferson Starship
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Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
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Display MoreSpeaking of Neil Young, Tonight's the Night, recorded in 1973, released in 1975.
Between 1972 and 1973, Neil Young lost two of his friends :
- Danny Whitten, guitarist of Crazy Horse (you know, Neil Young and Crazy Horse) in 1972.
- Bruce Berry, a roadie for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in 1973.
Both died from heroin overdose. Neil felt guilty, especially for Danny, because he had just invited him to record stuff. But Danny was in a complete mess, completely junkie. He could not follow the music. Neil Young told him to go back home and rest. He gave him 50 dollars to pay his trip back. And Danny paid his fatal dose with these 50 dollars.
Neil Young then entered in a depression/alcohol phase. He managed to organise a recording session with friends in Ken Berry's studios (Ken is the brother of Bruce Berry). There, they would drink alcohol, play games... And start recording past midnight, completely drunk, in a kind of pagan-rock 'n' roll-celebration atmosphere.
The result is Tonight's the Night.
You are correct about Tonight's The Night. However, for me it remains one of the most overrated albums ever made. It isn't that I don't relate to the loss he felt. It is just that the songs are not that good. Critics love albums like this (and indeed the one I mentioned, Blood On The Tracks) because they seem to think 'naked emotion' and 'rawness' etc have more critical value than 'positive' songs.
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