Neil Young: Back in the Saddle
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After undergoing surgery to deal with a brain aneurism earlier this year, Neil Young is recording a new album in Nashville. According to Neil's sister website, www.astridyoung.net, Neil is recording his new album with studio musicians Spooner Oldham, Ben Keith, and Carl Himmel. Astrid writes in her travel log, “(Neil is) feeling good, has everything under control…Of course, I wish I was there, but I am very busy with my own brand of karmic healing right now.” Let’s hope that Neil’s health can remain stellar without that undeniable positive karmic influence.
01.13.09 5:17 AM
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of claw-hammer acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock (as heard in songs such as "Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (in songs like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In more recent years, Young has started to adopt elements from newer styles of music, such as industrial, alternative country and grunge, the latter of which was profoundly influenced by his own style of playing, causing some to confer on him the title of "the godfather of grunge".
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