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That One Time Neil Young Played In A Band With Rick James

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That One Time Neil Young Played In A Band With Rick James

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When you think of Rick James, you probably think of “Super Freak”, MC Hammer, and Dave Chappelle. However, for all the self-parody excess that would define him later in life, James had an incredible music career that produced many hits and collaborations, including the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, and…Neil Young?

That’s right, the funk man (back when he was known as Ricky James Matthews) and…

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Neil Young’s “Ditch Trilogy” And The One Song He Borrowed From The Rolling Stones

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Neil Young’s “Ditch Trilogy” And The One Song He Borrowed From The Rolling Stones

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I’ve been listening to a lot of Neil Young lately, specifically to his “Ditch Trilogy” and its dark masterpiece ‘Tonight’s The Night’.

For all you NY newbies, the Ditch Trilogy were the three albums that Young released after his 1972 breakthrough ‘Harvest’. That album was such a runaway hit (it would become the best-selling album of 1972) that Young, jaded by the mainstream success of the album…

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