Neil Young : A Letter Home

So he just did "Crazy" . Nice rendition

up on spotify

this is really great

the decision to record this as it was i think was a real genius move, gives it a real unique place in neil's catalog and makes it feel like an album not just a selection of covers...

yeah, i don't know, the album requires a little more engagement from the listener than if it was recorded at t-bone burnett's studio or something, with expensive mics.
next crazy horse album should just be a rehearsal recorded on a boombox. (kind of serious about that)

IMO it would be a lot less interesting and distinctive and sort of haunting it if were recorded, say, with a pared down stray gators-ish hi-fi well done production
not saying that the covers are a bad idea or poorly sung, but i think it gains from the production, the same way Le Noise has a unique place among neil albums for me

haha also man "on the road again" is a hot mess!!