Neil Young Discusses Making Of Hitchhiker

Neil Young has shared the story behind his fabled acoustic album Hitchhiker in a new video on Facebook Live. “No one had ever heard [these songs] before. The album was called Hitchhiker,” Young says. “I had no accompaniment but my guitar, harmonica and the studio piano as I sang the songs in the order you still hear them today.”More »

By on September 1, 2017

Neil Young has shared the story behind his fabled acoustic album Hitchhiker in a new video on Facebook Live. “No one had ever heard [these songs] before. The album was called Hitchhiker,” Young says. “I had no accompaniment but my guitar, harmonica and the studio piano as I sang the songs in the order you still hear them today.” “The idea I had at the time was to present these new songs in their purest and simplest form, just as they had been written,” Young said, citing the bare bones recordings of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and “1960s folk music.” Eventually Young’s record label deemed the album as a simple collection of demos and ultimately shelved it. Hitchhiker will be released on September 8. The album can be heard streaming right now on NPR. Copyright(c) 2017 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «