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David Manning Briggs (February 29, 1944 – November 26, 1995) was an American record producer best known for his work with Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse. Early life and career David Briggs was born in Douglas, Wyoming. He left Wyoming in 1962 to hitchhike his way to Los Angeles and Canada, then finally settled in California, the place he would call home for the rest of his life. In the mid-sixties, Briggs began producing in the music business working on Bill Cosby's label, Tetragrammaton Records. One of the first albums he produced was for comedian Murray Roman. According to Briggs, this was the first album ever released with the word "fuck" on it. Working on Cosby's label led Briggs into doing his own production work with artists such as Alice Cooper, Summerhill, Quatrain, Spirit, Nils Lofgren and his band Grin, and Jerry Lynn Williams. In 1968, after picking up a hitchhiking Neil Young, Briggs went on to produce the singer-songwriter's first solo album, entitled ''Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas, Wyoming
Douglas is a city in and the county seat of Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,386 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the home of the Wyoming State Fair. History Douglas was platted in 1886 when the Wyoming Central Railway (later the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company) established a railway station; the settlement had been in existence since 1867 when Fort Fetterman was built and was first known as "Tent City"American Automobile Association (2002) ''Tourbook: Idaho, Montana & Wyoming'' AAA Publishing, Heathrow, Florida, p. 148 ISSN 0363-2695 before it was officially named "Douglas", after Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It served as a supply point, warehousing and retail, for surrounding cattle ranches, as well as servicing railway crews, cowboys and the troops of the United States Army, U.S. Army stationed at Fort Fetterman. Douglas was the home of a Camp Douglas (Wyoming), World War II prisoner of war camp. Its former rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and ''Stardust (Willie Nelson album), Stardust'' (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States, legalization of marijuana. Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Record (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Album)
''World Record'' is the 45th studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 15th with Crazy Horse, released on November 18, 2022, through Reprise Records. The album was produced by Young and Rick Rubin, and preceded by the lead single "Love Earth". Writing ''World Record''s lyrical content concerns Young "reminisc ngwith gratitude about the gifts the Earth has given him" as well as the "state of Earth" and "its uncertain future", as well as "Chevrolet", a song about "Young's relationship with cars". Several of the songs, including the lead single "Love Earth", were written while taking long walks in the woods around Young's Colorado home. He explains, "I was whistling it in the forest, that melody. And I recorded it on a flip phone. And I put it on my computer, and months later I wrote the song, just after hearing me whistle the melody, walking along through the forest. So that's how I got that song, and seven or eight others that are on this record. I was j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barn (album)
''Barn'' is the 43rd studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and his 14th with American rock band Crazy Horse. The album was released on December 10, 2021, by Reprise Records. A stand-alone film of the same name directed by Young's wife Daryl Hannah was also released for streaming and on Blu-ray. Background The album is Young's first since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the sessions marked the first time he attempted to record since 2019. Lofgren explains, "In April or May, Neil reached out and said, 'Look, we're not going to be able to play until next summer at the earliest. It's just weird to not do anything as a band for a year and a half. I have four songs I wrote. Why don't we get together, safely, in the Rockies and just be old friends with instruments on and maybe record a few songs?' He had in mind that maybe we'd do that a few times in different locations, every couple of months get together somewhere safely — with testing and masks and all that stuff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychedelic Pill
''Psychedelic Pill'' is the 34th studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released on October 30, 2012. It is the second collaboration between Young and Crazy Horse released in 2012 (the first being '' Americana'') and their first original work together since the '' Greendale'' album and tour in 2003 and 2004. The album was streamed on Young's website on October 24, 2012, and leaked onto the Internet the same day. Background At 87 minutes in length, ''Psychedelic Pill'' is Neil Young's longest studio album and, until ''World Record'' in 2022, was the only one to span two compact discs. Many of the songs on the album came out of extended jam sessions with Crazy Horse while recording '' Americana'', released earlier in 2012. Three of ''Psychedelic Pills nine tracks are more than 15 minutes in length. The album was recorded at Young's ranch near Redwood City, California. Writing The opening track "Driftin' Back", an ode to meditation, makes references to Young's new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americana (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Album)
''Americana'' is the 33rd studio album by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released on June 5, 2012. The album was Young's first collaboration with backing band Crazy Horse since their 2003 album, '' Greendale'', and its associated tour. Background The album was inspired by Young's experiences in his first rock band as a teenager. His band The Squires would play rock versions of old folk standards. He explains in a June 2012 interview with Rolling Stone's Austin Scaggs: "Back in 1964 or '65, the Squires were playing a folk club in Thunder Bay, Ontario," says Young, 66. "A group called the Thorns did a version of 'Oh Susannah' that just knocked me on my ass." Young continues in interviews for the biography ''Shakey'': Young's time with the Squires and his early encounters with Tim Rose and The Thorns and his early interactions with Stephen Stills were fresh in his memory due to writing one of his memoirs, ''Waging Heavy Peace''. Young explains to NPR's Terry Gross: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greendale (album)
''Greendale'' is the 27th studio album by Neil Young. Young and Crazy Horse's ''Greendale'' is a 10-song musical novel set in a fictional California seaside town of the same name. Based on the saga of the Green family, ''Greendale'' combines numerous themes on corruption, observation of the passing of time, environmentalism and mass media consolidation. Recording and writing Young recorded the album between July and September 2002 at his Broken Arrow Ranch. The sessions were produced by Young and filmmaker L.A. Johnson. The sessions feature Young on guitar, organ and harmonica backed only by drummer Ralph Molina and bassist Billy Talbot of longtime collaborators Crazy Horse. Unlike other works credited to the band, it does not feature a rhythm guitarist. Frank "Poncho" Sampedro does not appear on the album but did perform with the group during the album's tour. Young chose to record the songs with a stripped-down production team with minimal backing from other musicians to all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of The Horse
''Year of the Horse'' is a 1997 American documentary film directed by Jim Jarmusch, following Neil Young and Crazy Horse on their 1996 tour. An accompanying live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse was released in 1997. It offers a different track listing than the film. Cast * Neil Young * Poncho Sampedro * Billy Talbot * Ralph Molina Release The film had its world premiere at the 1997 San Francisco International Film Festival on May 8, 1997. It was released in the United States on October 8, 1997. Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 48% based on 25 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Year of the Horse'' might be worth a watch for hardcore fans of Neil Young or Jim Jarmusch, but it will likely test the patience of most other viewers." Roger Ebert named ''Year of the Horse'' as the worst movie of 1997."The Worst Films of 1997" ''Siskel & Ebert.'' Buena Vista Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Arrow (album)
''Broken Arrow'' is the 24th studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, and his 8th with Crazy Horse, released in 1996. Background and recording The sessions for the album were held at Young's ranch in Northern California in the spring of 1996. The sessions were Young's first without producer David Briggs, who had died of lung cancer the previous year. The group struggled to record a new album without the guidance and leadership of Briggs. For inspiration, they booked a series of gigs at local clubs prior to the sessions. The final track is a live version of a Jimmy Reed song that was recorded on an audience microphone at one such small "secret" gig in California, giving it a bootleg feel. The first three songs are in the form of long, structured jams. In ''Shakey'', Young describes the album as "vulnerable and unfinished. I wanted to get one under my belt without David." Songs "Changing Highways" dates from 1974, and was first recorded by the group that year at Chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Young Archives
The Neil Young Archives is a longtime project by singer-songwriter Neil Young. It started as a series of archival releases featuring previously released as well as unreleased studio and live recordings. It eventually developed into a website featuring almost the whole of Young's recording output throughout his career, available for streaming in ''high resolution audio'' format. The project has been long in the making – work began in the late 1980s. Throughout its development, Young himself has made several statements about the material included, release dates, and marketing that have proven false as the project was modified for new multimedia formats and expanded upon to accommodate new releases or other relevant material. As of 2024, the Neil Young Archives series of box sets is scheduled to have five volumes.''Neil Young Archives Times-Contrarian'' article:Volume 4 Creation Begins. The archives are divided into several series. The main series consists of several volumes of box s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Bernstein
Joel Bernstein is a photographer, guitarist, and record producer based in Oakland, California. His photographs have appeared as the album covers for ''After the Gold Rush'', '' 4 Way Street'', '' Rita Coolidge'', '' Wind on the Water'', '' Running on Empty'', '' CSN'', '' Bob Dylan at Budokan'', ''Rust Never Sleeps'', '' Shadows and Light'', '' Hard Promises'' and many others. His photographs have been published in ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', and'' Rolling Stone'', among other publications, and there have been retrospective exhibits of his work in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London. As a guitarist, he is most noted for support work to his friends David Crosby and Graham Nash, both individually and on their Crosby & Nash records. He has acted as a co-producer and archivist with Nash for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock Supergroup (music), supergroup comprising the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Trux
Royal Trux was an American alternative rock band active from 1987 to 2001, and again from 2015 to 2019 consisting of Neil Hagerty (vocals, guitar) and Jennifer Herrema (vocals). History While still a teenager, Hagerty joined Washington D.C. garage punk band Pussy Galore, led by Jon Spencer, and subsequently relocated to New York. During his time in there, Hagerty convinced his bandmates to release a cassette-only remake of the entire Rolling Stones album '' Exile on Main Street''. While he gained underground notoriety for his work with Pussy Galore, Hagerty reportedly viewed it as a job and intended to pursue his own artistic vision with his girlfriend, Jennifer Herrema, under the name Royal Trux. Hagerty and Herrema released their first album, '' Royal Trux'', in 1988. After moving to San Francisco, Royal Trux released the experimental double-album '' Twin Infinitives.'' After ''Twin Infinitives'', Royal Trux released an untitled album (sometimes referred to as the ''Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
