UPDATE ON DVD REPLACEMENTS: "Way Down In The Rust Bucket" by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse + The Force of the Horse | NYA

"Way Down In The Rust Bucket" 

by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse

Replacement DVD Cover 

 

Replacement DVDs of "Way Down In The Rust Bucket" by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse are finally starting to arrive and early reports are that it "sounds heavenly!!!!!" (Thanks Jonathan!)

 

UPDATE ON DVD REPLACEMENTS: "Way Down In The Rust Bucket" by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse

 

As we reported here back in March, (see  "RUST BUCKET" DVD Audio Issues: Neil Young Owns It and Steps Up) Neil Young is stepping up on the issue regarding the DVD audio on ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’. 

"RUST BUCKET" DVD Audio Issues: Neil Young Owns It and Steps Up

 

As background, a TW reader commented back in February on the audio concerns on the DVD versus the CD, LP or hi-res files. The TW commenter -- Mr. Harm -- then followed up directly with NYA with a Letter to Editor to which Neil Young personally responds.

Neil Young's response is noteworthy in its transparency, honesty, accountability, and integrity. 

‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse "Let me go on record as saying that I think this 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket" is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded. I love it! "~ Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Rolling Stone -  March 2, 2021 

Shortly thereafter the discovery of flaws, came word on Members Page | T-C | NYA that replacement DVDs are shipping to everyone who ordered either the stand-alone DVD or the Deluxe Box Sets from the Greedy Hand Store, as well as to those who purchased the Deluxe Box sets from other retailers and signed up for the replacement DVDs. 

Now, according to NYA Members Page, the replacement DVDs are shipping this week.  All of these DVDs will ship from U.S. warehouse to  worldwide customers.

 

Deluxe Box Set Edition (DVD, 4 LPs, 2 CDs)

Order Now: WAY DOWN IN THE RUST BUCKET" 

by Neil Young w/  Crazy Horse 

(Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link . Thank you!!!) 

The Force of the Horse | NYA

Also, see:

• NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Homegrown": ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Smell the Horse": Ragged Glory Extended + Comment of the Moment: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
• REVIEW: ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse | Old Grey Cat
• Comment of the Moment #2: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse 
• INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone
• Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone  
• Comment of the Moment #2: Watching "Rust Bucket"
  

 #MayTheHorseBeWithYou 

 
Also, see A Message From Neil Young: RISING WITH THE MOON + Crazy Horse + The Ghost of Elliot. 

---

---

DVD REPLACEMENTS: "Way Down In The Rust Bucket" by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse

‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse "Let me go on record as saying that I think this 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket" is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded. I love it! "~ Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Rolling Stone -  March 2, 2021 

As we reported here back in March, (see  "RUST BUCKET" DVD Audio Issues: Neil Young Owns It and Steps Up) Neil Young is stepping up on the issue regarding the DVD audio on ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’. 

"RUST BUCKET" DVD Audio Issues: Neil Young Owns It and Steps Up

 

As background, a TW reader commented back in February on the audio concerns on the DVD versus the CD, LP or hi-res files. The TW commenter -- Mr. Harm -- then followed up directly with NYA with a Letter to Editor to which Neil Young personally responds.

Neil Young's response is noteworthy in its transparency, honesty, accountability, and integrity. 

Shortly thereafter the discovery of flaws, came word on Members Page | T-C | NYA that replacement DVDs are shipping to everyone who ordered either the stand-alone DVD or the Deluxe Box Sets from the Greedy Hand Store, as well as to those who purchased the Deluxe Box sets from other retailers and signed up for the replacement DVDs. 

Now, according to NYA Members Page, the replacement DVDs are shipping this week.  All of these DVDs will ship from U.S. warehouse to  worldwide customers.

 

Deluxe Box Set Edition (DVD, 4 LPs, 2 CDs)

Order Now: WAY DOWN IN THE RUST BUCKET" 

by Neil Young w/  Crazy Horse 

(Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link . Thank you!!!) 

 

Also, see:

• NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Homegrown": ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Smell the Horse": Ragged Glory Extended + Comment of the Moment: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
• REVIEW: ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse | Old Grey Cat
• Comment of the Moment #2: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse 
• INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone
• Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone  
• Comment of the Moment #2: Watching "Rust Bucket"
  

 

 #MayTheHorseBeWithYou 

 
Also, see A Message From Neil Young: RISING WITH THE MOON + Crazy Horse + The Ghost of Elliot. 

---

---

REVIEWS + INTERVIEWS: ‘Rust Bucket’ by Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse + Frank “Poncho” Sampedro | SPIN

‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse "Let me go on record as saying that I think this 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket" is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded. I love it! "~ Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Rolling Stone -  March 2, 2021

 

As previously posted,  Crazy Horse's Frank “Poncho” Sampedro has said that ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  is "the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded".

So how about the critics?

From Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket Album Review | Pitchfork by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:

As silly as it sounds, “T-Bone” provides the key to unlocking many of Way Down in the Rust Bucket’s charms. 

It’s not much of a song—there are no other lyrics than “Got mashed potatoes/Ain’t got no T-Bone"—yet hearing Crazy Horse lock into a primal rhythm then remain there for nearly seven minutes, as Young delivers each repetition of its lone line as if it’s a new punchline, is as invigorating as his elongated solos. 

There’s a direct line connecting this rave-up with “Farmer John,” a frat-rock classic from Don & Dewey by way of the Premiers that wound up as a touchstone on Ragged Glory: They’re party tunes played by a band intent on having a hell of a good time.

See full review of Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket Album Review | Pitchfork by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. 

From Neil Young #60: Way Down In The Rust Bucket| Everybody’s Dummy by Wardo:

The focus throughout Way Down In The Rust Bucket is the music. 

Very little of the between-song chatter is included, and every track fades to silence after the song is finished, with a minimum of crowd ambiance. (The video portion, simultaneously released on DVD, included all the chatter, tuning, and false starts, as well as the night’s performance of “Cowgirl In The Sand”, which apparently had audio issues.)

Of the many projects teased from Neil Young Archives throughout 2020, this was a welcome installment in the growing catalog. 

Hard to believe, listening over 30 years later, these guys were considered “old” then.

See full review of Neil Young #60: Way Down In The Rust Bucket| Everybody’s Dummy by Wardo.

 

Poncho
Köln, Germany - July 12, 2013
Photo by Roel van Dijk's
(Click photo to enlarge)

 

From Neil Young Guitarist Poncho on the Band's Best Show | SPIN by Ford:

SPIN: Was there something heading up to those shows in Santa Cruz that made you all want to capture it? Everyone sounds like they’re at the top of their collective games. 

 
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: Quite honestly, I didn’t even know they ever found [the tapes] until two or three weeks ago. 

Really, I had no clue. I never heard the bootlegs. That was just a product of Larry Johnson wanting to do it and Neil gave in and let him do it. That’s our home turf and a big weed-growing community. What better place to start the tour — and this wasn’t a warm-up show — than there? It wasn’t about preparing for anything in the future. It was about going out and having a good time. I watched the video and it amazes me. It seems like I was mesmerized by [bassist] Billy [Talbot]. He’s over the moon having so much fun prancing around, singing, playing. I was just looking at him going wild. And he even turned into our emcee that night. It was amazing. 

I’d never seen him do that.

SPIN: What do you remember getting off stage that night, if you remember anything at all? 

 
Frank “Poncho” Sampedro: It was filled with joy. 

But not only that, all our buddies were there. It wasn’t like walking out to the tour bus and going down the road. We went to the bar we hung out with all our friends. Wasn’t nobody was asking for autographs or any crazy stuff. We were just having a good time. Then a guy asked us if we went outside and we said no. Since there were big glass windows, you can hear we’re playing loud and for more than a few feet. Every place [in that stretch] is packed with people outside partying. 

So we had a block party we didn’t even know.

See full interview of Neil Young Guitarist Poncho on the Band's Best Show | SPIN by Ford.

Also, see INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone by Andy Greene.

As the "Inextinguishable Scotsman" declared succinctly: "RUST BUCKET: the sound of Ragged Glory transforming into Weld."

 

Deluxe Box Set Edition (DVD, 4 LPs, 2 CDs)

Order Now: WAY DOWN IN THE RUST BUCKET" 

by Neil Young w/  Crazy Horse 

(Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link . Thank you!!!) 

 

Also, see:

• NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Homegrown": ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Smell the Horse": Ragged Glory Extended + Comment of the Moment: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
• REVIEW: ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse | Old Grey Cat
• Comment of the Moment #2: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse 
• INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone
• Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone  
• Comment of the Moment #2: Watching "Rust Bucket"
  

 

 #MayTheHorseBeWithYou 

---

---

FILM: "A Short Visit To The Neil Young Archives" + Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro & "Rust Bucket’

A Short Visit To The Neil Young Archives | NYA

A film from May 2000 -- directed by LA Johnson --  titled "A Short Visit To The Neil Young Archives" has been posted on Surf Shack | Neil Young Archives. (Thanks Steven F.!)

The 10 minute film walks thru the vaults of NYA revealing the astonishing motherlode of what is and what will be someday, including unreleased albums, concerts and films.  (Also, see The Making of The Neil Young Archives Vol#1 and ARCHIVES VOL. II: 1972-1976 Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set Out November 20 | NYA.

 

‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse "Let me go on record as saying that I think this 'Way Down in the Rust Bucket" is the best Crazy Horse record we ever recorded. I love it! "~ Frank “Poncho” Sampedro, Rolling Stone -  March 2, 2021

 

Also, the Comment of the Moment is from the post INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone by Dan on recently released album  ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’  - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse:

    We finally got the time to watch the DVD of Way Down in the Rust Bucket last night.

        The songs that were featured on NYA last year every Friday did nothing to prepare us for what we experienced last night. By the time we got to the encore, my wife was absolutely spent. She said that each set could have been a whole concert on its own.

        Listening to the albums was (for me) a sonic revelation. Watching the entire concert was a totally physical revelation. The old cliche “ it was like being there” is an understatement. This was the most fun I’ve ever had at a concert without actually being there. I love the fact that the video was left as is, rough around the edges and grainy; ragged glory as it were. It felt like experiencing an historical event that had been lost to the ages, and somehow, unexpectedly discovered by an archeologist. This concert is the musical equivalent of discovering dead sea scrolls.

        Anyone with kids who have an interest in music, either playing it or just listening asks “what it was like going to a concert back in the day” should have the opportunity to witness this film......LOUD!!! It will answer many questions they may have. Like “why is it so important to play in the moment”, or “What does it mean, “being in the zone”. What is the value to “play with feeling over technique? “Why are mistakes just as important as accuracy”? “Why is the joy of playing more valuable than the money you can make”? All this and more is openly on display in this one performance.

        This document is an extraordinary example of the power of rock and roll, and its value to the heart, mind, and soul. One doesn’t even need to like Neil Young and Crazy Horse to see the glory of the “group mind” playing music. There’s intensity, humor, musicality, heartfelt and emotional lyrics. There is the simplicity of T. Bone creating an opportunity to just jam for the sake of jamming, the cinematic Cortez the Killer, the anthemic Love and Only Love. The provocative Bite the Bullet, and Farmer John. This show covers a lot of ground, and it takes its sweet time doing it.

        The pure joy on stage I felt listening to the 4 LP’s, was in plain view on the DVD. A great band playing in a great venue for a great audience, and no one was holding anything back. This was a concert for the ages, and it should be witnessed by as many people as possible, but be prepared to be completely exhausted after seeing it.

        I can’t wait to experience it again, and again and.........

        Peace 🙏

Thanks Dan.  So cool you and your wife got to enjoy this experience 3 decades after the fact. As we often like to say to anyone who cares to listen, see and hear: "May The Horse Be With You & Yours!"

We had a very similar scene @ TW w/ Thrashette on occasion going "so we saw this tour?" 

While we both did see the 1991 WELD tour, the vibe and song selection are so vastly different it's hard to believe how close together they occurred and how much had changed by the time The Horse came to our town in Largo, Maryland.  

As the "Inextinguishable Scotsman" declared succinctly: "RUST BUCKET: the sound of Ragged Glory transforming into Weld."

Also, see:

• NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Homegrown": ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
•  "Smell the Horse": Ragged Glory Extended + Comment of the Moment: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
• REVIEW: ‘Way Down in the Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse | Old Grey Cat
• Comment of the Moment #2: NYA FIRST LISTEN/WATCH: ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse 
• INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone
• Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone

 

Deluxe Box Set Edition (DVD, 4 LPs, 2 CDs)

Order Now: WAY DOWN IN THE RUST BUCKET" 

by Neil Young w/  Crazy Horse 

(Please shop locally & independently. But if you can't, we appreciate your supporting Thrasher's Wheat by clicking this link . Thank you!!!)  

 

 #MayTheHorseBeWithYou 

---

---

Comment of the Moment: INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone

 Frank “Poncho” Sampedro w/ Crazy Horse
Cleveland, Ohio - Oct. 8
Alchemy Tour 2012
Photos by TW
(Click photo to enlarge)

 

The recently published interview with Frank “Poncho” Sampedro of Crazy Horse in Rolling Stone, provided many answers to questions that fans have been asking for several years now.

Frank "Poncho" Sampedro
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Concert: Liverpool, England - July 13, 2014
Photo by David Fallon
(Click photo to enlarge)

 

Our Comment of the Moment is from the post INTERVIEW: Frank “Poncho” Sampedro - Neil Young, Crazy Horse Guitarist | Rolling Stone by Dan:

Just now finished reading the whole interview and I’m amazed that Rolling Stone Magazine actually got Poncho to be interviewed at all. 

This is the interview I’ve been waiting for since Poncho left the Horse. 

What a relaxed and friendly person he seems to be, and it doesn’t surprise me at all. He truly was the glue that held the music together for so many years, as he is such a gifted rhythm guitarist. Much like Bob Weir, their gift is so easily missed because it’s so incredibly subtle and articulate at the same time. Any musician can hear it instantly, but for the layperson who listens to music but doesn’t play wouldn’t notice it as quickly. It’s a feel thing, and that is hard to understand until it’s not there. If you were to sit at a mixing board with any Crazy Horse song playing, and you were to turn the track that Poncho is on all the way off, you would not only hear what’s missing, but you would feel it even more. His contributions to Neil’s music is irreplaceable. 

He has the gift that only few musicians have, and that’s why we all miss him so much.

This was a great interview with interesting facts and information that have answered a lot of questions I’ve had over the years. Poncho was so open and kind. I’m so glad he knew when to stop, and for the right reasons, with no regrets. Thank you Poncho for all the amazing music you have given us over the years. Generations of music fans will enjoy and appreciate your legacy long after we’re all gone. 

Your integrity, honesty and sense of humor all illustrate the wonderful person you are, and I wish you a long and happy life.

Peace

Thanks so much Dan!  We could not have said it any better.  This interview by Poncho really puts to rest much of the idle speculation on "so, whatever happened to Poncho and Crazy Horse?"

So it really is essential reading for any Horse aficionado -- which we know are out there roaming about in very large herds.

Billy, Poncho, Ralph & Neil
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Albuquerque, NM, Aug 3, 2012
Photo by Steve Snowden/Getty Images North America

Also, here's an interview from 2013, A Horse with a Name: Frank Sampedro Tells the Crazy Horse Story by John Swenson.

 

Crazy Horse
Ralph Molina, Billy Talbot & Frank "Poncho" Sampedro
MusiCares Honors Neil Young - Los Angeles, CA - 1/29/10
Photo by Joni Milken-Noah 

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
(L-R Billy Talbot, Frank "Poncho" Sampedro, Neil Young, and Ralph Molina w/ Elliot Roberts)
Spectrum in Philadelphia,PA on September 17,1986
©1986 Ebet Roberts
(Click photo to enlarge)

 

Crazy Horse 2012 - Los Angeles, CA Billy Talbot, Frank Sampedro, Neil Young & Ralph Molina(See Photo of the Moment: Crazy Horse 2012)
Photo via Ralph Molina | Facebook  
Poncho & Neil Young
Melbourne, AUS 13 March 2013 (reviews)
Photo Gallery by Sten Thorborg | Flickr
(Click photo to enlarge) 

"SMELL THE HORSE"
Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse
Mansfield, MA - 8-8-1997
Photo by Steve "Babs" Babineau via TW Archives Collection (#8 0f 300)

Also, Photo of the Moment: "SMELL THE HORSE" - Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse, Mansfield, MA - 8-8-1997 by Steve "Babs" Babineau.

 
Induct Neil Young w/  Crazy Horse
Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
#CrazyHorse4HOF  

 #MayTheHorseBeWithYou

---

---

Interview: Frank "Poncho" Sampedro Discusses Natural Farming

A fascinating interview with Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho" Sampedro.

In the interview, Poncho discusses his passions when not playing music with Neil Young: Korean Natural Farming -- growing organic, healthy, natural foods.

enjoy!

Also, see recent A Conversation with Ralph Molina | North of the Internet.

---

---

Photo of the Moment: Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho" Sampedro - Liverpool, England - July 13, 2014

Frank "Poncho" Sampedro
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Concert: Liverpool, England - July 13, 2014
Photo by David Fallon
(Click photo to enlarge)
A recent photo of Crazy Horse's Frank "Poncho" Sampedro from Liverpool, England - July 13, 2014. Nice to see Poncho with Lennon shirt while in Liverpool. That must've went down well locally. Guess the Hendrix shirt was retired?? (Thanks David for view from the rail.)

Here are reports from Europe/Mideast Summer Tour 2014 thus far...

2014-07-07, Laugardalshöllin, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014-07-10, Live At The Marquee, Cork, Ireland

2014-07-12, Hyde Park, London, England

2014-07-13, Echo Arena, Liverpool, England

2014-07-15, KüçükÇiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey

2014-07-17, Yarkon Park, Tel-Aviv, Israel - CANCELED

Next up: Germany leg...

2014-07-20, Münsterplatz, Ulm, Germany

2014-07-21, Collisioni Festival, Barolo, Italy

2014-07-23, Wiener Stadthalle, Wien, Austria

2014-07-25, Warsteiner Hockeypark, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2014-07-26, Filmnächte am Elbufer, Dresden, Germany

2014-07-28, Zollhafen - Nordmole, Mainz, Germany

---

---

Crazy Horse's Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro on 37 Years With Neil Young | Rolling Stone

Crazy Horse & Neil Young
Musicares Honors Paul McCartney
Los Angeles, CA - 2/10/12

Major interview with Crazy Horse's Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro in Rolling Stone by Andy Greene.

'Neil doesn’t turn corners – he ricochets around them. So you just have to hold on to your hat'

Quite an eye opening must read.

---

---

INTERVIEWS: Crazy Horse’s Poncho Sampedro Talks "Americana," Working with Neil Young Again

Crazy Horse & Neil Young
Musicares Honors Paul McCartney
Los Angeles, CA - 2/10/12

From Crazy Horse’s Poncho Sampedro Talks "Americana," Working with Neil Young Again:

“I was so ready just to start jamming and having fun and all of a sudden, Neil started coming up with American folk songs,” Sampedro tells ABC News Radio. “It was a little different at first, but we played ‘em just like we would play any other song and they came out with our mark on ‘em.”

“When Neil walks in the room everything gets better,” he maintains. “He has a tremendous outlook on what we’re doing. And, he’s always…10 steps ahead of everybody in the room…It’s just a matter of following his lead and everything’ll be fine.”

On “Gallows Pole,” “When Neil pulled it out and we did it, I had no idea it was that song. It didn’t sound anything like it,” he admits. “When I listen to it now, it’s one of the more different-sounding songs on the record. And I really like it [but it's] so opposite of Led Zeppelin’s version.”

From Neil Young & Crazy Horse Eye Another 2012 Album | Billboard.com by Gary Graff:

The album is expected in the fall, but no release date or title have been announced. Sampedro, who resides in Hawaii, says he's been back and forth to Young's ranch and studio for more sessions when the moon is full, which is Young's preferred time to record. "We'll work five or six, seven days, then I'll just fly home," he explains, with Young, drummer Ralph Molina and bassist Billy Talbot handling "production stuff" between sessions. "Every time when I go back to work some more, everybody says, 'Everything sounds great. This sounds fantastic,' so we really seem to be onto something," Sampedro reports.

On recording old folk songs, "At first it didn't really go down that well," Sampedro says of the "Americana" songs. "I wasn't bummed or anything. I just thought, 'Here we are playing. He'll pull out some of his songs or some other songs,' and the next time we came it was more folk songs and then the next time it was more folk songs... for about five or six months in a row."

Ultimately, however, Sampedro feels that Young and the group turned the selections into Crazy Horse material. "I was jumping up and down and screaming and singing parts that I probably shouldn't be singing and just having a good time -- which is what we do," he says. "In my mind there's a little part of me that knows it's not Neil and it's not us. It's something else. But at the same time, when I listen to it, I like it."

More on new Crazy Horse recordings on Interviews with Neil Young: BBC Radio 4 Front Row, NPR Fresh Air & KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic .

---

---