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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A Rapper Covers "Old Man": The Story Behind The Music



Here's Canadian rapper Redlight King sampling Neil Young's "Old Man".

We had to admit we were a bit intrigued because we've heard a hundred covers already. But we highly recommend checking this out in yet another genre-bending interpretation of the Neil classic.

There's also an interesting backstory here as well. Apparently, Neil's management refused to grant the rights to the song until Neil stepped in personally.

And here's that tale on the making of Redlight King's cover/re-mix of Neil Young's "Old Man". (via CraveOnline.com)

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