Neil Young - Under The Covers (2023)

THE SONGS NEIL YOUNG DIDN T WRITE 16 STUNNING COVER VERSIONS While Neil Young remains, arguably, the finest composer of the singer-songwriter generation, he has never been shy in revealing the musicians and songwriters from whom he took most inspiration and by whom he was most reliably informed. It s no secret therefore that Young has always remained a huge Bob Dylan fan, and while, like Bob, Neil performs most readily his own music, when he does choose a cover to perform, there s a good chance it will be one of Dylan s. Likewise, he remains greatly inspired still by his folk-club beginnings on the Canadian folk scene, and thus his favourite tune from those days Four Strong Winds by Ian & Sylvia remains another popular choice to play on occasion. Young is however equally spontaneous and changes his genre of choice with regularity, exploring country music one year, rockabilly another and R&B the next with a dose of computer generated sonic experimentation thrown in for good measure. Thus we have heard versions of Otis Redding s (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay , Elvis That s All Right Mama and Don Gibson s Oh Lonesome Me , all rubbing shoulders with Young originals at one time or another during the great man s live career. This CD collects together 16 startlingly original non-originals performed by Neil Young, taken from various FM broadcasts of live concerts recorded between 1970 and 1993