After the Gold Rush: Transformed Neil Young From Promising to Generational
After the gold rush arrived on September 19, 1970, transforming Neil Young from promising artist to generational voice through eleven songs recorded in his Topanga Canyon basement. Featuring the environmental anthem “After the Gold Rush,” the controversial “Southern Man,” and the heartbreaking “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” this album captured America’s shift from 1960s optimism to 1970s realism. Young recruited an 18-year-old pianist who’d never played professionally, wrote the entire album in three weeks after reading Dean Stockwell’s screenplay, and created what Rolling Stone initially dismissed as “half-baked” before later calling it a masterpiece. Discover why after the gold rush remains one of the most influential singer-songwriter albums ever recorded, inspiring everyone from Elliott Smith to Bon Iver with its raw vulnerability and uncompromising authenticity.
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