January 1975, Homegrown was set to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained unreleased until now, some 46 years later, achieving a legendary status among Neil Young fans in the process. Homegrown consists of twelve Neil Young
songs, a collection of stripped-back love songs, out of which seven are previously unreleased - “Separate Ways,” “Try,” “Mexico,” “Kansas,” We Don’t Smoke It No More,” “Vacancy” and “Florida” (a spoken word narration). Also in- cluded are the first recordings of “Love Is a Rose,” “Homegrown,” “White Line, “Little Wing,” and “Star of Bethlehem” – different versions of which would all later appear on other Neil Young al- bums.
Neil plays solo on some tracks (guitar,
piano and harmonica), and is joined by a band of friends on other tracks, including Levon Helm, Ben Keith, Karl T. Himmel, Tim Drummond, Em- mylou Harris and Robbie Robertson. Recorded in analog, and mastered from the original master tapes, this long-lost album is a wonderful addi- tion to Neil’s amazing catalog.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
Quarternotes Nebraska blues rocker Sebastian Lane has a hot new single out called “Live for the Day,” fea- ture guest vocals from Brooke Beucler and it’s a good one. I look forward to the entire album. By the way, Lane is the grandson of Blues Hall of Famer Jimmy Rogers, who played for Muddy Waters, and his father is Jimmy Lane who has played with Clapton, the Stones, BB King, Van Morison and others. The talent is in the genes of this Omaha cat, and it is front and center on his new single. . . Soul/Blues Singer Lisa Mills does it up right on her new album The Triangle. She recorded with some of the finest studio musicians ever to track a record, and laid down said tracks at SUN and Royal Studios in Memphis, FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and Malaco in Jackson, Mississippi. The album features both classics and lesser known tunes, all delivered with Mills’ in- tense and power soaked blues vocals. The lead track alone is well worth the price of admission,
finding Mills covering Little Richard’s “Green- wood Mississippi” and utilizing some of the same musicians who played on the original and in the very same studio. How cool is that? And that is only the beginning. Thirteen tracks rock the blues and soul in style on songs like “Tell Mama,” “Slip Away,” and “Just Walking in the Rain.” One of the best tracks is “That’s How Strong My Love is” a song recorded by everyone from Otis Redding to the Stones, Steve Young to Bryan Ferry. Excel- lent. . . The Country Blues is the latest from out- law country artist Billy Don Burns. The great thing about Billy Don is his honesty, whether he is writing about “Runnin’ Drugs Out of Mexico” or a song of unrequited love, “Damn Cryin’ Shame.” The album fstures twelve Burns compo- sitions, including “The Prison Song,” “Ramblin’ Gypsy,” and “Honky Tonk Boots.” Billy Don Burns should be included in any conversation on Outlaw country alongside Waylon and Shaver. Good picking, good singing, great writing. . .Ben Reel’s ninth album, The Nashville Calling was produced by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Wom- ack, recorded live in the studio in just three days. The backing band chosen by the producers in- cludes both of them as well as Garry W. Tallent from Springsteen’s E-Street Band on bass. Many of the songs are perfect for our times, like “All in Good Time,” with lyrics like “Hold on baby/This world’s gone crazy/It’ll all happen/All in good time.” And “Tough People.” “Tough times never last/Tough people do.” Gifted with a strong singing voice, Ben is the “real” deal, a super tal- ented songwriter iun the vein of Dylan or Spring- steen. •
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