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New Young Album Due in April |
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Written by KZYR
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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
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Neil Young readies his latest studio release for early April.
Recorded in 2008 between tour dates with his live band Ben Keith
(pedal steel guitar, keyboards), Chad Cromwell (drums), Rick Rosas
(bass), Pegi Young (vocals) and Anthony Crawford (vocals, guitar),
"Fork in the Road," the 63-year old musician's
next studio album, set for an April 7 release on Reprise.
"Fork" is a further rumination on Young's social and ecological
concerns.
The album's main themes are drawn from Young's involvement with the
Lincvolt Project, a
joint effort between the singer and biodiesel pioneer Johnathan
Goodwin to develop a commercially viable electric power system for
automobiles. The prototype Lincvolt vehicle, Young's own 1959
Lincoln Chevy, is now completely finished, and a documentary is
planned about the car's first cross-country gasoline-free road trip
to Washington, DC. Young even named one of the album's songs,
"Johnny Magic,' after his Lincvolt partner.
A special edition of "Fork in the Road," with a DVD including three
song videos and a live concert video of Young performing the
Beatles’ “A Day in the Life,” is available now for preorder on
www.neilyoung.com.
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