SINGER-SONGWRITER NEIL YOUNG ON SINGER - SONGWRITER FRED NEIL

pages 199 and 200 from Neil Young's recent music memoir

The Grove in Coconut Grove Florida.

"The Grove was intoxicating, and I stayed there on and off for years.  I had a suite in  a local hotel called the Rangoon.  There were a lot of high rollers in and out of the hotel all the time.  Fred Neil, the great folksinger/songwriter who wrote "Everybody's Talkin." which ws eventually used in the movie Midnight Cowboy, was there hanging out at the dock a lot with some of his friends.  (It is ironic to me that someone as seminal and influential as Freddy Neil would become more known for a movie song than the influence he had on a generation of musicians, including Stephen Stills, but that's the way it goes.)

GRAHAM NASH PLAYS ON BUDDY HOLLY'S OLD GUITAR

Graham NASH mentions the guitar cover inspired by Elvis's guitar cover. Buddy hand tooled the leather cover himself!  See our post about Rick Nelson's guitar cover... use the Google search feature... and AL SHELTON or RICK NELSON to bring up that older post!