Neil Young Promise of the Real

About Neil Young Promise of the Real

Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield together with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. He released his first album in 1968 and has since forged a successful and acclaimed solo career, spanning over 45 years and 35 studio albums, with a continuous and uncompromising exploration of musical styles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website describes Young as "one of rock and roll's greatest songwriters and performers". He was inducted into the Hall of Fame twice, first as a solo artist in 1995, and second as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997. 'The Monsanto Years' is the thirty-sixth studio album by Neil Young, released on June 29, 2015 on Reprise Records. A concept album criticizing agribusiness giant Monsanto, the album is a collaboration with Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah, alongside Lukas' bandmates in Promise of the Real. Young had a long-time friendship Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah and jammed with Lukas' bandmates in Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real after 2014's Farm Aid. Recording for this album began the following January. Young announced that he was recording an album with the band —including non-member Micah— at the converted movie theater Teatro in Oxnard, California, the site where Willie Nelson's Teatro album was recorded. Young sent a CD to his collaborators with demos to allow them to learn some of the new songs before arriving to perform together on the new compositions. The album was produced by both Young and John Hanlon, and is accompanied by a film documenting the recording process. The recording was filmed by Don Hannah alongside live rehearsals in April 2015 for a film also entitled 'The Monsanto Years'. Young debuted a music video for "Wolf Moon" on June 10, 2015.

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