Editing Neil Young (section)

===Going solo, Crazy Horse (1968–1969)===
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After the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, Young signed a solo deal with [[Reprise Records]], home of his colleague and friend [[Joni Mitchell]], with whom he shared a manager, [[Elliot Roberts]]. Roberts managed Young until Roberts' death in 2019. Young and Roberts immediately began work on Young's first solo record, ''[[Neil Young (album)|Neil Young]]'' (January 22, 1969),<ref>The Village Voice (February 6, 1969) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19690206&id=xscpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9IsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6132,1163188 "Reprise Ad – Tea Fan Seeks Mate"]. News.google.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.</ref> which received mixed reviews. In a 1970 interview,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiancontent.net/people/music/Neil-Young.html|title=Neil Young – MiniBio|publisher=Canadian Content|year=2008|access-date=January 26, 2010}}</ref> Young deprecated the album as being "overdubbed rather than played".

For his next album, Young recruited three musicians from a band called the Rockets: [[Danny Whitten]] on guitar, [[Billy Talbot]] on bass guitar, and [[Ralph Molina]] on drums. These three took the name [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] (after [[Crazy Horse|the historical figure of the same name]]), and ''[[Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]]'' (May 1969) is credited to "Neil Young with Crazy Horse". Recorded in just two weeks, the album includes "[[Cinnamon Girl]]", "[[Cowgirl in the Sand]]", and "[[Down by the River (Neil Young song)|Down by the River]]". Young reportedly wrote all three songs in bed on the same day while nursing a high fever of {{convert|39|°C|°F|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rogan|first=Johnny|title=Neil Young, Zero to Sixty: A Critical Biography|publisher=Music Sales Distributed|year=2000|page=187|isbn=978-0-9529540-4-0}}</ref>