The Social Impacts of Folk Music During the 1970's

Neil Young

Neil Young started his solo work during the 1970s with his first solo album being "After the Gold Rush" which cracked the top 10 charts.  One of his more influential songs on the album titled, "Southern Man" condemned racism in the south, and actually inspired the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama".  The following year, Young released his most successful album to date, "Harvest" with hits such as "Heart of Gold" and "Old Man".  Following the release of "Harvest", Young was presented with many personal issues.  His son was born with cerebral palsy, and the guitarist from his old band, Dan Whitten, died from a drug overdose.  This inspired Neil to write the album, "Tonights the Night" which had a pretty dark overtone and heavily advised against the use of drugs.

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