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Coca leaves and pearls
In 1975, NEIL YOUNG emerged battered but defiant from the darkness that had overshadowed much of the decade so far. Now accompanied by a reformed CRAZY HORSE , he recorded ZUMA – one of the defining releases in his peerless run of ’70s albums. Fifty years on, the Horse’s redoubtable bassist BILLY TALBOT share secrets of high times and heavy jams during the Point Dume recording sessions. Meanwhile, a host of Neil heads including MJ LENDERMAN , ALAN SPARHAWK , EVAN DANDO , BLAKE MILLS and KURT VILE salute the album’s musical marvels. “It is the arrival of a band that would anchor an era and influence generations,” says one acolyte