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Tonight's The Night (Part 1 And 2)

by

Neil Young



Album: Tonight's The Night      Released: 1975

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This song was written as a tribute to Bruce Berry, a Neil Young roadie who died of a heroin overdose. Berry was the second noteworthy person in Young's life to die of a heroin overdose, the first being Danny Whitten, Crazy Horse's original guitar player.

Neil and crazy horse recorded this song without playing it back until after they finished it, which added to the raw sound that the song would be recognized for. (thanks, Chris - Philadelphia, PA, for above 2)

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Ronnie Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd who had a "feud" with Neil Young, would wear a t-shirt with the image of the Tonight's the Night album cover in concerts. It's also what he's wearing on the cover of Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd's final album before the plane crash
- Jon, Tucson, AZ

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