Rusty boxcar blues
Montpelier, Vermont -- 6/22/13
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Demo Review: Neil Young - “Boxcar”
There was no banjo when Neil Young demoed “Boxcar” for the sessions that produced Ragged Glory.
Out now and following behind “Don’t Spook the Horse” in previewing Official Release Series Volume 5’s July 14 arrival, the previously unreleased, 1990 recording proves Young was wise to hold and re-record it for 2007’s Chrome Dreams II.
Relatively weak on the lyrics front, the melody and rhythm evoke the mode of transportation referenced in the title. But the banjo propels it better than the echoey electric guitar and accordion on the initial recording, as Young sings with an uncharacteristic rasp:
I’m like a black man/I’m like a white man/maybe a red man, I don’t know
Young unfortunately didn’t revise the lyrics. But, as this demo shows, he made the right call on the music front.
Grade card: Neil Young - “Boxcar” - B-
6/20/23
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