Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Released immediately after his infamous 'ditch trilogy' , 'Zuma' (1975) found Neil Young reuniting fully with the band Crazy Horse for the first time since the epochal 'Everybody Knows This is Nowhere' in 1970. With new guitarist Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro replacing the late Danny Whitten, the four musicians hunkered down in the basement of producer David Briggs' Malibu beach house and churned out one of the most raw and emotionally resonant records of Young's career. Join me as I look back on this great but sometimes overlooked entry in his catalogue, going track-by-track into the dense, poetic sound world of danger birds, Spanish conquistadors, and all other things 'Zuma'.
Released immediately after his infamous 'ditch trilogy' , 'Zuma' (1975) found Neil Young reuniting fully with the band Crazy Horse for the first time since the epochal 'Everybody Knows This is Nowhere' in 1970. With new guitarist Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro replacing the late Danny Whitten, the four musicians hunkered down in the basement of producer David Briggs' Malibu beach house and churned out one of the most raw and emotionally resonant records of Young's career. Join me as I look back on this great but sometimes overlooked entry in his catalogue, going track-by-track into the dense, poetic sound world of danger birds, Spanish conquistadors, and all other things 'Zuma'.
