(Neil Young; arr. Brent Scheihagen)
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"Country Girl"
is a song originally written by Neil
Young and recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for their
album "Deja Vu." The full title of the song is
"The Country Girl Suite (a. Whiskey Boot Hill b. Down Down Down c. Country
Girl I Think You're Pretty)."
I recorded this song as a
kind of study some time ago, especially having done my best to learn and
recreate the vocal harmonies. The rest of the arrangement differs to
greater or lesser extent from the original. Anyway, I always loved the original.
Along with the Beatles,
the Band and a few odd things like the Strauss's opening theme to "Also
Sprach Zarathustra" and "The Blue Danube Waltz," Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young were another group that I recall enjoying before I had even
learned to read. Later, I received the CSN
box set from a family friend while in high school and spent a lot of
time learning how to harmonize by picking out and singing the different parts.
(I was especially enamored with Crosby at the time, which usually meant
picking out the middle harmony - the most difficult!) This song will not
be the last in which I pay tribute to one of my early inspirations.
