The opening track on John Mayer’s folk-tinged 2012 album “Born and Raised” is titled “Queen of California”. The lyrics reference “Looking for the sun that Neil Young hung / After the gold rush of 1971”. And hoping “there’s another color waiting for me” he recalls that “Joni wrote ‘Blue’ in a house by the sea”. Let John set it up for you, then catch a 1970 performance of “California” from Joni Mitchell’s 4th album “Blue”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chLFi2cFxzohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMc_Q0bBRjg
Neil Young certainly has plenty in his catalog since “After the Gold Rush”, but his next album “Harvest” contained his only #1 song “Heart of Gold”. Hang in there while he fiddles around with his harmonicas.
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