Stackpole-Keating, part 3: Mr. Soul b/w Almost Cut My Hair

Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield):
http://www.box.com/s/dfuzhlh0qy0ri7pkvyd9

Almost Cut My Hair (CSNY):
http://www.box.com/s/q3tfd7q596oco18y945v

Neil Young....  What can I say?  As covered in enough detail previously, there's Creedence and Dylan and the Band.  The Who, the Stones, the Kinks, the Beatles, and a few other go-to's on my classic rock front.  But NEIL!  He's most often been THE  guy, throughout all his phases and stages, whether folksy and warbling, fuzzed-out and stomping, oddball, overwrought or plain ol' cantankerous.  That's one cat who's cut his own swath, deep, wide and however the hell he wants it.  Yet there's something about his singing, and his playing (acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica), and his writing (and his failures) that's always seemed just within reach.  His solos never move too fast, and he doesn't rain down notes or verses.  It's more tone and phrasing and leaving spaces.  But the whole package is inimitable.  Even within his output with Buffalo Springfield (not as good as I always hope) and CSNY (not as bad as I always prepare myself for), Neil leaves a mark.  Sometimes a welt.

Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield):



Almost Cut My Hair (CSNY):