In this second part of All Day Vinyl's LEGENDS Podcast interview with music producer Mark Howard, we look behind the scenes on the recording of Neil Young's Le Noise & Tom Waits Real Gone album sessions, and remixing of Joni Mitchell's debut album.Immerse yourself in the world of these industry giants as Mark shares first-hand accounts of their quirks and idiosyncrasies.

In this clip Mark shares an extraordinary story about how Hitchhiker came to appear on the Daniel Lanois produced "Le Noise" album nearly 40 years after it was written and how both a full moon and a single marijuana cigarette helped the production of the song. We also recount the feedback that Bob Dylan gave Neil Young after performing an acoustic version in the 1970's. An incredible recording session story, WAIT TILL THE END OF THE STORY, its a good one! FULL INTERVIEW COMING SOON!

Also, in the clip i mention an interaction between Neil Young and Bob Dylan, here is EXACTLY what Neil Young had to say about the meeting (in case you want full context)

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - The Hitchhiker Joint & Moon Story

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One night, Dylan came by and I played him a couple of new songs, “Hitchhiker” and “Cortez the Killer.” When he heard “Hitchhiker,” a confessional about the progressive history of drugs I had taken through my life, he told me, “That’s honest.” That moment still crosses my mind. It makes me laugh every time I think of it because Bob’s humor is so wry. I think it was his way of saying kindly that the song was not very inventive as far as creating a story goes, just that I was following a history and not making up anything new. It’s still funny to me, at any rate, the way he put it.

Neil Young
Special Deluxe
October 2014
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