Neil Young: Old Ways
Edwin Pouncey, Sounds, 31 August 1985
ARE YOU ready for the country yet? If bands like the Long Ryders and Jason And The Scorchers (both of whom owe an enormous musical debt to the creator of this record) haven't convinced you that there's more to country than stetsons and spur clichés, then read no further you're going to loathe Old Ways.
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