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Being a fan of Neil Young<\/a> can normally be a bit complicated, depending on which era you\u2019re talking about.\u00a0<\/p>\n Young might be one of the reigning kings of rock and roll in some circles, but he was never going to be creatively stagnant for a second, and a lot of his career has been spent marching to the beat of his own drum every single time he plays guitar. That might make for an uneven discography, but Young could always rely on the right people to support him every step of the way.<\/p>\n Granted, Young was always meant to be making music on his own. Buffalo Springfield was a great starting point for him, but even if he had a lot more fire in him as an artist, it was much easier to use Crazy Horse as their own unique instrument. There were bound to be a few casualties along the way, like Danny Whitten, but Young was able to channel every single emotion in his body onto the tape, whether that was his grief on Tonight\u2019s the Night or sarcasm on Everybody\u2019s Rockin\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n If he was having this many problems working in his own solo career, though, you can imagine his frustration when he was tied to Crosby, Stills, and Nash for too long. On the surface, Young seemed like the perfect fourth member of the group, but that\u2019s only if you don\u2019t take his personality into account. He needed to mix things up wherever he could, and while he was around to give them perfect songs like \u2018Helpless\u2019 and bring an edge to their sound on \u2018Ohio\u2019<\/a>, it wasn\u2019t out of the question for him to leave in the middle of a tour because he wasn\u2019t clicking with the rest of the guys. <\/p>\n It\u2019s not like the rest of the band were fully on board with Young coming into the group, either. Graham Nash famously had his reservations about bringing someone like Young into the fold, but when you listen to a record like Deja Vu, the songs speak for themselves half the time. And were it not for Stephen Stills pushing for Young to join, we wouldn\u2019t have got one of the greatest albums in classic rock history.<\/p>\n Stills had already known Young from his days with Buffalo Springfield, and even when the band had their zany period of splitting off into two separate duos, Young always had time to jam with his old buddy. They didn\u2019t necessarily see eye-to-eye on everything, and there were moments where Young needed his space, but he had no problem calling Stills one of the best people that he has ever worked with.<\/p>\n