Almost Cut My Hair
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1970, from Déjà Vu. Solo by Neil Young, Stephen Stills.
Young and Stills trade biting electric leads under David Crosby's raw vocal on a first-take-feel recording.
Almost Cut My Hair has the feel of a first take, and that rawness suits David Crosby's defiant, straining vocal. Neil Young and Stephen Stills trade biting electric leads around him, their guitars snarling and overlapping in a way that sounds more like a live jam than a polished studio track. The solos are loose and intense rather than precise, full of stinging bends and rough edges. It is one of the heaviest moments on Déjà Vu, and it shows how much electric fire the group could generate beneath its famous harmonies. Listen for the way the two guitars answer each other across the stereo field, each pushing the other toward a harder edge.
Almost Cut My Hair by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is featured in our Folk Rock (#7) list. The solo is played by Neil Young, Stephen Stills and the song was released in 1970.
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Who played the guitar solo on Almost Cut My Hair?
Neil Young, Stephen Stills played the solo on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Almost Cut My Hair (1970).