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Fred Neil was a great songwriter from the folk singer days. He walked aay from all the craziness to talk to Dolphins in Florida. When he'd get short of cash he'd head to New York to cut an album, word would get around Freddy boy was in town and anybody who was anybody would.

Fred Neil was an influential American singer-songwriter.

Fred Neil's epoymous second album (third overall if you count his collaboration with Vince Martin, Tear Down The Walls) came out in 1966, when the folk-rock and singer-songwriter genres were taking off - it’s often considered an important album in the development of both genres. Leaving the tradition of folk songs as protest music behind, its lyrics focused on more personal and introspective matters. Indeed it was here that he made the transition from 'folk singer' to 'singer songwriter', being among the first to do so.

The sound of the album was moody, bluesy and melodic, based around Neil’s rich baritone voice and layers of shimmering acoustic and tremolo electric guitars. The backing musicians consisted of Pete Childs, John Forsha and Cyrus Faryar on guitars (and bouzouki), Jimmy Bond on bass, and Billy Mundi on drums. Also featured Alan Wilson of Canned Heat on harmonica. All songs were Neil originals, and included the classic “Everybody’s Talkin’” (which was a hit for Harry Nilsson three years later).Also notable is the final instrumental track, with its psychedelic raga-esque groove.

Nowadays the album is considered a true classic, and is undeniably Neil's greatest work.

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Bleecker & MacDougal

Studio album by

Released

August 1965

Recorded

1965

Genre

Folk rock

Length

34:09

Label

Elektra

Producer

Gordon Anderson

Fred Neil chronology

Tear Down the Walls
(1964)

Bleecker & MacDougal
(1965)

Fred Neil
(1966)

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Allmusic	^[1]

Bleecker & MacDougal, issued by Elektra in 1965, is the first solo album from Fred Neil, a pioneer folk rock musician. The recording, which unlike many folk albums at the time featured electric guitar backing, had a significant influence on the folk rock movement.

Guest musicians included Felix Pappalardi on bass, a young John Sebastian playing harmonica, and Pete Childs on dobro and electric guitar.^[2]

Except for one track, all of the songs on the album were written by Neil.^[2]Bleecker & MacDougal was reissued as Little Bit of Rain in 1970.^[3]

The album is named for the intersection of Bleecker Street and MacDougal Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. A picture of the intersection featured on the album cover. The San Remo Cafe can be seen in the picture, a gathering spot for writers and musicians for decades. Osx uninstaller safe. Both streets were important locales for folk and rock music of the period.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Fred Neil; except where indicated Arch evil riddim zip.

'Bleecker & MacDougal' – 2:14
'Blues on the Ceiling' – 2:24
'Sweet Mama' – 2:35
'Little Bit of Rain' – 2:23
'Country Boy' – 2:27
'Other Side to This Life' – 2:56
'Mississippi Train' – 2:14
'Travelin' Shoes' – 2:18
'The Water is Wide' – 4:18
'Yonder Comes the Blues' – 1:52
'Candy Man' (Neil, Beverly 'Ruby' Ross) – 2:29
'Handful of Gimme' – 2:15
'Gone Again' – 3:13

Personnel[edit]

Fred Neil - guitar, vocals
Pete Childs - dobro, guitar, baritone guitar
Felix Pappalardi - bass
Douglas Hatfield - bass
John Sebastian - harmonica

Production[edit]

Producer: Gordon Anderson
Production Supervisor: Jac Holzman
Recording Engineer: Paul Rothchild
Art Direction: William S. Harvey
Photography: Mort Schuman
Liner Notes: Skip Weshner

References[edit]

^Allmusic review
^ ^a^bJurek, Thom. 'Fred Neil: Bleecker & MacDougal'. Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^Allmusic entry for Little Bit of Rain Accessed May 26, 2009.

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