Friday Music

This song was released in 1969 on Neil Young’s album - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Young's first album with backing band Crazy Horse.   Released as a single the following year, it reached No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. 
 
Young has never said who the Cinnamon Girl is – deferring to the listener any lyric interpretations.   
 
The liner notes to Young’s compilation album – Decade - reveal that Down by the River, Cinnamon Girl, and Cowgirl in the Sand were all composed  in a single afternoon – while Young was sick with a 103 degree temperature.   They were recorded after being together with the band Crazy Horse for only 2 weeks. 
 
Neil Young and Promise of the Real perform Cinnamon Girl at Farm Aid 2017 at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, on September 16. 
 
Long may you run, Neil Young…