Tonight's the Night (Neil Young)

Tonight's the Night is an album by the Canadian singer Neil Young .

Background
Shortly before the music of this album was written and recorded died Bruce Berry, a Young's stage employees of a heroin overdose. In 1972, with Young musician friend was Danny Whitten also died of an overdose. Young told that Nils Lofgren (guitar), Billy Talbot (bass guitar), Ralph Molina (drums) and he thought a lot during the shooting at Whitten and Berry. The album was recorded in the studio of Berrys brother. The sessions for this album were also the first with Crazy Horse without Whitten.The cheerful, upbeat rock song "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" is an older live recording in Fillmore East, which Whitten still be heard as guitarist and lead singer .The atmosphere on the album is especially sad and gloomy. Initially Tonight's the Night therefore rejected by record label Reprise Records . As a successor for Harvest(1972) Young had then also made ​​a more melodic album entitled Homegrown . On the advice of his friends, he decided to release the album and never appeared instead Tonight's the Night, two years after the recordings still in stores.

The song "Mellow My Mind" was in the nineties performed by Simply Red .

Tracklist
All music and lyrics written by Neil Young, unless otherwise indicated.

Musicians
Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers To "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown": Neil Young with Crazy Horse On "Lookout Joe": Neil Young with The Stray Gators
 * Neil Young: piano, guitar, harmonica, vocals
 * Billy Talbot: bass
 * Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
 * Ben Keith : guitar, vocals
 * Nils Lofgren: guitar, piano, singing
 * George Whitsell: vocals on New Mommy
 * Neil Young: guitar, vocals
 * Danny Whitten: guitar, vocals
 * Billy Talbot: bass
 * Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
 * Jack Nitzsche: electric piano
 * Neil Young: guitar, harmonica, vocals
 * Ben Keith: pedal steel guitar, vocals
 * Kenny BUTTREY: drums
 * Tim Drummond : bass
 * Jack Nitzsche: piano