In 1970, Neil Young disappeared and returned with the greatest song ever written

In 1970, Neil Young disappeared and returned with the greatest song ever written

The idea of disappearing into the woods and re-emerging as a new person is like the stuff of fairytales; on the face of it, Neil Young would reject all that junk, until he remembered that it actually happened to him.  The year was 1970, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young were at the peak of their powers, and yet, amid their songwriting dynasty, the world was rapidly changing around them, and as artists within a scene that prided itself on a socia…