“There's a lot of stories about Fred Neil. Y'know he came to New York and ran the kind of open mic night for folk players that Bob Dylan was trying to get into as a kid. He's the god of supernatural, chill heroin folk.”
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material, particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.
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10 tracks · 38:59 · click to preview1
The Dolphins
4:05
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I've Got A Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)
4:38
3
That's The Bag I'm In
3:35
4
Ba-Di-Da
3:38
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Faretheewell (Fred's Tune)
4:01
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Everybody's Talkin'
2:44
7
Everything Happens
2:19
8
Sweet Cocaine
2:03
9
Green Rocky Road
3:40
10
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8:12
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