Today's video is an acoustic performance of "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young. This song contains one of the most recognizable harmonica lines in popular music. This is an enchanting solo acoustic version from 1971. The quiet that surrounds him in this video accentuates the haunting melody from the harmonica. The banter at the beginning of this video is very interesting and insightful to Young's relationship with the harmonica at that point in time. He explains that he required a different harmonica for each key he plays in and fumbles with his neck rack and numerous harmonicas he has stashed in his jacket. Young also then invited anyone else with a "G" harmonica to blow along with him.
He was 25 years old when he sat down in front of an audience at the BBC Studios in February of 1971. This was a stop on an acoustic tour he did at the beginning of 1971 the year after he released his third solo venture After the Gold Rush. Young also gained fame for his work with Crosby Still Nash & Young. They recorded the famous song "
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