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Neil Young: Heart of Gold
UNITED STATES · 2006

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Jonathan Demme
music recording health crisis family collaboration country folk music artistic resilience
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Synopsis

In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album Prairie Wind with old friends and family members. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to Nashville that August to play at the famed Ryman Auditorium, once again gathering t

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