How Neil Young and 'Homegrown' Drummer 'Butted Heads'
How Neil Young and ‘Homegrown’ Drummer ‘Butted Heads’ Himmel was recommended by Levon Helm as Young worked on his album Homegrown in 1974. Although the record wasn’t released until last year, the sessions led to a professional relationship that lasted for decades. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Himmel said he was first approached by coproducer Ben Keith: “[He] said, ‘Come by the studio and I’ll introduce you to Neil. And Levon needs some equipment.’ I’d known Levon for years, and I said, ‘I’ll give him anything he wants.’ But I was working a couple of ti...