‘Long May You Run’ was dedicated to one of his cars. Darn fine song. When I think of the 70s a lot of bands and albums stand out, ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ is near the top of my album list. From about 1969 to 1979 nobody had a better run of quality albums than Young.
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That was the Stills-Young Band album. Album cover has a pic of buffalo but the song was about one of his cars from his early days. I have the album and still give it a listen once in a while.
Long May You Run was about some friend he knew in Northern Ontario who he lost track of and later heard he had died. At least that is how he explained it in some concert I saw on tv I think. I suppose it might work for a car as well. He was a very hit and miss type of artist IMHO. Some great stuff and some awful. His whingey leftism is of course typical of the entertainment fraternity which I no longer patronize.
“Long May You Run” is a great song. I may be one of the few Freepers who has been to Blind River (Ontario) … but it was long after 1962!