Lookout Joe
1975 · Reprise K 54040 · Burbank, California
- Artist
- Neil Young
- Title
- Lookout Joe
- Release
- Tonight's The Night
- Year
- 1975
- Label
- Reprise # K 54040
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Burbank, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Neil Young, Danny Whitten/Neil Young
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Well-known Canadian-born musician Neil Young (12 November 1945) released the post-war album Tonight's the Night - a post-hippie, post-Vietnam grungy rock album, representing the end of 1960s idealism and counter-culture. Released two years after US direct involvement in Vietnam and the same year as the collapse of South Vietnam, the song "Lookout Joe" (Reprise Records # MS 2221) dealt with the returning Vietnam veterans. Note that young wrote the famous Ohio (1970), with his group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, about the Kent State shooting. He also recorded the Vietnam War song "Letter From 'Nam" in the 70s, although it was only released in 2021: Neil Young Archives Vol. II: 1972–1976.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Canadian-American singer-songwriter, born 12 November 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; moved to the US in 1966 (Buffalo Springfield, CSNY); wrote 'Ohio' (1970). [Source: Wikipedia]