Are You Ready for the Country (song)

"Are You Ready for the Country?"
Song by Neil Young
from the album Harvest
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1972
RecordedSeptember 2, 1971
StudioBroken Arrow Ranch
GenreCountry rock
Length3:33
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)
"Are You Ready for the Country?"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album Are You Ready for the Country
B-side"So Good Woman"[2]
ReleasedNovember 20, 1976
GenreCountry rock
Length3:12
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"Can't You See"
(1976) 		"Are You Ready for the Country?"
(1976) 		"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
(1977)

"Are You Ready for the Country?" is a song written by Neil Young and released on his 1972 Harvest album. The track features Young on piano backed by the studio band dubbed The Stray Gators, comprising Jack Nitzsche on slide guitar,[3][4] Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar,[4] Tim Drummond on bass,[3] and Kenny Buttrey on drums. Backing vocals on the track are by David Crosby and Graham Nash.[3] The recording was made in a studio set up in a barn on Young's ranch.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Harvest". Discogs. February 1972. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
  2. ^ "Waylon Jennings 45 RPM Are You Ready for the Country / So Good Woman". Amazon.
  3. ^ a b c Bielen, K. (2008). The Words and Music of Neil Young. Praeger. p. 21. ISBN 9780275999025.
  4. ^ a b c Inglis, S. (2015). Harvest. Bloomsbury. pp. 84–87. ISBN 9780826414953.
  5. ^ Williamson, N. (2002). Journey Through the Past: The Stories Behind the Classic Songs of Neil Young. Hal Leonard. pp. 40–41. ISBN 9780879307417.