NILS LOFGREN:

When I was 18 years old Neil Young and David Briggs asked me to play on the After the Goldrush album. And I just practiced and practiced and this particular day Ralphie — the great drummer, Ralphie Molina — stayed behind and we were working on Southern Man, it was like bum bum bah … bum bum bah.

That's where the snare is. And after about a half an hour, I wanted to break it up. And you know, I come from the– the polka, accordion school. You know-

That whole oompah thing. And so I started double-timing, you know, the– (PLAYING) doin' octaves, and you know–

So when Neil and David came back from lunch, they said, "What the heck is that?" And I said "That's Southern Man with a polka beat." And they said, "That feels great, but don't ever say that again."