As a guy who has always liked Neil Young songs better than Neil Young performances, the guitar playing on Americana is as good as it ever was, if you liked Rust Never Sleeps. Problem is there are no Neil Young songs on the album. But for those who love Crazy Horse's all-out attack approach, most of the songs dO sound like Keep on Rockin in the Free World. I suppose as folkies we should give Neil some praise for doing an album of traditional songs, and I do. But up to the level of Harvest? No f@#king way.