Home / Music / Neil Young's 'Ambulance Blues' was based on a Bert Jansch songMusic linernotes album music neil-youngNeil Young's 'Ambulance Blues' was based on a Bert Jansch songYoung later acknowledged that “Ambulance Blues” was based on “Needle of Death” by Bert Jansch. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHarvest was Neil Young's commercial peak — and 1972's best-selling US albumHarvest Moon is the sequel Harvest deserved, twenty years later.In the Wings catches Neil Young between acoustic introspection and punk-influenced electricityNeil Young met Charles Manson in Topanga CanyonNeil Young's On the Beach cover has a Cadillac tail fin in the sandExploreSunday at the Village Vanguard is routinely ranked among the best live jazz albumsEvans's Peace Piece is a two-chord meditation with Debussy's fingerprintsRoedelius's Fluxus is minimal electronics with a Farfisa organ at its coreLa Llorona strips ranchera down to voice and guitarLreplace is dense Merzbow noise — all distortion and feedbackPrevious Neil Young's Ditch Trilogy is three albums of post-Harvest darknessNext Neil Young recorded On the Beach at his ranch and at Sunset Sound