Muddy Track is a documentary film by Neil Young (under the alias Bernard Shakey), made during his 1986/7 European tour with Crazy Horse.
It was given an official DVD release in 2021, and in 2024 as a Blu-ray in the Neil Young Archives Volume III: 1976–1987 box set.
[6] In April 2015, the film was screened alongside Human Highway at the IFC Center for a retrospective on Young's directorial work.
[7] Shot largely with a handheld camera (dubbed "Otto" by Young), Muddy Track documents a difficult tour of Europe, plagued by poor weather, dwindling ticket sales, backstage arguments and audience riots.
In an interview with Mojo magazine in 1995, Young claimed that Muddy Track was among the favorites of all his films: "It’s dark as hell.