Comes A Time was released in July 1978. Neil provided vocals, guitars, piano & harmonica. The "Gone With The Wind Orchestra" consisted of:

    Nicolette Larson: harmony vocals
   Ben Keith: steel guitar
   Carl Himmel: drums
   Tim Drummond: bass
   Spooner Oldham: piano
   Rufus Thibodeaux: fiddle
   Joe Osborne: bass
   Larrie Londin: drums
   JJ Cale: electric guitar
   Farrel Morris: percussion
   Grant Boatright: acoustic guitar
   Bucky Barret: acoustic guitar
   John Christopher: acoustic guitar
   Jerry Shook: acoustic guitar
   Vic Jordan: acoustic guitar
   Steve Gibson: acoustic guitar
   Dale Sellers: acoustic guitar
   Ray Edenton: acoustic guitar
   Rita Fey: autoharp
   Shelly Kurland: strings
   Stephanie Woolf: strings
   Marvin Chantry: strings
   Roy Christensen: strings
   Gary Vanosdale: strings
   Carl Goroditzby: strings
   George Binkley: strings
   Steve Smith: strings
   Larry Harvin: strings
   Larry Lasson: strings
   Carol Walker: strings
   Rebecca Lynch: strings
   Virginia Christensen: strings
   Maryanna Harvin: strings
   George Kosmola: strings
   Martha McCrory: strings

Secondary musicians were:

     Crazy Horse on "Look Out For My Love" and "Lotta Love"
   Frank Sampedro: guitars, vocals
   Billy Talbot: bass, vocals
   Ralph Molina: drums, vocals
   Tim Mulligan: saxophone

Neil returned to folk music with this effort and it is considered somewhat of a comeback album. The album was originally going to be called Give To The Wind. Some promotional copies were pressed with this name and are now very valuable. Neil was unhappy with the original song sequencing of this album ("Piece Of Mind" and "Lotta Love" were swapped. Neil bought the 200,000 copies of the album that Reprise had already pressed for $160,000. "Motorcycle Mama" is a song Neil wrote after watching a woman in Ft. Lauderdale fall off her bar stool.

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