LIVE REPORT: Neil Young
... tube. Possibly anticipating this sort of reaction from his audience, Young wrote in Waging Heavy Peace that "Today my past is a huge thing. Everybody has an expectation of what I should do. There comes a time when these things start to get in one's way. Expectations can block the light. They can shadow the future, making it more difficult to be free-flowing and creative. I need to find that freedom again today if I want to fly." On tonight's evidence, not only has
Neil Young found that freedom again, he "is succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better." LIVE REPORT:
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[ read more ]Farm Aid Coming to SPAC, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, Neil Young and John Mellencamp Confirmed to Play
... Saratoga Springs, NY's Saratoga Performing Arts Center will host Farm Aid for the first time on September 21. Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson,
Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews will all perform at the event and additional acts will be confirmed in the coming weeks. A FarmAid.org ticket pre-sale starts Tuesday, June 18 at noon. Dave Matthews Band recently wrapped-up a two-night stand at SPAC. This is the second year in a row Farm Aid has taken place in the Northeast, following last year's event in Hershey, PA. The only other time Farm Has has been held in New York was a 2007 stop at Randall's Island. Farm Aid Coming to SPAC, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews,
Neil Young and John Mellencamp Confirmed to Play ...
[ read more ]Interlocken Festival - Widespread Panic, Neil Young And Crazy Horse, SCI
... touch all elements of the event: "when something ends, another begins.' This simple yet powerful ethos of sustainability will be integrated into camping, lodging, food, drink, transport offerings as well as specialized onsite activities," according to a press release.The WSET article mentions that organizers expect 30,000 to attend and are not planning on selling single-day tickets. Frey also emphasized that Interlocken will feature only one band playing at a time. General admission and VIP tickets are on sale now. Interlocken Festival - Widespread Panic,
Neil Young And Crazy Horse, SCI ...
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Neil Young
(Nov. 12, 1945 -)
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Neil was born in Toronto but moved to Winnipeg as a teenager when his parents divorced. His mother was a panelist on a Canadian quiz show and his father was a sports writer for the Toronto Sun. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
In 1982, Geffen Records signed Young and gave him complete creative control. Young made some experimental albums that flopped, and Geffen sued him, claiming he was intentionally making commercially unsuccessful albums. He settled the suit and went back to his old label, Reprise, in 1988.
He formed the influential band Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills in 1966. When Buffalo Springfield was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1997, Young boycotted the presentation because he felt the event was too commercial. Seats at the dinner cost $1,200 each.
He worked as a solo artist while touring and recording with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
In 1979, he released a concert movie called Rust Never Sleeps. Young directed it using the name Bernard Shakey.
New York magazine The Village Voice named him '70s Artist Of The Decade.
At age 5, he contracted polio. The disease damaged the left side of his body and may have contributed to seizures he would experience for years to come.
When he formed his first band, The Squires, and traveled to gigs, they did so in Neil's hearse, which he named Mortimer. He loved that hearse.
His son Ben was born with cerebral palsy, as was his second son Zeke (born with a milder case). This led Neil's involvement with The Bridge School, which serves special-needs children. Neil holds a benefit concert for the school every year.
Young is the first artist to record two MTV Unpluggeds. He was so upset about the quality of the first one he showed up again three months later to record another one. R.E.M. also recorded two. (thanks, Dan - West Hartford, CT)
Young has indulged in marijuana and cocaine, but very rarely. In the movie The Last Waltz, you can see a huge ball of coke in Neil's nose; for the 2002 theatrical and DVD release, MGM digitally erased the ball. Young has never touched heroin or acid, and has never been in rehab.
He is a part owner of the Lionel train company. And holds patents on model railroad controls he uses with his son Ben. (thanks, Chris - Philadelphia, PA)
One of his first bands was The Mynah Birds, which featured Rick James on lead vocals. They signed with Motown, but the deal (and the band) fell apart when James was busted for dodging the draft.
In 1995, Pearl Jam recorded an album with Young called Mirror Ball. Because of record company restrictions, the name Pearl Jam could not appear anywhere on the album, but each member is named individually. (thanks, Elliot - St. Louis, MO)
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still rocks me.
Definitley not the best 'technical guitarist' (almost any classical guitarist could play circles around him), but he does play with alot of emotion.
I've got a question: Does anyone of you know Neil's Song "CALIFORNIA SUNSET"??????? On which album can I find the song?
1. he did dabble in weed and cocaine quite often
2. he did try acid but didnt like it
3. he was addicted to heroin for 6 years
he was one of the worst druggies in the 70s
Crazy Horse's previous name was "The Rockets".
Saw him last year in Birmingham England....FANTASTIC.
Would love to C.S.N & Y perform here in England.