Talk:Neil Young/Archive 3

'53 or '56?
On the top right of the page it says he has a 1956 goldtop les paul, and in the "guitars" section it says it is a 1953 gold top. Could someone please fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.20.31.52 (talk) 03:31, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Origin
This seems to be an ongoing point of confusion on a lot of artists' pages. Origin relates to where an artists career started, not where they were born. Neil Young's origin as an artist was in Winnipeg, not Toronto. There is a template somewhere on this site that gives an official definition if anyone would like to hunt it down and post the link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.152.135.138 (talk) 16:24, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

"Origin relates to where an artists career started, not where they were born. Neil Young's origin as an artist was in Winnipeg, not Toronto." Are you serious?? Who made this proclamation... you?

The "town in North Ontario" referred to in the opening line of the song is often presumed to be Ontario native Young's hometown; Young himself cleared up the rumours in a 1995 Mojo interview with Nick Kent:

"'Well, it's not literally a specific town so much as a feeling. Actually, it's a couple of towns. Omemee, Ontario, is one of them. It's where I first went to school and spent my 'formative' years. Actually I was born in Toronto...' please see the song 'Helpless'"

Neil states in the above quote, he spent his "formative" years in Omemee. Please, let's stop the semantics here. Yes, Winnipeg was a place Neil has feelings for but "formative"? I think we are stretching this a bit. Having spoken with the residence of Omemee, it's clear Neil has fond memories of his first 12 years spent there, fishing, etc. In fact, Neil Young owns the "family farm" outside of Omemee and returns routinely. Obviously, it means a lot to him. Neil Young's "musical career" began in Omemee. In fact he broke a neighbours (in Omemee) piano, playing it with a hammer, when he was six. What defines the start of an artists career? I think people are getting their personal bias's involved in this article way too much. For verifiability please contact the "Omemee Historical Society". --Gumbee65 (talk) 01:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumbee65 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Why is someone continually changing Neil Young's origin back to Winnipeg without justification? Methinks someone has an agenda.

"From late 1955 to late 1958, the Youngs lived on a rural property east of Toronto in Pickering. Then they moved back to Toronto, to a tidy two-storey brick structure with a front bay window.

Neil had just turned 13 and enrolled in Grade 7 at nearby John Wanless Public School. He was also getting into music. Late at night, he would listen to the local Top 40 radio station CHUM 1050 and to other stations picked up from the southern United States.

"That's when I really became aware of what was going on," he once told rock journalist and filmmaker Cameron Crowe. "I knew that I wanted to play, that I was into it. `Maybe,' by the Chantels, `Short Fat Fannie,' Elvis Presley, Larry Williams, Chuck Berry, those were the first people I heard. I used to just fall asleep listening to the music. I was a real swinger."

And he began to play his first instrument — a plastic ukulele."

http://www.ladlass.com/ice/archives/010456.html

"November 12, 2005 Neil Young: The T.O. years

TheStar.com - Neil Young: The T.O. years

Canada's most influential rocker is 60 today. To celebrate, we've compiled this gentle reminder of where he spent his formative years, Nov. 12, 2005. 02:01 AM JOHN GODDARD" STAFF REPORTER --Gumbee65 (talk) 01:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumbee65 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Changed age 12 to 13 reference:

http://www.ladlass.com/ice/archives/010456.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumbee65 (talk • contribs) 01:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

If someone changes Neil Young's origin back to Winnipeg, then please provide citation as then there would be a discrepancy from Neil and would need to be discussed. But please don't change without citation and discussion. I think that is reasonable. --Gumbee65 (talk) 01:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumbee65 (talk • contribs) 01:50, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

"There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there." Helpless, Neil Young

source: http://www.lyricattack.com/n/neilyounglyrics/helplesslyrics.html

If all Neil Young's changes were in Omemee, then could someone please supply reasonable arguments for why Winnipeg is listed as his origin? Winnipeg, as origin, is a fallacy argument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gumbee65 (talk • contribs) 10:51, 21 March 2011 (UTC) b

This is a ridiculous discussion. The article itself clearly shows his formative years as a musician and band member were spent in Winnepeg. This entire discussion is nonsense.

Weird sentence
The last paragraph of the summary ends with this:

He has lived in the U.S. for "so long" and has stated he has "got just as much right to vote in them (American elections) as anybody else."[5]

Say what? This is not enclyclopeidic - nor is it relevant information to have in a summary. The sentence has a sarcastic and cynic tone. Will someone please rephrase this or remove it completely? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.75.7.34 (talk) 12:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Neil Young's Middle Names
I was under the impression that he had more than one middle name. In fact, supposedly his full name is "Neil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland Young." 71.164.26.82 19:12, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I think that Neil does have more than one middle name. In fact, Stills gave his youngest son the middle name "Ragland" to honor Young. I wish I could find the reference. KitHutch 12:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


 * The only reference I can find to Young's middle name is in CBC's obituary of his father, linked from his page: Scott Young. That article states that his middle name is "Percy". Merenta (talk) 15:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Which is short for "Percival"; Neil Young introduces himself at the beginning of the Year of the Horse DVD as "Neil Percival Young", and which is also reported as being his middle name in Shakey (which includes a footnote saying "There is some controversy about Young's middle name(s) - which he wouldn't confirm for me - but both his father and a musician who's seen his passport say "Percival". Sarcasticidealist (talk) 20:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

For What It's Worth
The article currently indicates that Young played guitar on this song, but the liner notes for the Buffalo Springfield album don't name him when listing the musicians on that track. Is there something I'm missing, or is the article in error? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 14:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Main image caption
originally read "Neil Young in Austin, Texas on November 9, 1976"; just a bit of convivial jackassery R0m23 (talk) 05:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Who is Hank?
There's been some controversy as to whether the "Hank" in "From Hank to Hendrix" is Hank Williams or Hank Marvin. Since there is no cited source either way (as far as we're yet aware), we've just opted not to comment in the article one way or another. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 22:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, (see comments from archives). I don't think Neil has ever confirmed one way or the other, perhaps he never will. Steve hill4 (talk) 10:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Hank Williams or Hank Marvin? Is this a joke? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.30.12.152 (talk • contribs) 24 June, 2009
 * Ha ha! It sure is!  Or, more accurately, it isn't.  Do you find something humourous about it? Steve Smith (talk) (formerly Sarcasticidealist) 22:44, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Technically, he could have meant Hank Bumfart Jovanovich, but it's not likely.

"JO: Is any guitar so rare that you don't play it?"

"NY: No, nothing like that. I've got a Hank Williams' guitar, but I play it all the time. It's an old Martin D-28. I bought it from Tut Taylor. It's always great when someone understands what this is that they're holding, who understands the effect Hank Williams had on all of us. They are sort of awestruck by being in the presence of anything that he touched---to the point that to actually play his instrument elevates them to another level. It's a wonderful thing to have a guitar for that reason. A lot of people who should have played it, have played it. I'm careful about it, but I use it all the time. It's not on a wall in a museum." http://thrasherswheat.org/ptma/equip.htm Wegesrand (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

Rust Never Sleeps
should be in studio albums, even if if was recorded live, it's all new tracks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.180.176.162 (talk) 19:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

In the Neil Young discogrpahy article, it is listed as a studio album. KitHutch (talk) 21:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


 * if a record is recorded in a studio it is a studio album..if it is recorded on a stage in front of a live audience it is considered a live album..it has nothing to do with the material..the only ambiguity regarding this would be in technical terminology regarding the actual recording..if in the studio a piece of music is recorded without a lot of overdubs an engineer may refer to that as a "live" take. Lonepilgrim007 (talk) 23:10, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Playing Style
Young's acoustic technique is being described as "Hammer On" which links to an entry which correctly defines that half of the "hammer on / pull off" technique of fingering with the LEFT hand.

I believe what the author of this section meant to write was "Claw-Hammer" which involves the use of the RIGHT hand for a percussive style of finger picking, predominantly using the Thumb and Index Finger, (imagine a claw hammer). Having seen Young play, and playing this way myself, i can confirm this is his technique, on acoustic guitar.

So, this ought to be revised to reflect his actual right hand technique.

HotType918 (talk) 15:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)HotType

no he actually meant hammer on. just look at a piece of sheet music to ANY neil young song. there is a load of hammer ons and pull offs. hell just listen to his playing. concerning claw hammer i really dont know but i doubt it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.29.148 (talk) 22:58, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Neil also thumps, for want of a better word, the strings of his acoustic guitar. I assume that is what HotType918 is referring to. It's a funny sort of percussive strumming. There is a link now to clawhammer, but I don't think it quite, fully describes his highly idiosyncratic style of playing. Anyway, it's not a major point. OperaticNun (talk) 03:00, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Taylor 12-string
The Taylor 12-string Young plays on Rust Never Sleeps is not an 855. According to Larry Cragg (Young's guitar tech) in the special features on Heart of Gold, it is a prototype made before Taylor developed their jumbo 12 string models like the 855. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.23.127 (talk) 02:17, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Neil Young around 1978 or 1979
I read the article in here (Wikipedia) about Neil Young and there is something missing, but I'm not sure how to add it. I moved to beautiful Santa Cruz, California in 1978. In 1979 I was having a phone installed and was playing Neil's "Harvest" album. The phone installer said, "I just installed his phone." I begged, and he finally gave me the address. It was during this time that Neil was playing with a local Santa Cruz group called "The Ducks", and he stayed in Santa Cruz once in a while. I don't know if he ever really lived in Santa Cruz, but, a phone was installed in a house in Santa Cruz that had his name. It was on 38th Avenue between Portola and the Cliffs. I think this information, especially about Neil playing with "The Ducks" should be added to the article about Neil.
 * That's a pretty neat anecdote, but I'm afraid that it's not appropriate for inclusion in the article as it's only your firsthand knowledge. The bit about his time with the Ducks may be appropriate for inclusion, provided we can find a reliable source that discusses it.  I suspect it's mentioned in the McDonough biography, but I can't remember if I brought my copy with me when I moved across the country; I'll check tonight when I get home. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 16:29, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Proto-genres
I'm not too worried about this but for better or worse, KitHutch might note that we refer to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc. as "heavy metal". — CharlotteWebb 03:47, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * But we don't refer to the Allman Brothers Band as a jam band. Neil never played grunge.  He also claimed to have an influence over punk rock in Rust Never Sleeps, but we don't list that as a genre. KitHutch (talk) 13:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Travel Guitar
I think he played a martin backpacker on the colbert report, and not a vagabond —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.139.213.3 (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Section Title: 2000s
The section title "2000s: Keep on rockin' through the health scare" hardly seems within encyclopedic style--it violates [WP:NAME|naming conventions], and this phrase does not seem to come from anywhere but the editor's imagination (googling for "rockin(g) through the health scare" only turns up Wikipedia as a result). Perhaps it should be changed? SoManyWhales (talk) 19:27, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Seconded; I just came here to say the same thing. It sounds like a tabloid headline (it's not even a particularly good pun).  Cycle~ (talk) 21:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I just edited the penultimate paragraph in respect of upcoming festival performances to change it from future to past tense, as Neil Young has now perfomed at Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, Primavera, and Australia & New Zealand. Hope that's ok, but just to flag it, when I completed my edit, the title of the section had been changed by an anonymous editor to something probably even less encyclopedic than what it was previously! I'm no way expert enough to create a better title, but as others have said, it really does need looking at. Keep on rockin' through the health scare is both unrepresentative of Young's work through the decade and frankly, it's borderline insulting to him. Maybe 2000's: A Return to Roots? as Young, in my humble opinion, has gone back to his folk roots in the last ten years, when works like Fork In The Road and Chrome Dreams II are considered. I could be utterly wrong of course! Warm regards, Daniel-James 18:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel-James (talk • contribs)
 * Does need changing, simple is good, what about, The new millenium. (Off2riorob (talk) 18:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)) I have removed the funny addition and left this.. 2000s - Keep on rockin' in the free world. You can change it to whatever is the concensus. (Off2riorob (talk) 19:06, 30 June 2009 (UTC))

Techno
What Neil Young songs qualify as techno?24.65.95.239 (talk) 03:46, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I was wondering that myself and was tempted to simply yank it. But it's always good policy to do a quick google, and sure enough, there are tons of hits linking him to techno. Among others, in an interview with Young, Rolling Stone labels 1982's Trans "techno-rock". Meanwhile, the Wikipedia article on the album only goes as far as the genre "electronica", but techno would fit there as well. Cheers. Allreet (talk) 12:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

MTV
Not "Hey, Hey, My, My" - "Hey, Hey." Both "Hey, Hey" and "This Notes For You" are from the same album. The lyric in question is from "Hey, Hey," (lyrics here: not "This Note's For You" (lyrics here: )

About the just-added quote attributed to Randy Bachman...
Great quote, but no citation or reference of any kind. This article was rated GA once, now it isn't. How about we head in the right direction? Does the editor who put it in, or anyone else, have a source? Thanks, Jusda  fax  01:56, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Neil Young
I was interested in getting in touch with Neil Young. I had some soung lyrics in which I thought he would be interested in useing? Does anyone know how I could do that. fleavere@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.187.105 (talk) 13:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure he'll do just fine without them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.24.207.77 (talk) 07:53, 24 August 2010 (UTC)


 * At Rust, we were always told to write to Neil through his record company. His cousin Barb said he insists on receiving all his mail and actually reads it, although it takes him many months. --Bluejay Young (talk) 00:42, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Grammys
The Introduction used to say something like "Young has been nominated for three Grammys and won two." I changed this to reflect reality, as can be checked by going to grammy.com and checking the past winners search. He also has not won with Buffalo Springfield or CSNY. VoodooLord7 (talk) 03:27, 19 March 2010 (UTC)Someone with more time can link to it as a reference if it's deemed necessary. Someone changed my edit back to show he has won two, but he has only won once; I changed it again. Young has only won one Grammy -- and only this year -- and only for art direction -- and only a co-win. He has also been nominated many more than three times; just since 2005 I can think of five nominations off the top of my head. Someone who can confirm how many nominations he's had with a trustworthy source can include that information if it's deemed necessary. VoodooLord7 (talk) 01:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Remote-touring?
I know this sounds rediculous and weird, but I swear I heard a story about this online back... maybe 5 or 10 years ago... perhaps it was an April Fool's joke or something, but I hear a story about how an artist (which I thought was Neil Young) had been touring "remotely" by sending a lookalike on the road to lip sync, while the artist himself stayed at home for the entire tour and actually performed live each night at a home studio or local studio, sending the music via satellite or something like that to the venue... I clearly remember reading this, but I can find no reference to it online anymore. I'm wondering if anyone remembers anything like this ever existing. Thanks 74.14.23.61 (talk) 12:47, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've never heard of that, and I'm nearly certain I would have if it was an accurate story about Neil Young. Steve Smith (talk) 02:06, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It was John Lennon who joked about sending out a substitute to perform, never did it. During the Bagism tour which was intended to make a statement about our obsession with image, John had a friend substitute for him inside his bag and supposedly nobody noticed. --Bluejay Young (talk) 00:40, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Neil Young and CSN
I have to take issue with the way Young's "relationship was diminished" with Crosby, Stills and Nash. You're left with the impression that he was the problem.

The situation was extremely dynamic. Stills and Young were good friends who were associated with the short lived Buffalo Springfield. Stills took up with Crosby after the Byrds dismissed him, and Nash joined them days later. The CSN alliance formed days before Woodstock, once they knew they were a good verbal blend. Their personal relationships were not as smooth, although they liked and respected one another. They were all independent singer/songwriters who each hoped for the backing of the others, in getting his respective material out there.

Young joined them at Stills' invitation, and he made a fourth in what music critics called "SuperGroup". His was the most tenuous connection, and he had the least patience with the infighting and ego battles that characterized their earlier years. Young had a backlog of material he knew he would never publish by working exclusively with CSN; hence his solo career. He maintained personal ties with all of them, but only worked occasionally with them.

Young's various projects kept him busy. The Bridge School benefit concert was organized by him, and CSN were conspicuous in their contribution. In recent years, he has been touring more and working with Crosby and Nash.


 * I don't know where you got your information, but some of it is inaccurate. CSN was not formed "days before Woodstock."  CSN was formed at least a year before Woodstock and had enough time to go to England and try to sign with Apples Records, return to the United States, record an album for Atlantic, and plan a tour.  Young joined them when they were plannig their first tour. KitHutch (talk) 00:30, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Dispute with the Portal
I was not sure where to write this, so I decided to put it here. On the Neil Young portal it is stated that he went to Scott Young Public School, named after his father, which is impossible. The School was opened in 1993. This fact is under the "Did You Know...?" section. Should I delete this? Evil Ferret25 (talk) 00:02, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * doing it now!!Moxy (talk) 00:10, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Neil Young-Nashville
camelman532-3-14-1199.98.75.107 (talk) 00:56, 15 March 2011 (UTC) Didn't Neil 'go Nashville' at some point? I remember seeing him on a Nashville program with Ralph Edwards. Neil sang 'Wayward Wind' and recieved a key to the city.

Genre
Neil Young had a huge influence on grunge, I think grunge should be added to the genres — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.129.184.119 (talk) 17:19, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * But was Neil Young actually "grunge"? Or did he just influence it? I think the latter. Doc   talk  06:10, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Nothing about The Shadows or the Monkees session work?
I'm not a Neil Young fan, per se, but I watched a documentary film on BBC4 in which he was interviewed and he stated that he grew up listening to Hank Marvin and The Shadows, and learned off their tracks which he played with his covers band, which led directly to "The Sultan". At the time of the documentary he said he still admired Marvin's playing, and that the Shadows were a big influence on his becoming a performer. But they don't get a mention? Similarly, he played on Monkees sessions (notably lead on "You + I", and also on "As We Go Along", where he was in a guitar line-up that also included Danny Kortchmar, Ry Cooder and Carol King), and this doesn't seem to merit a mention either; did he do other session work for other artists? If playing back-up on the Elton John/ Leon Russell album is included, why not this early work on other people's albums? Jock123 (talk) 08:44, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and add it. KitHutch (talk) 19:29, 13 August 2011 (UTC)


 * You may have him confused with Steve Stills who was one of many people to audition for the Monkees. Lonepilgrim007 (talk) 23:16, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No, Neil did play on some Monkees' tracks.KitHutch (talk) 03:12, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Death "Hoax"
The death hoax spoken of in the article wasn't really much of a hoax. It was really just a headline that shocked and startled a lot of people until they learned that it was a soccer player that happened to share the same name and also be in his mid-60's. I'm removing the mention in the article. --Starbucks95905 (talk) 04:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Grunge
Neil Young is not a grunge artist. The attribute of this genre to Young is incorrect. The quote on which this is based states that he is the "godfather of grunge". That does not make him grunge because of that. It would be like me saying that since The Who influenced some grunge bands e.g. Pearl Jam that they are Grunge. The whole concept is ludicrous and i will remove it for now. --Alowishus321 (talk) 00:26, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Pegi Young
I think it is about time Pegi Young had her own article. Thriley (talk) 16:25, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Then make one! KitHutch (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I did. It needs some help though.Thriley (talk) 20:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

The dynamic between Stills and Young
I think that The dynamic between Stephen Stills and Neil Young deserves special mention. While in Buffalo Springfield, Stills made some somewhat disparaging remark; something about Young wanting to play folk music and dressing it up as rock and roll-- a comment he repeated on the 2006-7 tour. It is one of the reasons I added the photo of the two of them performing together, since either Crosby or Nash made announcements that this hadn't happened in years and wasn't likely to happen again.If someone can find this in text it would be great! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 16:10, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The above comment highlights an information gap about the reasons Buffalo Springfield dissolved, and seems to sidestep the difficulty between Stills and Young, in a way which seems favourable to Young. The objectivity of this has been questioned, and it should be important to clarify what the trouble between Stills and Young was, and whose egos were conflicting in which ways. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.138.173 (talk) 19:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Personal life
I really think there should be a section about Young's personal life. We even have a photo of him with his wife, Pegi. There's a little info about them in the Farm Aid section I *think*, and probably more about the Bridge School. There's another thing I can't fathom. There's no article for the Bridge School, I believe; just an album of performances. ???! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 11:21, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * There is an article about the Bridge School. Here it is: Bridge School (California). KitHutch (talk) 17:28, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I added some info to this section, just now noticed there was a request here. VladH (talk) 20:48, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

neilyoung.com
I would believe that this URL points to the Artist's own public website. So should it not be topping the External Links section of the Article page. Thanks VivekM (talk) 02:36, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Right so, partially my mistake. But today the Official Website does not display "Neil's Garage" so I skipped the entry and hence did not come to know that it pointed to the same URL. So maybe some correction is still required. VivekM (talk) 02:44, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

RE; Canadian Tinnitus Association of Southwest Ontario
Dear Neil, you are a very difficult person to get hold of!!! I hope that this forum will get to you. My name is Grant Dobson and my Partners name is Bethanne Keep. WE are active in raising funds for a cure to Tinnitus. We run an auction site right on facebook as well as a Tinnitus board, also on facebook.Both Beth and myself would be thrilled and honored to have any merch. that is signed by Neil Young. that even sounds cool to us!!!WE would like to hear from you and have you in our auction. MY E-Mail is intimatechef@hotmail.ca and Bethannes is  bethannekeep@yahoo.ca  Our phone # is 519-472-0667  or 519-702-6864. We both thank you in advance for any thing you decide to do for the Association. P.S. we are directly affiliated with the London Hospital Sciences and therefore all funds go to them for continued research that is happening now here in London Ontario.We do have a charity number that we share with the London Hospital..My pertner Beth Has M.S. and also Tinnitus believed to have derived from the M.S. We both had a Large Producer Friend in L.A. who you may know. His name was Micheal Shipley, he was a sufferer and it is believed that he took his own life due to this affliction that in his world of producing,he could not tell anyone. So it is with his death and my partners tinnitus that we go forward with this. Please think about this, and know that we would LOVE to have you on board with us. Sincerely Grant Dobson and Bethanne Keep, (everyone strives for peace )  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.18.192 (talk) 17:32, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Keystone XL activism
I expanded the section at the bottom of the Continued Activism subsection regarding Young's work opposing the Keystone XL pipeline. Zi2778nt (talk) 04:33, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

T-shirt Irony
It is somewhat ironic that as the main Wikipedia article references the Tonight's the Night T-shirt worn by Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant on an album cover, it is Crazy Horse's Billy Talbot wearing a Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt in the movie Rust Never Sleeps.Psudaddy (talk) 12:52, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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Citizenship
The article states that his mother was an American citizen of DAR heritage, so doesn't that give him dual citizenship? I understand he was born in Canada and resided there for his early years, but most of his life has been spent living in the US. Is that some kind of permanent visa status because he's famous? Or is it because he is 1/2 American? Pookerella (talk) 15:00, 9 July 2016 (UTC)


 * You ask good questions that should be researched further. There are a lot of possibilities. His mother may have become a Canadian citizen; notice that she did not move to the US after she and Young's father divorced. Even if she was a US citizen when Neil was born, she may not have registered his birth with the US embassy. I don't think this is an absolute requirement to get citizenship established, but it helps. Until recently, the US did not recognize dual citizenship. It would not have been hard for him to get permanent residence status, his fame aside. He was successful and made enough money so as to not go on welfare. The only thing I have found on the web says that he has not received US citizenship.Bob Caldwell CSL (talk) 13:55, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Neil's mother was not an American citizen. She was born in Winnipeg.  US citizenship is not required for being in the DAR.  You only have to prove that you are descended from a person who aided in the American Revolutionary War.   The reference in the book Neil and Me to being "American of French ancestry" is for Neil's grandmother, not his mother.  Here is the section:  "Rassy's parents had very different backgrounds.  Her mother was an American of French ancestry." KitHutch (talk) 21:05, 12 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for that clarification. That helps a lot.Bob Caldwell CSL (talk) 13:35, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Played with the late Warren Zevon
Neil Young also played lead guitar on Zevon's 1987 song Sentimental Hygiene WynstonSmyth (talk) 13:03, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

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