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Neil Young By Emily Corey

Neil Young By Emily Corey. Neil Percival Young (age 67). Born: November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario Canada Originated from: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Education. Dropped out of High School in 1963. Occupations. Music Songwriter Producer Director Screenwriter. Instruments. Guitar

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Neil Young By Emily Corey

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  1. Neil Young By Emily Corey

  2. Neil Percival Young (age 67) • Born: November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario Canada • Originated from: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  3. Education • Dropped out of High School in 1963..

  4. Occupations • Music • Songwriter • Producer • Director • Screenwriter

  5. Instruments • Guitar • Vocals • Harmonica • Piano • Banjo Guitar • Ukelele

  6. Accomplishments and Influences • 2011 Juno Awards: Artist of the Year, Adult alternative Album of the Year, and Allan Waters Humanitarian Award • 2011 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song “Angry World” written by Neil Young • 2010 Grammy Awards: Best Art Direction On A Boxed/Special Limited Edition Package “Archives Volume One 1963-1973 • 1982 Canadian Music Hall of Fame • 1995 and 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • His influences Elvis Presley, Hank Marvin, and Johnny Cash

  7. Genres • Rock • Folk Rock • Country Rock • Experimental Rock • Hard Rock

  8. Discography • 1960-1965: Began covering in a group called Shadows (British pop/rock) • 1966-1968: moved to California where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield releasing “Mr. Soul” (Folk, Country, Psychedelia, and Rock) • 1968: Neil released his first solo album Neil Young which features “The Loner” (expressed spontaneity of the moment, and that was a feature of his character) • 1968 hit “The Loner” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNG-YA-gpI

  9. 1969: Joined Crosby, Stills, and Nash and put out the album Deja vu immediately(Folk and Rock) • 1969-1970: Young maintained a parallel career with CSNY, while getting involved with Crazy Horse, and has remained with them since • They have released many albums. Some include: Everybody knows this is nowhere(1969), After the Gold Rush (1971), and followed with Harvest (1972) (mellow pastoral tones) • 1969-1970: Young maintained a parallel career with CSNY, while getting involved with Crazy Horse, and has remained with them since

  10. Continued.... • They have released many albums. Some include: Everybody knows this is nowhere(1969), After the Gold Rush (1971), and followed with Harvest (1972) 1972 hit “Heart of Gold” -www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNqj3RGUuM • 1977: Neil Young release his album called Decade which contained 35 of his songs between 1966-1976 • He also released the album There Comes a time during 1972 • “There comes a time” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dntzayUvKho

  11. 1979: he release Rust never Sleeps, and Live Rust • 1995 hit “Hey Hey, My My” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1v_7T6p8U • 1980-1988: Neil Young went through some experimental years and released albums such as Hawks & Doves, and Everybody’s Rockin’

  12. 1989-1999: Young’s single Rockin’ in the Free World was released, and hit No. 1 immediately. The album was called Freedom. Next released album was Ragged Glory (1990), Harvest Moon (1992), Sleeps with Angels (1994), Broken Arrow (1995), Year of the horse (1997), and Looking Forward (1999) • 1989 hit “Rockin’ in the Free World” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=411cTWwxFu8

  13. The 2000’s • Silver & Gold (2000), Are you Passionate(2002), Greendale (2003), Prairie Wind (2005),and Living with War (2006) which were protest songs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkH1A5ypm-M

  14. References • http://www.youtube.com • “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.” Neil Young Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2013. <http://rockhall.com/inductees/neil-young/bio/>. • “Neil Young Biography.” Last.fm - Discover your own Bands. Ed. Jeff Scism. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2013. <http://www.last.fm/music/Neil+Young/+wiki>. • Ostrosser, David. "Neil Young Interview on Guitars." Guitare & Claviers Magazine. Neil Young News, 17 April 1992. Web

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