LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 12, 2019..HAPPY SEVENTY FOURTH BIRTHDAY TO NEIL YOUNG. TO COMMEMORATE THIS ROCK ICON’S SPECIAL DAY, HERE ARE SOME NEIL YOUNG FACTOIDS:
-NEIL YOUNG’S FATHER IS CANADIAN SPORTS WRITER SCOTT YOUNG AND HE’S THOUGHT OF AS A NATIONAL ICON.
-NEIL NEARLY DIED AT THE AGE OF 7 WHEN HE CAUGHT POLIO. IT WAS 1951 AND WAS THE LAST MAJOR OUTBREAK OF THE DISEASE IN ONTARIO.
-THAT YEAR THE FAMILY MOVED TO FLORIDA FOR 6 MONTHS TO ENABLE NEIL TO REGAIN HIS STRENGTH.
-ALTHOUGH NEIL IS CANADIAN, HIS MOTHER “RAZZY” YOUNG WAS A MEMBER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
-WHEN NEIL’S PARENTS DIVORCED IN 1961 SHE MOVED NEIL AND HIS BROTHER TO WINNIPEG
– WHILE IN WINNIPEG YOUNG DEVELOPED A GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH RANDY BACHMAN, WHO WENT ON TO FAME WITH THE GUESS WHO AND BTO. BACHMAN’S KIDS STILL CALL YOUNG “UNCLE NEIL”
-EVEN THOUGH HE’S LIVED IN THE U.S. FOR YEARS, YOUNG HAS NEVER RENOUNCED HIS CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
-IN THE MID 60’S YOUNG PLAYED IN A FUNK BAND THAT FEATURED FUTURE FUNK STAR RICK JAMES AND EVEN SHARED A TORONTO APARTMENT WITH JAMES
– YOUNG AND THE FUNK BAND WERE ALMOST MOTOWN STARS SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH BERRY GORDY’S COMPANY. JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE STUDIO JAMES WAS ARRESTED FOR GOING AWOL FROM THE US NAVY
– TO MOVE HIS EQUIPMENT FROM GIG TO GIG YOUNG BOUGHT A HEARSE.
– AT A SMALL GIG IN FORT WILLIAMS ONTARIO YOUNG CROSSED PATHS WITH STEVEN STILLS
– WHEN YOUNG WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON SUNSET BLVD, STILLS NOTICED THE HEARSE, DID A U-TURN, AND WAVED YOUNG DOWN. THIS CHANCE MEETING LED TO THE FORMATION OF BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
– NEIL HAS NEVER REVEALED THE IDENTITY OF ‘CINNAMON GIRL’
– WHEN HE JOINED CROSBY STILLS AND NASH TO BECOME CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG THEY BECAME A TRUE SUPER GROUP. YOUNG ACTUALLY WASN’T THE RECORD COMPANY’S FIRST CHOICE. THE POSITION WAS FIRST OFFERED TO STEVE WINWOOD
-YOUNG CURRENTLY LIVES IN REDWOOD CITY ON THE BROKEN ARROW RANCH
– INCLUDING SALES, DOWNLOADS, AND STREAMING NEIL YOUNG HAS SOLD THE EQUIVALENT OF OVER 84 MILLION ALBUMS
HERE’S VIDEO (PRO QUALITY) OF NEIL YOUNG IN CONCERT