Neil Young
Musician, Producer, and Composer
Neil Young...albums known collectively as the "Ditch Trilogy." In the second half of 1973, Young formed The Santa Monica Flyers, with Crazy Horse's rhythm section augmented by Nils Lofgren on guitar. Deeply affected by the drug-induced deaths of Whitten... In this article: Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Lionel, Stephen Stills, Kurt Cobain, Buffalo Springfield, Rust Never Sleeps, Cerebral palsy, Homegrown, and Hey Hey, My My |
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Pitchfork | November 03, 2009
Spider Bags - Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World
...and self-deprecating wit. On their second album, Goodbye Cruel World, Hello Crueler World, Spider Bags re-imagine Neil Young's Tonight's the Night as a Saturday-night party album: They're bleary eyed and wobbly kneed, but they're going...
In this article: Ass Ponys, New Jersey, MySpace, Grifters, Silver Jews, Tonight's the Night, and North Carolina
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Drowned in Sound - News | October 28, 2009
CMJ Days 1, 2 & 3: The DiS review
...harmonica, and a plaid shirt, and is backed by fellow Atlanta residents The Selmanaires. Is Bradford trying out a few Neil Young moves? There's certainly a huge Crazy Horse-style guitar solo that rips right through one of the songs in...
In this article: Atlas Sound, Broadcast, The Selmanaires, and Ragged Glory
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Independent.co.uk - Music | July 18, 2009
Album: Magnolia Electric Co, Josephine, (Secretly Canadian)
...died in a fire in 2007. It's a collection of hauntingly beautiful country-folk songs, as sad and disconsolate as only Molina can be - imagine Neil Young's Tonight's the Night with with desperation replacing anger. Offensive or abusive...
In this article: Magnolia Electric Co, Jason Molina, Secretly Canadian, and Tonight's the Night
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Wikipedia | June 11, 2009
Bruce Berry
...4, 1973, just a few months after Danny Whitten met the same fate. Bruce Berry's story has been immortalized in the lyrics to "Tonight's the Night ", by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Bruce Berry is also the brother of Jan Berry of Jan and Dean.
In this article: Heroin, Jan and Dean, Crazy Horse, David Crosby, Danny Whitten, Trademark, Stephen Stills, and Tonight's the Night
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Independent.co.uk - Music | March 12, 2009
Album: Bonnie Prince Billy, Beware (Domino)
Album: Bonnie Prince Billy, Beware (Domino) The sleeve typography of Beware echoes Neil Young's Tonight's The Night, and while the contents aren't quite as dismissive of listeners' sensibilities, they're still marked by the ruthless, even...
In this article: Tonight's the Night
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Reuters | July 24, 2008
Lofgren scales back for Neil Young covers
...Rush' and 'Tonight's the Night' with Neil." Lofgren met rock singer-songwriter Young and producer Briggs when he was a teenager and last worked with the latter on Young's 1993 "Unplugged" session. He recorded "The Loner" in late 2007 during a...
In this article: Nils Lofgren, David Briggs, Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, Harvest Moon, DVD, Mr. Soul, and Like a Hurricane
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Gizmodo | July 15, 2009
The Blank Generation: 1979 as Audio Cassette Enabler [Personal Audio]
...I still have a couple in my car that I made in the '70s-one of the early Stones, taped from the mono originals, and a Neil Young tape with "Tonight's the Night" on one side and "On the Beach" on the other. Neither has lost its magnetism,...
In this article: Walkman, IPod, Sony, Steven Levy, New Jersey Monthly, Wired, The End, Artificial Life, Hackers, and Gizmodo
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Wikipedia | October 13, 2009
The Needle and the Damage Done
The Needle and the Damage Done "The Needle and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young that chronicles the descent into heroin addiction of musicians he knew. It was written about the heroin use of his Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten...
In this article: The Needle and the Damage Done, Our Lady Peace, Heroin, John Frusciante, Eddie Vedder, Danny Whitten, and Crazy Horse
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Wikipedia | October 21, 2009
Nils Lofgren
...on the album After the Gold Rush. Young gave him this role despite his having virtually no experience on the instrument; Lofgren worked on his parts around-the-clock when recording was not in session. Lofgren maintained a close musical...
In this article: Nils Hilmer Lofgren, Washington, D.C., E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen, Crazy Horse, Bob Gordon, and Ian Hunter
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Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director.
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque acoustic rock ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the godfather of grunge".
Young has directed (or co-directed) a number of films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY Déjà Vu (2008). He is currently working on a documentary about electric car technology, tentatively titled Linc/Volt. The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology, which Young plans to drive to Washington, DC as an example to lawmakers there.
- Name At Birth:
- Neil Percival Young
- Also Known As:
- Bernard Shakey, Phil Perspective, Shakey Deal, Clyde Coil, Shakey, Joe Yankee
- Birth Date:
- November 12, 1945
- Birthplace:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter, Producer, Screenwriter, Film director
- Instrument Played:
- Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Banjo, Synclavier,Organ
- Gibson R6 Les Paul Goldtop
- "Old Black"
- Record Label:
- Reprise, Geffen
- Years Active:
- 1960–present
- Associated With:
- The Jades, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crazy Horse, The Band, The Stray Gators, The Stills-Young Band, The Ducks, Pearl Jam, Northern Lights
- Website:
- http://www.neilyoung.com
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