Hello Everyone, and Happy Friday! Today’s Famously Unknown icon is one of the most well-known names in Rock ‘n’ Roll – Neil Young!
With a list of awards and accolades a mile long, Young still finds time to be a devoted father, an activist, a rancher, a husband, and much more.
Read on for some interesting trivia on this talented individual!
- Young owns and runs Broken Arrow, a nearly 1000 acre ranch, in the Santa Cruz Mountains outside San Francisco
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He wrote the song “Old Man” as a tribute to the generous caretaker that first showed him Broken Arrow Ranch and the solace that it would bring to his life
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He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1945 and began playing & writing music in high school
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Young has been known to rip apart live sets on stage while playing his music
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He plays electric guitar, piano, and harmonica to combine folk, rock, and blues into his own unique style of Rock ‘n’ Roll
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Neil has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice; once as a solo artist in 1995 and once in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield
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In 2000 he was named one of the greatest ever rock n roll artists by Rolling Stone magazine
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Young was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30, 2009
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He suffered from polio in 1951
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His daughter, Amber Jean, also has epilepsy
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Many songs from his Crazy Horse album were written in the name day, in a hospital bed, while he suffered from a 103 degree fever
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1992’s Harvest Moon (my personal favorite of Neil Young’s work) won him the Juno Award for Album of the Year
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He diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in 2005 and underwent a minimally invasive neuroradiological procedure for it
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Young states that anti-epileptic medications change his demeanor, and therefore he prefers not to take them. Instead, he seeks personal stability & peace as an alternative means of controlling his seizures
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Young helped found the Bridge School, where those with severe impairments can learn in a safe and positive environment
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Hello from Minnesota! I was diagnosed with Generalized Idiopathic Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in 2006. My goal is to create and contribute to a community for those living with Epilepsy & other neurological disorders, so that we can support each other, raise awareness, and share our hope for fewer seizures in the future!