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Neil Young
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Neil Percival Young OC OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer, musician and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved…
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Neil Percival Young OC OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer, musician and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and others. Since the beginning of his solo career with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has released many critically acclaimed and important albums, such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After the Gold Rush, Harvest and Rust Never Sleeps. He was a part-time member of Crosby, Stills & Nash. Young has received several Grammy and Juno Awards. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him twice: in 1995 as a solo artist and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, Rolling Stone named Young No. 34 on their list of the 100 greatest musical artists. According to Acclaimed Music, he is the seventh most celebrated artist in popular music history. His guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk, rock, country and other musical genres. His often distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname "Godfather of Grunge" and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam. More recently he has been backed by Promise of the Real. 21 of his albums and singles have been certified Gold and Platinum in U.S by RIAA certification. Young directed (or co-directed) 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 also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995). Description above from the Wikipedia article Neil Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
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2026
Corduroy Plants
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2025
The Rock Prophet: The Story of Link Wray
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2025
The Boxer
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2025
Coastal
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2024
LincVolt
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2024
Catalyst
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2024
Neil Young - Boarding House 1978
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2024
Across the Water
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2024
Trans: The Animated Story
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2024
DEVO
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2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
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2022
Neil Young: Harvest Time
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2022
Neil Young: Young Shakespeare
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2022
Immediate Family
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2022
Neil Young + The Promise of the Real: Noise & Flowers
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2022
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
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2022
Neil Young, les raisons de la colère
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2021
Barn
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2021
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
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2021
Neil Young: Three More Decades
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2021
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down in the Rust Bucket
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2020
Neil Young: Timeless Orpheum
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2020
Return to Greendale
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2020
The Times
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2020
Laurel Canyon
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2020
Yield
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2020
Fireside Session II
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2020
Fireside Session I
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2019
Mountaintop
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2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
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2019
Neil Young in London
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2019
Hitsville: The Making of Motown
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2019
David Crosby: Remember My Name
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2019
Echo in the Canyon
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2018
Bachman
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2018
Paradox
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2018
The Top Ten Revealed
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