16- Neil young did play in a band with Rick James in the ‘60s, they also shared an apartment together in Toronto.
in an interview Neil Young stated , “We did some wild things. It’s all very hazy to me now. I’m glad I made it through that stage. It got a little dicey. There were some drugs going on. I remember singing one song for about a day and a half.”
17- Neil Young was once in a band with R&B legend and Dave Chapelle muse Rick James. Yes, that Rick James. Before he formed Buffalo Springfield, Young played in a ’60s Toronto band called the Mynah Byrds that was fronted by James, a Buffalo, New York native.
18- Although Neil Young has lived in Northern California on a ranch in La Honda since the 1970s, he has always retained his Canadian citizenship. He also has homes in Florida and Hawaii. He still loves Canada. He just doesn’t ever have to shovel snow from his porch or driveway
19- Neil Young actually plagiarized himself in a way. He loved his only #1 single “Heart of Gold” so much that he actually reused the song’s main riff in his song with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young called “Slowpoke.”
20- Despite his incredible career, Neil Young has only ever had one #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US and one in Canada. In both cases, it was “Heart of Gold” from 1971. He’s never had a #1 song in the UK.
21- When Neil Young released his “MTV Unplugged” album back in 1993, it wasn’t actually his first recording for the album and VHS. Young recorded his first attempt at “Unplugged” a few months earlier but was unhappy with how his band performed. The second attempt was released officially in June of 1993…but he still didn’t like it.
22- Neil Young refuses to sell out his music for any commercial endorsements. He has said no to every offer he ever received. He even wrote a song about his stance called “This Note’s For You.”
23- Back in 1995, Neil Young credited the late Kurt Cobain for inspiring him to renew his dedication to making music again during his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech.
24- Neil Young has made such an impression on the music world that he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Once as a solo artist and once as a member of Buffalo Springfield. Eddie Vedder introduced his solo entry.
25- Neil Young is a model train collector.
The rock musician, a model train enthusiast who owns part of Lionel Trains, has a barn for his collection: 3,000 square-feet of trains and tracks
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sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-crosby-apologizes-to-neil-young-daryl-hannah-20150518
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/12/neil-young_n_6147952.html