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Neil Young

reviewed by FranksWildYears

FranksWildYear s
11/10/2008

Neil Young 5

Like his singing voice his guitar playing is no thing of beauty yet he has very good expressive abilities with his basic skills. 

UPDATE:  There was a very interesting story on the radio this morning. First off, let me tell you that Neil was through town a couple of weeks ago, town being Winnipeg, where Neil spent his teens and where he got his start as a musician. Anyway, the story goes like this; this morning the local CBC morning show interviewed a guy who currently owns the house that Neil lived in when he and his mom moved to Winnipeg.

A week ago Sunday he and his wife were in their front yard raking up leaves and getting ready for winter when they noticed two scruffy guys standing outside of a cab, looking at the front of the house. They said its not uncommon for people to walk by and look at the house, its a local landmark. One of the guys had a hand full of papers that appeared to have been printed out from the internet. The couple walked over to say 'hi' and confirm for them that they were looking at the right place. The wife thought it was just another fan, but the husband realized who it was.

When one of the guys asked if he could go inside, the wife was about to say "sorry, we don't give tours", but the husband welcomed the two men in and showed them around. One guest in particular was interested in which room was Neil's, wanted to look out his window to see what kind of view he had, wanted to see the kitchen, etc. He apparently had a lot of questions about Winnipeg and wanted to know about where Neil would have played when he started out.

The house owner gave him directions to Kelvin High school, the Crescentwood Community Club and the River Heights Community Club where the Squires, Neil's band, and other groups like the Guess Who used to play regular Friday night dances. As the two men climbed back into the cab to continue their Neil Young tour of Winnipeg the wife asked why her husband let the guys in when they typically decline such requests. The guy said to his wife, "If Bob Dylan and his manager want a tour of Neil Young's house you can't say no."

  http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/11/10/ dylan-young.html

 

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Ridgewalker commented 379 days ago.
Poor Bob. He must have been suffering from the subterranean homesick blues. Take a Bob Break here: http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/subterranean-homesick-blues

FranksWildYears commented 379 days ago.
Ah get born, keep warm Short pants, romance, learn to dance Get dressed, get blessed Try to be a success

Ridgewalker commented 379 days ago.
Maggie says that many say, they must bust in early May, Orders from the D. A. Look out kid, don't matter what you did. Walk on your tip toes. Don't try "No Doz"...

FranksWildYears commented 379 days ago.
Who's going to pick up all these cue cards?

Ridgewalker commented 379 days ago.
'Mercans don't do that...
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