Neil Young arrived in the U | They released their debut, self-titled album in December 1966, and it managed to crack the charts |
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This led to the heavily country Old Ways 1985 , featuring guest appearances by and ; the New Wave—tinged Landing on Water 1986 ; and the 1987 album Life, all of which were only mildly successful but fulfilled his final obligations to Geffen | Following the split, Robert stayed with his father in Toronto and Rassy relocated to Winnipeg with the teenage Young, who by this time was far more interested in his musical pursuits than he was in academics |
Early Life Young was born on November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Canada.
Four years later, his parents, Scott and Edna, who went by the name Rassy, moved to the small rural town of Omemee, where Young and his older brother, Robert, spent their early youth | An avid model-train collector, Young created a 700-foot model train track within a barn on his property as a way to interact with his son Ben and developed special controllers for the train set, allowing him to control switching and power using a paddle system |
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'Long May You Run' to 'Live Rust' The second half of the decade would prove to be a more positive one for Young, who teamed up once more with Stephen Stills to record Long May You Run, which reached No | Released in 1979, Rust Never Sleeps echoed the structure of the concerts, alternating between quiet, acoustic tracks and aggressive electric numbers |
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