Neil Young
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Neil Young (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist who grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an almost instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the lynchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished, yet consistently evocative sound. In more recent years, Young has started to adopt elements from newer styles of music, such as industrial and grunge, the latter of which was profoundly influenced by his own style of playing.
[edit] Neil Young and Pearl Jam
[edit] Early 1990s
- Pearl Jam opened nine shows for Neil Young in 1993:
- June 27 - Oslo, Norway
- June 28 - Stockholm, Sweden
- June 30 - Helsinki, Finland
- July 10 - Slane, Ireland
- July 11 - London, England
- August 18 - Toronto, Ontario
- September 4 - Vancouver, British Columbia
- September 5 - George, WA
- September 6 - Portland, OR
- Pearl Jam joined Neil and his band a few times during their sets.
- Neil showed up unannounced to join Pearl Jam for Rockin' In The Free World at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 2nd.
- Ed inducted Neil into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame on January 12, 1995. Stone and Jeff joined Neil and Crazy Horse for Act Of Love and Ed also joined for Fuckin' Up.
- Neil opened for Pearl Jam on January 14 and January 15, 1995 in Washington, DC.
[edit] Mirror Ball
On June 27, 1995, Neil released Mirror Ball, on which Pearl Jam was his backup band. The recording session also yielded Merkinball, on which Neil contributes vocals and plays pump organ and guitar. Ed received a writing credit for Mirror Ball's Peace And Love.
- Pearl Jam (minus Ed and including Brendan O'Brien on keyboards) played XX shows as Neil's backing band in 1995:
- June 7 - Seattle, WA
- June 24 - San Francisco, CA (also included an abbreviated Pearl Jam set)
- August 12 - Stockholm, Sweden
- August 13 - Roskilde, Denmark
- August 14 - Berlin, Germany
- August 16 - Prague, Czech Republic
- August 18 - Salzburg, Austria
- August 19 - Gampel, Switzerland
- August 22 - Jerusalem, Israel
- August 23 - Caesaria, Israel
- August 25 - Hasselt, Belgium
- August 26 - Dublin, Ireland
- August 27 - Reading, England
[edit] The Bridge School
Each year since 1986 (with the exception of 1987), Neil and his wife Pegi Young have organized a concert to benefit The Bridge School, an educational program which assists children with speech and other communication impairments. It has been held at the Shoreline Amphitheter in Mountain View, CA every year except for 1988, when it was held at the Oakland Coliseum. Past performers include Bob Dylan, Sonic Youth, Tom Petty and The Who (a complete list of performers can be found here). Neil has also performed every year, sometimes with Crazy Horse, sometimes solo, and a few times with the other members of Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young.
- Pearl Jam has performed at the Bridge School Benefit seven times (they played both nights of the event each time except for 1992):
- November 1, 1992
- October 1, 1994
- October 2, 1994
- October 19, 1996
- October 20, 1996
- October 30, 1999
- October 31, 1999
- October 20, 2001
- October 21, 2001
- October 25, 2003
- October 26, 2003
- October 21, 2006
- October 22, 2006
- Members of Pearl Jam occasionally played with Neil and in 2006 he joined them for Throw Your Hatred Down on both nights.
- Ed played the Bridge School Benefit solo in 2004 for two nights:
[edit] 2000-present
- On October 2, 2004 Neil joined Pearl Jam for an encore at their show in Toledo, OH on the Vote For Change Tour.
[edit] Covered By Pearl Jam
- Pearl Jam has covered the following Neil Young songs:
- They have also used used these Neil Young songs as tags:
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