Neil Percival Young is by far one of Canada’s most esteemed singers and songwriters in Canadian musical history. Neil Percival Young was born at the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, on November 12, 1945. Young was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba with his father, which is where his passion for songwriting and music sprouted. In 1968, Young signed with his first agency, Reprise Records, where he made his solo debut and collaborated with the garage band “Crazy Horse to make Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”. In 2010, Young received a Grammy Award and was also featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 1995. Young has a unique singing and writing style, with his songs composed of poetic imagery and landscapes, making several …show more content…
Young and Palmer co-founded Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Dewey Martin. Young wanted to move there because he thought it was the place of music’s core. Heading out, Bruce and Youn made their way to Sault Ste. Marie. Marie drove with three girls and another guy from Toronto to Los Angeles. Young quit the Buffalo Springfields in 1968 and decided to go solo. He decided to call his former manager to help him as a solo artist once again. This was a life-changing moment in Young’s career, as Elliot negotiated a deal with Reprise Records, whom Young is still signed to today. In the same year, Young fell in love with his first wife, Susan Acevedo. She was a hostess and was the owner of a restaurant called Canyon Kitchen, which Young used to go to every day. Susan introduced you to great artists in the area, and Susan made all of Young’s patchwork clothes, which Young still adores to this day. Unfortunately, because of how young the two were, they split up because of the unexpected pressures. Ironically enough, Young met his second wife, Pegi, at a local restaurant in 1974. Young described it as love at first sight, however, Young didn’t want to repeat the mistake he once made. Eventually, Ben was born in 1978, who had cerebral palsy at six months, was quadriplegic, and unable to speak. Amber Jean, born in 1984, has epilepsy, with her ex-wife Pegi. His eldest son, Zeke, was born in 1972 from an earlier relationship with actress Carrie