"Music - a world without borders."
You are invited to visit (and bookmark) my CBC Music Canada home page at http://music.cbc.ca/#/bands/Neil-w-Young (direct link: neilwyoung) which page will be available to you in the event that this page is not for any reason ... and if my CBC page fails or disappears - and I have no guarantee from anyone that it won't - or if I decide at any time to voluntarily close down that page or this page, you are welcome to visit (and bookmark) my personal music web site at: http://neilwyoung.com (direct link: neilwyoung-website).
The dream is not the destination ... it is the journey.
One morning a few summers ago - well, actually several summers ago now - I found myself at that place characterized by the great New York Yankees catcher, Yogi Berra: 'When you come to the fork in the road, take it.'
I did ... and I took it.
In a roundabout way it led me back to my country roots and to my music that I had left behind many years before, paving the way for me to have the opportunity to pursue this life-long dream.
The multi-talented line-up of musicians in The Legendary Bear Creek Band on my debut album “No Looking Back” included my mentor and Juno Nominee and international recording artist Ray Lyell on acoustic, electric and bass guitar, keyboard, harmonica and backing vocals, Gary Borden on lead guitar, Ken Baird on piano, Steve Petrie on pedal steel guitar and fiddle, and vocalist Paula Tessaro.
The album was produced by Ray Lyell and co-produced by Neil w Young. It was arranged, engineered and mixed by Ray Lyell and was recorded at Rayne Records in Hamilton Ontario and mastered at the legendary Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton.
Joining The Legendary Bear Creek Band in the studio at Rayne Records on my forthcoming second album "What Difference Will It Make" are Roger Banks on drums and Mike DeBenedictis on bass guitar.
I am pleased and honoured to have the following guest musicians and artists featured on various tracks on my aforementioned new album: Gary Ashthorpe - piano ("Rock And Roll Will Never Die"), Glenn Higgins - Tenor sax ("Tunnel Of Love And Bumper Cars"), Anne Lindsay - fiddle ("The Eyes Tell You Everything" and "For Old Times' Sake"), David Rodenburg - Tenor sax ("Is There No One?") and Randal Hill - banjo and mandolin (For Old Times' Sake").
Glenn has performed with such legendary groups as "The Temptations", "The Drifters", rhythm & blues duo "Sam & Dave", "Crowbar", Juno Award winning group "Lighthouse", and with the "Illustrations" - a ten-piece Jazz/Rock group featured in the Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970's, as well as with various bands in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico.
Anne has performed and recorded with numerous artists including "Led Zeppelin", "The Chieftans", "Roger Daltry", "Dionne Warwick", "Natalie McMaster", "John McDermott", "Blue Rodeo", the "Jim Cuddy Band" and others. Anne also played a key role as folk fiddler in the Lord of the Rings stage show.
During his time playing in the house band at Lulu's (the world's biggest bar at the time) David Rodenburg performed with such greats as The Temptations, Billy Preston, Ben E. King, The Drifters, Del Shannon, the Fifth Dimension. David has also performed for luminaries including US Vice President Dick Chaney and Mickey Rooney. Performing and recording now with his band "The Soul Mission" in venues in Kitchener Ontario, David also continues to perform internationally with The Drifters.
Randal Hill, a nine time winner of Canadian Bluegrass Mandolinist of the Year, has performed and/or recorded with the likes of Sylvia Tyson, Ian Thomas, Graham Townsend, Prairie Oyster, Big Redd Ford, Tom Wilson and many others. A professional band leader and sideman (for 33 years and counting) touring Canada, the U.S. and Europe, Randal is also an in-demand recording session musician.
My sincere thanks and appreciation to the above talented artists and musicians for being a special part of making my dream come true, and to all who listen to my songs ... should you find some enjoyment from them, or if some fond memory or thought is stirred or touched within you, or if by chance one takes you back for a few brief moments to some heartfelt or longed-for return to a special time or place in your life, or if in some small way lifts your spirits, well, that would make this dream of mine even more special and personally rewarding - what more could I possibly hope for. Music is for the soul ... my wish is that mine touches yours.
Neil
May 2, 2012
Additional bio information can be found on my MySpace page: http://myspace.com/neilwyoung, on my CBC Music page at: http://music.cbc.ca/#/bands/Neil-w-Young, and on my web site: http://neilwyoung.com.
Photography and graphic art credits for my debut CD “No Looking Back” album cover and foldout booklet and for the image for my Christmas single “That’s What Christmas Means To Me” and for my forthcoming CD "What Difference Will It Make" album cover and foldout booklet, as well as for many of the music related photographs seen on my web sites goes to the very talented and creative Erin Kellam – Scarletta Photography.
Neil with Paula Tessaro - LIVE at DiMaggio's, Hamilton Ontario - "You Just Turned My Life Around"
Neil w Young - The Restless Wind - MCTMG Radio Nashville Promo
Thank you Jerry Brower and Sherry Whitten - MCTMG Radio - for producing this video.
My "No Looking Back" CD album and my Christmas single "That's What Christmas Means To Me" are available at CD Baby at neilwyoung
Buy my "No Looking Back" album at Amazon.com at NoLookingBack
Buy my single "That's What Christmas Means To Me" mp3 single at Amazon.com at ChristmasMP3single
My "No Looking Back" album and "That's What Christmas Means To Me" mp3 single are available at iTunes - search Neil w Young at iTunes.
NOTICE
If you come across my CD album "No Looking Back" or any of my songs being offered for sale on any web site other than from time to time on my personal web site http://neilwyoung.com, or at CDBaby.com or any mp3 digital download web sites such as iTunes, Amazon and other authorized digital retailers, please be advised that the album and/or songs may be of inferior quality and may have been copied and/or obtained illegally. Most such CD albums of "No Looking Back" or singles from the album can be identified by the CD cover which is noticeably inferior to the picture of the CD cover displayed above.
Number of song plays to March 31, 2012 tops the ONE MILLION mark at 1,104,026 as registered and recorded on my various web sites.
On behalf of Paula and the band and guest musicians on my various songs, THANK YOU TO ALL for the great support.
"The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he/she does it without destroying something else." John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
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Hot Rod Star
Dedicated to the memory of Dick Clark (Nov 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) and his American Bandstand TV show, and to all the great legends of rock and roll that influenced me and were the inspiration for my love of music. Those were the days, we thought they’d never end. I remember, I was there. Hot Rod Star ... from my just started third CD album going back to my 1950's rock 'n' roll rockabilly roots.
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Rock & Roll
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Shining White Eyes
Reached #1 on the IAC Alternative Pop Rock - Singer/Songwriter Chart; #1 on the IAC Miscellaneous Main Chart; #1 on the IAC Miscellaneous New Songs Chart; #2 on the All Genres New Songs Chart and #4 on the All Genres Main Chart.
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Singer/Songwriter
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Just Like Clark Gable and Carole Lombard
Reached #1 on the IAC Easy Listening/Soft Rock Main Chart; #1 on the Easy Listening/Soft Rock - Easy Pop Chart; #1 on the IAC Easy Listening/Soft Rock New Songs Chart; #9 on the All Genres New Songs chart and #3 on the All Genres Main chart.
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Easy Pop
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Why It All Turned Out This Way
Reached #1 on the IAC Pop - Adult Contemporary Chart; #1 on the IAC Pop - Soft Pop Chart and #1 on the IAC Pop New Songs Chart.
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Adult Contemporary
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The Eyes Tell You Everything
Reached #1 on the Country Rock Main Chart and #1 on the Country New Songs Chart. Featuring Anne Lindsay on fiddle, Gary Borden on lead guitar.
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Country Rock
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I Don't Wanna Lose You
Reached #1 on the Country Main Chart; #1 on the Country Rockabilly Chart; #1 on the All Genres New Songs Chart and #1 on the Country New Songs Chart. A writing collab with Steve April (IAC) and Stan Laber. A rockin' rockabilly good time was had by Neil and The Legendary Bear Creek Band with Ray Lyell on harmonies and the kazoo.
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Rockabilly
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The Tunnel of Love and Bumper Cars
Reached #1 on the Country Main Chart; #1 for 26 weeks and counting on the Country Rockabilly Main Chart and #1 on the Country New Songs Chart. Featuring Glenn Higgins - Tenor sax.
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Rockabilly
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Rock and Roll Will Never Die
Reached #1 on the IAC Classic and Progressive Rock Main Chart; #1 for 13 weeks on the Classic and Progressive Rock New Songs Chart; #1 for 19 weeks and counting on the Classic and Progressive Rock - Rock 'n Roll Chart. Featuring Gary Ashthorpe - piano, Ray Lyell - electric guitar, Mike DeBenedictis - bass guitar, Roger Banks - drums. Harmony vocals - Ray Lyell with "rock and roll will never die" cameo harmony vocals by Angela Pileggi, Ethan Jones, Miles Patterson and Paula Tessaro.
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Rock & Roll
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Is There No One?
Reached #1 on the IAC Easy Listening/Soft Rock - Soft Rock Chart and #1 on the Easy Listening/Soft Rock New Songs Chart. Written in 1987. Featuring David Rodenburg - Tenor sax.
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Soft Rock
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For Old Times' Sake
Reached #1 on the IAC Country Bluegrass Chart and #1 on the Country New Songs Chart. Featuring Anne Lindsay on fiddle and Randal Hill on banjo and mandolin.
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bluegrass
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The Price of Freedom
Reached #1 on the IAC Miscellaneous Main Chart and Miscellaneous Sub Genre Chart. Written on November 11, 1986 as I watched Remembrance Day services on television. First titled "Freedom" ... subsequently retitled "The Price Of Freedom".
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Miscellaneous
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What Difference Will It Make
Reached #1 on the IAC Christian/Spiritual - Contemporary Christian Chart; #1 on the Alternative Chart, #1 on the Indie Alternative Chart and #1 on the Alternative New Songs Chart.
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Contemporary Christian
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That's What Christmas Means To Me
Reached #1 on the Miscellaneous Main Chart; #1 on the Misc New Songs Chart; #1 on the Misc Seasonal Chart; #1 on the Misc Christmas Chart; #3 on the All Genres New Songs Chart and #5 on the All Genres Main Chart. Written in 1984.
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Christmas
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All Through The Night
Reached #1 on the IAC MUSIC EASY LISTENING/SOFT ROCK CHART; #1 on the Easy Listening/Soft Rock - Easy Listening Chart; #2 on the CASHBOX EASY LISTENING/SOFT POP CHART; #17 on the IAC MUSIC COUNTRY CHART, and #11 on the IAC MUSIC ALL GENRES CHART
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Easy Listening
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There's Just The One And Only You
Reached #1 on the Easy Listening/Soft Rock Main Chart; #1 on the Easy Listening/Soft Rock - Love Songs Chart; #4 on the Country Main Chart and #6 on the CASHBOX COUNTRY CHART. Written in 1959, finally recorded in 2007. The song has become the underlying love theme woven through the pages in the novel that I'm currently writing. My good friend James Stanley Howen had the song played at his wedding. Thank you for that great honour Jimmy.
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Love Song
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The Cowboy Song - Album Mix
Reached #1 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART; #1 on the CASHBOX COUNTRY CHART and #1 on the IAC COUNTRY - NEW COUNTRY CHART.
Neil w Young, Ray Lyell, Gary Borden, Ken Baird, Steve Petrie
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New Country
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The Restless Wind
Reached #1 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART; #1 on the CASHBOX COUNTRY CHART and #1 on the IAC COUNTRY - NEW COUNTRY CHART.
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New Country
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Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Reached #1 on the IAC MUSIC COUNTRY AMERICANA CHART and # 2 ON BOTH THE IAC MUSIC AND CASHBOX COUNTRY CHARTS.
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Americana
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I Got My Ragtop Down
REACHED #3 on the IAC COUNTRY ROCKABILLY CHART and #8 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART.
"I hear this song and I feel like a young man again." Bobby Lawson, Member Rockabilly
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Rockabilly
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Got Nothin' To Lose
REACHED #1 on the IAC COUNTRY - ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY ROCK CHART and #10 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART .. Written in 1959. Lyrics received an Honorable Mention at the 1989 Music City Song Festival in Nashville. "This is a great tune and shows what music was about in the 50's. Great vocal track with dynamite back-ups. This should have a Sun Studio label." - Jerry Kabat, Station Manager, KIAC station WROK.
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Country Rock
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You Just Turned My life Around
Reached #1 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART; #1 on the IAC CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY CHART; #3 on the CASHBOX COUNTRY CHART and #4 on the IAC COUNTRY - NEW COUNTRY CHART. Featuring co-vocalist Paula Tessaro. See also on IAC Artists Page "Neil w Young and Paula Tessaro". The song was selected to be on a compilation Charity CD in Canada.
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New Country
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Ride
Reached #1 on the IAC Easy Listening/Soft Rock - Adult Contemporary Chart; #2 on the IAC EASY LISTENING/SOFT ROCK - EASY POP CHART; #11 on the IAC COUNTRY CHART and #23 on the ALL GENRES CHART
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Adult Contemporary
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No Looking Back
Reached #1 on the IAC Country - Alternative Country Chart; #3 on the IAC Country - New Country Chart; #7 on the IAC Country Chart and #17 on the All Genres Chart. The title track on my debut album "No Looking Back".
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Alternative Country
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Roy Muniz
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4/22/2012 8:58:50 AM
Love the new tune Neil. You do that Rock and Roll justice as no one can (well a few)! Wishing you peace and wellness through Friendship and Song.
roymuniz
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Dreamhenge
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3/13/2012 3:36:11 PM
Havn't listened too much to your music yet, but I will, based on the integrity evident in your recent final communication in the role. Best Regards, and thanks for all your hard work and positive intent, Richard Montefiore
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James Stanley Howen
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3/2/2012 3:13:15 AM
Good Morning Cowboy,
I just stopped by for a visit.
I wanted to thank you for all your hard work at IAC Music.
Love your music singer/songwriter.
Lots of love, peace and respect my friend.
Jimmy
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Chandra Moon
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1/23/2012 2:30:04 PM
Hope you have a great 2012 Neil - thanks for your support and interest here at IAC
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gabe stenziano
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1/19/2012 11:44:00 AM
hi stopped for a listen. heard the clark gable song. nice vocal with harmony. the arrangement was unique and enjoyable. great listen. take care.
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Roy Muniz
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1/11/2012 3:00:33 AM
Neil, I hope your Holiday time was full of peace and relaxation. I was in the Denver Area this last month having fun. I hope this year is a special one for you because you do so much for all of us here. Thanks for that. Be well Sir. I'm listening, keep those hits coming. Best regards always songwriter.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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12/31/2011 5:26:56 PM
All the best for 2012
to you and your family
Much respect from all of the silverwooders
Rob
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Vincenzo Pandolfi
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12/31/2011 6:53:36 AM
Felice Anno Nuovo Neil!
Ti auguro grande successo nel 2012!
Ciao,
Vincenzo
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James Stanley Howen
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12/22/2011 3:04:19 AM
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR COWBOY FRO KELLY AND I.
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James Stanley Howen
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10/6/2011 4:00:45 AM
Good morning Cowboy Neil,
I am loving your new song "For Old Times' Sake".
I feel so lucky to have you as one of my best singer/songwriting brothers.
Jimmy
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Roy Muniz
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10/3/2011 9:30:59 AM
Howdy Cowboy..yeah I know Johnny Cash is tippin' on " For Old Times Sake"...me too.
Keep 'em comin' Neil, all the very best; roymuniz
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accordionJeanLucNest
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8/28/2011 11:42:00 AM
Thanks alot Neil,
for your contributions in music
and your kind words
wishing you all the best
JL
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James Stanley Howen
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8/28/2011 6:15:17 AM
Hey Cowboy,
I ditto what our good brother singer/songwriter Roy Muniz said.
I am here this Sunday morning playing your jukebox and enjoying your awesome music. Brother singer/songwriters and great friends we are here on IAC Music and elsewhere.
That old buggy of mine is ready to roll when you are Neil.
Lots of love sent your way Cowboy, Jimmy
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Roy Muniz
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8/27/2011 9:55:42 AM
Hi Neil
My Friend, I know these days have been full..lots to do but know you are very much appreciated. Beyond our first and formost friendship, I know you are working hard at the helm brother so many of us can have a great place to display our craft. That's awesome, your awesome! This is where I go for music and great friends, IAC Music.
Be blessed always;
roymuniz
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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6/18/2011 4:58:43 PM
Thank you Neil
for your message regarding the Christchurch situation, it really is becoming a serious long term disaster over 7000 quakes since February-we had dinner with Christchurch friends last night here in Marlborough , many are now leaving the ruined city
Regards Rob
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