Talk:Neil Young

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[edit] Neil Young's Middle Names

I was under the impression that he had more than one middle name. In fact, supposedly his full name is "Neil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland Young." [1] 71.164.26.82 19:12, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I think that Neil does have more than one middle name. In fact, Stills gave his youngest son the middle name "Ragland" to honor Young. I wish I could find the reference. KitHutch 12:50, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

The only reference I can find to Young's middle name is in CBC's obituary of his father, linked from his page: Scott Young. That article states that his middle name is "Percy". Merenta (talk) 15:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Which is short for "Percival"; Neil Young introduces himself at the beginning of the Year of the Horse DVD as "Neil Percival Young", and which is also reported as being his middle name in Shakey (which includes a footnote saying "There is some controversy about Young's middle name(s) - which he wouldn't confirm for me - but both his father and a musician who's seen his passport say "Percival". Sarcasticidealist (talk) 20:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For What It's Worth

The article currently indicates that Young played guitar on this song, but the liner notes for the Buffalo Springfield album don't name him when listing the musicians on that track. Is there something I'm missing, or is the article in error? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 14:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main image caption

originally read "Neil Young in Austin, Texas on November 9, 1976"; just a bit of convivial jackassery R0m23 (talk) 05:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Hank?

There's been some controversy as to whether the "Hank" in "From Hank to Hendrix" is Hank Williams or Hank Marvin. Since there is no cited source either way (as far as we're yet aware), we've just opted not to comment in the article one way or another. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 22:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, (see comments from archives). I don't think Neil has ever confirmed one way or the other, perhaps he never will. Steve hill4 (talk) 10:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rust Never Sleeps

should be in studio albums, even if if was recorded live, it's all new tracks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.180.176.162 (talk) 19:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

In the Neil Young discogrpahy article, it is listed as a studio album. KitHutch (talk) 21:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Playing Style

Young's acoustic technique is being described as "Hammer On" which links to an entry which correctly defines that half of the "hammer on / pull off" technique of fingering with the LEFT hand.

I believe what the author of this section meant to write was "Claw-Hammer" which involves the use of the RIGHT hand for a percussive style of finger picking, predominantly using the Thumb and Index Finger, (imagine a claw hammer). Having seen Young play, and playing this way myself, i can confirm this is his technique, on acoustic guitar.

So, this ought to be revised to reflect his actual right hand technique.

HotType918 (talk) 15:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)HotType