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Neil Percival Young (born November 12th, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and film director. Neil Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instrumentsincluding piano and harmonicahis style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Neil
Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing,
jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronica throughout a varied career, his
best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: folk-esque
acoustic rock (as heard in songs such as "Heart of Gold", "Harvest
Moon" and "Old Man" and electric-charged hard rock (in
songs like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World"
and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In
more recent years, Young has started to adopt elements from newer styles
of music, such as industrial, alternative country and grunge, the latter
of which was profoundly influenced by his own style of playing, often
bringing him the title of "the godfather of grunge". PLEASE
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