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    Scattered
    Miscellaneous Neil Young Related Stuff

    Index to the material below:
    • Artists Against Racism
    • Neil Young Appreciation Society
    • Rest In Peace, David Briggs
    • "Buy shares" of Neil Young
    • Bootleg CDs
    • Neil is a Liberal
    • Was there a rivalry between Neil and Lynyrd Skynyrd?
    • What are The Missing 6?
    • What are The Lost Tapes?
    • Who are the first & second Best Garage Bands In The World ?
    • Who Is Astrid Young?
    • Who has Neil been married to?
    • Why's that glittery boot sitting on Neil's piano or organ?
    • What's that stuff in Dutch inside TTN?
    • What are the anagrams of   N e i l   Y o u n g ?
    • What's that stuff in Latin on Re*ac*tor?
    • Where is that Tree on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere?
    • How Tall Is Neil?

    Artists Against Racism

    Neil participates in the Artists Against Racism project.
    --> Check out their site.

    Neil Young Appreciation Society (NYAS)

    Over in Wales, Alan Jenkins (originally with a few other folks, but soon by himself) started the Neil Young Appreciation Society way back in 1981. It was the closest thing to an "official" Neil Young fan club for 20 years. The NYAS published a fantastic magazine called Broken Arrow four times a year.

    In April of 2001, the NYAS folded...

    However in June of 2001, Long-time NYAS member Scott Sandie undertook the revival of the NYAS. Here's the new NYAS website, with details about how to join.

    Long may the NYAS run...

    Rest In Peace, David Briggs

    --> Obituaries from Lookout Management and others.

    "Buy Shares" of Neil Young

    --> The Rogue Market trades in Neil Young "stock."

    Bootleg CDs

    The administrator of HyperRust strongly recommends that PURCHASING of bootleg CDs, CDRs or tapes be avoided, since that subsidizes an industry that exists primarily to profit from the work of artists without compensation or consideration for the artists themselves.

    Neil has made clear that he doesn't support sale of bootlegs.

    As an alternative, it's strongly encouraged that tape or CDR trades be sought out. You can acquire very good recordings of shows at no cost (other than the cost of blank tapes or blank CDRs and postage). Such trades do NOT seek to profit from the work of the artist.

    There are lots of folks on the Rust List who will happily help you to build up your music collection by non-profit trades. There are also many tape and CDR trees run on the Rust List. Feel free to take advantage of them!

    It is recognized that some folks will find occastion to justify to themselves that a bootleg CD purchase is in order. Here are a few things to keep in mind if this applies to you:

    • Bootleg recordings tend to be expensive ($25 or more, per disc) and quality varies wildly.
    • It is highly recommended that you know something about a recording before purchasing.
    • Boots For Beginners by Tim Parrish (located on his web site) is one reference that can help in your selection.
    • Other sources of information include the NYAS (see above) magazine Broken Arrow, and asking folks on the Rust List.
    • A warning (for those in the US): bootleg recordings are illegal. Though its rare that non-dealers are caught and/or prosecuted, shipments from overseas companies may be intercepted by US customs.

    Neil is a Liberal

    --> So says The Turn Left! page. Duh!

    Was there a rivalry between Neil and Lynyrd Skynyrd?

    Nahhh! --> Here are the details...

    What are The Missing 6?

    --> Neil's Missing 6 CDs.

    What are The Lost Tapes?

    The Lost Tapes CD was probably a hoax (but supposedly a "mistake" by the producers, who supposedly thought that it really was Neil). It's definitely not Neil on the CD. There's no consensus (that I've seen) about who in fact the performer really is.

    Following is an excerpt from New Music Express (date unknown) about the whole thing. It comes from the Fred Fact column of Fred Deller.

    Neil's Bum Deal

    Q: I've seen an ad for a Neil Young album called The Lost Tapes but I don't know of any such release. Could you provide some info because I really don't want to spend my hard-earned cash on some dodgy bootleg that can only be listened to with a state-of-the-art hearing aid?

    A: I haven't seen or heard the album, which is on a label called Movie Play Gold, but apparently it purports to stem from tapes of various Nashville demos cut around the end of Neil's stint with Buffalo Springfield.

    However, a news flash from the States reckons that Young has supplied a sworn affidavit to Warner Bros stating that "None of the vocal renditions are mine. None of the musical compositions embodied on the record were written by me." Now Warners are taking legal action against the record's distributors. So the advice is - tread carefully.

    Who are the first & second
    Best Garage Bands In The World ?

    Neil has been quoted as referring to Crazy Horse as "The third best garage band in the world". Who does he say rank above them?

    #1. The Rolling Stones

    #2. The're still out there playing in a garage somewhere, undiscovered....

    Who is Astrid Young?

    Astrid is Neil's half sister from his father's second marriage.

    Who's Neil Been Married To?

    In an attempt to straighten out some of the misconceptions about Neil's marriages, children, etc, here's an attempt at a mini-"family tree". This is based on a post to the Rust List by Lookout Mama. 
               Susan Acevado (daughter Tia, prev mg)
                        \ 
  Scott Young            >-(no children)   
             \          /
              >-+-Bob  /   Pegi Morton
             /  |     /               \
 Edna Ragland   +-Neil                 >-+-Ben    
 (aka "Rassy")        \_______________/  |    
                             \           +-Amber
                              >-Zeke
                             /
             Carrie Snodgress (never married Neil)
    Notes:
    • The marriage to Susan lasted thru the innersleeve for After The Goldrush (she sewed the patches on its "butt" picture). She can also be seen smoking something in the background of an inside pic on EKTIN (or maybe it was a different album).
    • Though never married, Neil and Carrie lived together from around 1972 through 74 or 75.
    • Neil married Pegi August 2nd, 1978.
    • Neil also has 5 half-sisters from his father's later 2 marriages:
      • Deidre
      • Astrid (mentioned above)
      • Maggie
      • Caitlin
      • Erin

    Why's that glittery boot sitting on Neil's piano or organ?

    According to Elliot Roberts (as told to Fred No More and his wife after the Nashville 1999 show), it orginally belonged to Elke Somer. At the show Neil played for the opening of the Roxy in LA, she took it off and gave it to Neil.

    What's that stuff in Dutch inside Tonight's The Night?

    The earliest copies of Tonight's The Night included an insert that was a copy of a clipping from a Dutch newspaper or magazine. The article had been written during the Tonight's The Night tour that preceded the release of the album.

    There were also two other interesting inserts in that album.

    Here are the inserts, including the Dutch article translated into English.

    What are the anagrams of   N e i l   Y o u n g ?

    --> Here they are....

    What's that stuff in Latin on the back of Re*ac*tor?

    This paragraph on the back of Re*ac*tor. . .
    "Deus, dona mihi serenitatem accepere res quae non possum mutare, fortitudinem mutare res quae possum, atque sapientiam differentiam cognoscere."
    translates into English as...
    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the strength to change what I can and the wisdom to know the difference."
    Omar Zia posted the following remarks about this to the Rust list...
    This is especially poignant considering the physical therapy his quadriplegic son Ben was going through at the time. The fact that he wrote it in another language that no one speaks any more says a lot too. It's kinda like the vocorders on Trans, but with print.

    Where is that Tree on the Everybody
    Knows This Is Nowhere     album cover?

    A theory put forth by "Ophelia White" (written in early 1997):
    The tree is in a little community in West Tulsa called Berryhill. I went by there at Christmas. The tree is still there.

    A horseshoe was put on one of the branches and the branch grew around it. Now the horseshoe is part of the tree -- it's the Horseshoe Oak, and is now a local historical shrine.

    BTW, Berryhill is the home of the Chiefs (football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, etc)   :)

    However to muddy things up, here's a report from Lauren victim of her senses Clodi of Tulsa (from February 1998). It's in response to a second-hand report that a person from Broken Arrow (Oklahoma) says that the Tulsa area is too flat for that picture...
    There is a big difference between Broken Arrow and Tulsa, especially west Tulsa. BA is flatter than a pancake (and in some places uglier). The northwest sections of Tulsa can be pretty hilly, and the further northeast you go the hillier it gets until you hit MO/AK with the Ozarks. It is possible that the photo was taken west of the river - there are some more mountainy areas there, although I would be interested how and where they found such a wide open space with this one lone OAK tree with mountains behind it, that sounds extremely uncharacteristic of Tulsa unless the location is in the wilds of Wagoner or Bartlesville. What am I saying here? I'm saying that it's possible that this is in Tulsa, but it's unlikely.

    Ta da!

    However, we now have the Neil version of the answer, as confirmed by Joel Bernstein, then passed on by Jef Piehler (who operates the excellent sidestreet records site):
    "Joel confirmed my recollection that the photo was in fact taken somewhere in Topanga Canyon by freelance photographer Frank Bez (who also did the first Ry Cooder LP cover). Oddly enough, Joel initially thought the photo was taken in Laurel Canyon, but then he remembered Neil specifically telling him that it was taken in Topanga Canyon just before/right after Neil moved in with his girlfriend Robin Lane, around September 1968."
    So there you have it. Case closed.   :-)

    How tall is Neil?

    (from a discussion on The Rust List several years ago...)

    Neil Young appears to have an unprecedented ability to alter his height. Innocently introduced by an unwitting Rusty, this topic has produced a stunning variety of anecdotes revealing a previously unknown phenomenon. A summary of Neil's observed heights:

    1. He's 4-6" (12 cm) measured between thumb and forefinger at a concert. Further evidence of this height is that he fits on a CD cover and has been photographed numerous times dwarfed by microphones and amps.

    2. He's 12' (3.65 m) measured from seats in the front row of a concert.

    3. He's 6' (1.82 m). Bob (who's self-proclaimed purpose is travelling with Neil) said so.

    4. He's REALLY tall. Neil straddles a road and semi-truck with a helicopter in his hands in the video for 'Cry, Cry, Cry'.

    5. He's 6' (1.82 m). He plays a charcter that is '6 feet tall' in a movie. Another character in the movie said so.
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