Did you know this about Neil Young?

[kentuck]

[SinisterPants]

1. That is awesome. I've know for 40 years that Neil Young...

was awesome, just didn't know he was quite that awesome!
Thanks!

[Beakybird]

4. Yeah, way cool!

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. He used to do a benefit concert every year for the Bridge school

And the students got to sit at the rear of the stage and watch acoustic performances by Springsteen, McCartney, CSNY and many other legends.

Google “Bridge School Benefit concerts” for more info.

[tblue37]

3. K&R. nt

[Jarqui]

5. Neil had his own challenges

He had polio pretty badly - still has some physical deficits from it

And he suffers from epilepsy

[2naSalit]

6. I did.

Heard about it a long time ago.

[cilla4progress]

7. Treasure.

Just watched Dan Rather's. "Big Interview" with Neil. Really interesting.

[BigmanPigman]

8. He had another son with a disability with actress Carrie Snodgress.

The story wasn't a happy one.

https://people.com/archive/mad-housewife-carrie-snodgress-sues-rocker-neil-young-for-support-of-their-handicapped-son-vol-20-no-13/

[SunSeeker]

11. How sad that Zeke didn't get the same love from him Ben got.

[BigmanPigman]

13. I know, that pissed me off a lot!

[SunSeeker]

9. Wow. How cool! nt

[Laffy Kat]

10. Beautiful family. nt

[deurbano]

12. I grew up as a huge Neil Young fan, but IMHO, Pegi Young was the real superstar

in that family. I met her when we were pursuing a certain type of therapy for our disabled children at a time when early intervention was kind of DIY. Later she co-founded the Bridge School, and years after we first met through the therapy program, we reconnected/caught up at a low key after-party for one of the concerts she helped organize to benefit the school. (That particular concert featured Bob Dylan, CSNY, Tracy Chapman, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Billy Idol... and since my daughter uses a wheelchair, we got to sit right up front!) She was such a kind, gracious, unassuming, but extremely strong and tenacious person-- with a vision-- and she also became a successful musician in her own right. Sadly, she died of cancer at the beginning of 2019.