As the song says, “I’ve been to Hollywood I’ve been to Redwood, I’ve crossed the ocean for a heart of gold”. While these lyrics are actually true for this writer, it was my recent visit to Redwood City California (the land of Neil Young) that proved most worthy of print.
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Once again, the museum’s year end tribute show proved to be a great success. More than a hundred and sixty fans packed Coronation Hall in Omemee to support the museum and enjoy the music of native son Neil Young. Select artists from around the Province took part in the three hour show that took place [...]
October, 2009� If you are not aware of the Neil Young Appreciation Society its time to check it out. This amazing association publishes the Broken Arrow Magazine exclusively featuring all things Neil Young. The publication comes out on a quarterly basis and is perhaps the longest running fan publication on the market dating back to [...]
May 30, 2009 It was 40 years ago this week that John and Yoko held their historic bed-in for peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. It was on that occasion the pair (with a little help from their friends) recorded the award winning composition “Give Peace A chance”. Although a distant event, the [...]
Jul 082009
Looking back over the 2009 season, Youngtown Museum was pleased to have presented two highly successful concerts in cooperation with Omemee Pro Hardware. A third concert at Coronation Hall was presented by non-other than Robert Young (Neil’s brother). Specifically, in July Bob brought us one of Canada’s most amazing bands “The Sadies” and if that [...]
The Youngtown Museum is named in tribute to one of Canada’s most outstanding Singers , Songwriters, and Musicians … Neil Young. Neil spent his early childhood in the village of Omemee and the Young Family history continued in the area through Neil’s father (Canadian Journalist and Author) Scott Young who lived near town until his [...]
May 122009
May 12, 2009 MEMPHIS, TN – The late, legendary guitarist Jeff Healey’s CD, “Mess of Blues” was recently named Rock Blues Album of the Year at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis on May 7. Mess of Blues was released shortly after Healey lost his long battle with cancer and passed away at [...]
Youngtown in Omemee pays homage to rock ‘n’ roll via numerous rare artifacts Date: 2009-04-28 By Paul Rellinger The trouble with best-kept secrets is they should never be a secret in the first place. In Omemee at 45 King St. E., in one of the village’s oldest buildings, Trevor Hosier’s secret is out of the [...]
By Dave Flaherty Lindsay Post Reporter Those were the words of Canadian musical icon Neil Young, who spent a good time of his youth in Omemee. That attitude still rings true at the Youngstown Rock & Roll Museum, located downtown in the small village. The museum is filled with hundreds of pieces of memorabilia that [...]
Youngtown / March 2009 “Mr. Dynamo” Ronnie Hawkins will soon turn 75 but its clear that his heart of Rock n Roll is still beating. I spent some time with Ronnie at his home on Stony Lake recently so as to catch-up on The Legend. In spite of numerous health difficulties, Ronnie remains very much [...]