Happy Birthday Youngtown! On behalf of all of us who volunteer to keep this important project going, thank’s for your support. Also note our future plans…
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May 162012
I’ve always said that music provides the sound track of our times and is the gateway to our past. Certainly for most of us growing up in the 1960′s, rock n roll was the music of choice and how fortunate we were. In fact, the Youngtown Museum and the collection contained within finds it’s roots in the [...]
Apr 182012
If you love rock and roll and the grass roots spirit of the 1960′s as we do, you’ll love Youngtown. Here’s what you won’t get when you visit…
Scott Young – BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY Scott Young was born in 1918 in Cypress River, Manitoba. He started his writing career at age 18 for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1936. He was soon writing sports columns in Winnipeg, and later Toronto, and in 1949 published the first of 40 books. He wrote a number [...]
“… if art speaks clearly about something relevant to people’s lives it can change the way they perceive reality.” -Judy Chicago Neil Young – Still Relevant After Five Decades of Performing Neil Young has been creating his art for over five decades. From his early musical beginnings in the 1960’s as a teenager performing with [...]
Along with her father Journalist Scott Young and brother Neil, Astrid is yet another creative and notable force behind the Young Family legacy. Born August 16th, 1962, Astrid is the daughter of Scott Young and his second wife Astrid Mead. A singer, songwriter, author, wine expert, and more, Astrid first made her mark on the [...]
It’s good to know you are appreciated and valued for your efforts… at Youngtown we do. Now into our fifth season of operation, it was impossible to know back in 2007 if a rock n roll museum in Omemee Ontario (of all places) would make it past the first year. Most concerning, it was unclear [...]
The House That Scott Built: Get Back To The Country… “The Farm” Revisited When the Young Family left Omemee in the 1950′s, Scott Young returned to the village some years later (mid 1960′s) and built his dream home just south of town. High in the Cavan Hills, Scott and his good friend Jay had hunted [...]
Some guys are just hard to forget. I don’t know about you, but occasionally Ive found life allows for the rare opportunity of crossing paths with some very interesting people… some may have special skills or talents, some funny perhaps, some just have a personal quality about them that…well,…you just like them right from the [...]
THIS EVENT HAS ENDED… WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE BY ONLY YOUNG… ENJOYED BY ALL. THANKS TO THE BAND AND GUESTS. NOTICE - Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum is once again pleased to present the one and “ONLY YOUNG” Band… at Coronation Hall, Omemee. Last year these four amazing guys performed their first “feature show” at the historic Omemee [...]