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 [...]
Jan 122012
EARLY NOTICE – It’s now official, 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 Hall and blew the doors off everyone in attendance. If you love the music [...]
**Some prints still available – Edition Limited to “40″ Greetings from Omemee Ontario! Neil Young – Canadian Legend Tribute Poster Limited Edition of only “40″ (11″x 15″) Prints on heavy, quality card stock (white). Each print is hand signed, dated, and numbered by artist – Trevor Hosier / Youngtown Museum. No further copies of this [...]
The screening of Neil Young Journeys by Jonathan Demme and Neil Young was a most enjoyable experience… a fascinating glimpse into Neil’s past and a riveting re-run of Neil’s Massey Hall concerts back in May of this year (2011). Following the film presentation, the audience was rewarded with a rare opportunity to hear from both [...]
Monday September 12, 2011… the premier showing of Jonathan Demme and Neil Young’s latest documentary “Neil Young Journeys” and Youngtown was there. My son Stephen and I arrived around 4:00 in efforts to insure a good place in line…objective was secured. Waiting in line (actually Stephen waited in line while I sat across the road) [...]
Sep 062011
THIS EVENT HAS ENDED – FANTASTIC SOLD-OUT SHOW… THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE IT A GREAT SUCCESS – Performers, Sponsors, Volunteers, BobFM, Loblaws (Lindsay), Fans, and media supports…you know who you are! SEE YOU AT YOUNGTOWN JAM FIVE IN 2012 Youngtown Jam 4 – Official Trailer 2011 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngtown-Rock-Roll-Museum/118113934885526#!/photo.php?v=10150375809151841&set=vb.118113934885526&type=2&theater _____________________________________________________________________________________________ YOUNGTOWN JAM “4″ 2011 Ticket [...]
They say that behind every successful person there is someone. In the case of Neil Young, there may well be many but perhaps few as dedicated as his older brother Robert. In fact, it was brother Bob, not Neil, that first set the stage for success in the Young family. As a young boy (and [...]
Massey Hall 1971… Neil’s performance (captured on film) would later become his “Live At Massey Hall” album. During that historic performance Neil introduced a number of songs that would find release roughly a year later on his greatest commercial success album to date – “Harvest”. Flash forward forty years to Massey Hall 2011… another historic [...]