Born 12th November 1945, in Toronto Canada Neil Young had always showed an interest in music. From a young age he started playing a plastic ukulele, which then developed into a banjo, then the baritone ukulele.
Despite being the place where Neil first formed his own band, he always believed that school wasn’t for him and knew that he wanted to pursue a career in music.
After dropping out of school, Neil started a new band called ‘The Squires’ which consisted of himself, Ken Koblun, Jeff Wuckert and Bill Edmondson. The Squires, was a very successful local band, managing to play hundreds of different shows, in community centres, clubs and other local settings across Winnipeg. Three years later Neil decided it was time to leave The Squires and spent some time working in different venues around Winnipeg before finally becoming a soloist and touring Canada.
In 1966, Neil Young along with Bruce Palmer, Stephen Stills, Ritchie Dura and Dewey Martin formed Buffalo Springfield, who played a mixture of folk, country, psychedelia and rock music. The band were considered pioneering for their time and were even credited by The Rolling Stones for helping to define the genres of folk rock and country rock.