Neil Young is a musician.
Buffalo Springfield was an American-Canadian rock band , formed in Los Angeles in 1966 . Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real . The band backed Canadian musician Neil Young on his thirty-sixth studio album , The Monsanto Years , and the tour which followed . Neil Percival Young , ( born November 12 , 1945 ) , is a Canadian singer-songwriter , musician , producer , director and screenwriter . Young 's often distorted electric guitar work , deeply personal lyrics and signature tenor singing voice transcend his long career . Young directed ( or co-directed ) films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey , including Journey Through the Past ( 1973 ) , Rust Never Sleeps ( 1979 ) , Human Highway ( 1982 ) , Greendale ( 2003 ) , and CSNY/D éjà Vu ( 2008 ) .