Neil Young is a musician.
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 .