Neil Young random trivia

Crazy Horse guitarist Poncho Sampedro was amazed when he first toured Japan with Young in the mid-1970s--their plane was met at Tokyo airport by masses of Japanese youth, all of whom had their straight hair parted down the middle, all of whom were wearing flannel shirts and patched jeans just like their hero, all of whom were welcoming the band with chants of "Neileru, Neileru!" In a "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list in the June 1996 issue of Mojo magazine, Young was ranked #9. The melody for his song "Mother Earth (Natural Anthem)" is taken from the Old English folk song, "O Waly, Waly". He is known to close his concerts with this song.