Neil Young

Neil Young is possibly my favorite singer of all time. He feels so deeply about every single song that he has ever made and you can easily see and hear it in his music. Sometimes his voice is as soft as a feather when he refers to his childhood in songs such as "Sugar Mountain." Other times he yells into the microphone, as if he's almost mad at his songs. Neil does this in songs such as "Old Man" and "A Man Needs a Maid."
Young was born in Toronto on November 12, 1945. When he was around four years old, his family moved to the very small town of Omemee, Canada where Young spent most of his childhood. One day, Neil took a pickup truck down to LA, where he gained his initial fame. He played in groups such as Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. He was most famous though as a solo artist. My personal favorite Neil Young songs are "Old Man", "Journey Through the Past", "The Needle and the Damage Done", "After the Gold Rush", and "Harvest." Neil Young will go down as one of the best solo artists of all time.

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is arguably the best song writer of all time, including unreal lyrics of songs such as, "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall." Probably my favorite musician of all time, Bob Dylan was introduced to me as a young kid, but I never got really into him until about a year ago. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. He lived in an upper middle class town a little bit outside of Duluth where he expressed a passion for poetry and literature at an early age. He also had shown great musical talent. My favorite Bob Dylan songs are, "Tangled Up in Blue", "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", "Shelter From the Storm", "Don't Think Twice It's Alright", and "Like a Rolling Stone." Just the lyrics this guy plugs into his songs are absolutely crazy. I mean how does someone possibly come up with something so amazing. If you watch his live performances, it seems as if he sort of just tells a great story with some guitar in the background. However, a lot of people don't like him including my mom because of his "scratchy" voice. Well whatever, he's still the best.