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Our family was starting. We kept on moving with our young lives, shortly afterward and took Ben Young with us everywhere. But pretty soon Pegi started noticing that Ben was not doing the things some other babies were doing. Pegi was wondering if something was wrong. She was young, and nothing had ever gone wrong in her life. People told us kids grow at different rates and do things at different times. But as Ben reached six months old, we found ourselves sitting in a doctor's office. He glanced at us and offhandedly said, "Of course. Ben has cerebral palsy." I was in shock. I walked around in a for for weeks. I couldn't fathom how I had fathered two children with a rare condition that was not supposed to be hereditary, with tow different mothers. I was so angry and confused inside, projecting scenarios in my mind where people said something bad about Ben or Zeke and I would just attack them, going wild. Luckily that never did happen, but there was a root of instability inside me for a while. Although it mellowed with time, I carried that feeling around for years. Eventually Pegi and I, wanting to have another child after Ben, went to se an expert of the subject. That was Pegi's idea. Always organized and methodical in her approach to problems, Pegi planned an approach to our dilemma with her very high intelligence. We both loved children but were a little gun-shy about having another, to say the least. After evaluating our situation and our children, the doctor told us that probably Zeke dis not actually have CP-he likely had suffered a stroke in utero. The symptoms are very similar. Pegi and I weighed this information. To know someone like her and to make a decision about a subject as important as this with her was a gift beyond anything I have ever experienced. It was her idea, and she had guided us to this point. We made a decision together to go forward and have another child.


Neil Young


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Young typically plays this guitar in this stereo mode sending the separate signals to two different amps a Fender Deluxe and either a Fender Tremolux or a low-powered Tweed Fender Twin. On July 14 2006 Young was awarded the Order of Manitoba and on December 30 2009 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. "Expecting to Fly" was a lushly produced ballad similar to the baroque pop of the mid-1960s featured a string arrangement that Young's co-producer for the track Jack Nitzsche would dub "symphonic pop.

The project involves a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to hybrid technology which Young plans to drive to Washington D. Young has also adopted elements from newer styles such as alternative rock and grunge. Although he has lived in northern California since the 1970s and sings as frequently about U.

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