Neil Young News: New Acquisitions at Youngtown Rock-n-Roll Museum

Youngtown Museum

There is a town in north Ontario ... with a rock-n-roll museum.

Located in Neil Young's boyhood hometown of Omemee, Ontario, Canada, the Youngtown Rock N Roll Museum is a showcase of Rock N Roll artifacts and memorabilia from the first three decades of rock history, including extensive Young artifacts and exhibits.

Museum founder and curator Trevor Hosier has just acquired some new items for exhibit including “Natural Beauty”, a vintage 1970’s Texan acoustic guitar donated by Neil Young. The guitar was extensively played by Neil, used to write the classic song “Natural Beauty”, and accompanied him on his tour bus. Neil also saw fit to sign this wonderful guitar for the Youngtown Museum and in writing designated it “Natural Beauty”. The items were acquired via a special and generous arrangement with Neil in support of the museum.

More on Trevor's recent trip to California and his amazing Archives tour and photos are on Youngtown museum site.

Also, see Broken Arrow editor Scott Sandie's report in latest issue of Broken Arrow Magazine - November 2009 (#116).

5 Comments:

At 12/21/2009 11:32:00 AM, Anonymous said...: I am glad to see the colection is growing...I hope it continues with Neil's support...I also hope Crescentwood Community Cenre in Winnipeg will receive a little something from Neil as well to place in their halls next to their Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings materials...Happy Holidays!

Dave in Newfoundland
At 12/21/2009 11:43:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Ooops - the "old black" replica had full-size humbuckers.
At 12/21/2009 12:09:00 PM, Youngtown said...: Clarification: Please note, the guitar obtained from Neil was not an outright donation but was aquired via a special and generous arrangement with him in support of the museum. See full article. Youngtown Museum
At 12/21/2009 02:55:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Looks like “Natural Beauty” has been preserved like a momument, but not to nature. That's ok though, whate else to do with it?

- Not Rotten Johnny
At 12/25/2009 02:28:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Family and I visited the Youngtown Museum this past summer. Very cool and packed with rock n roll stuff but not just NY. Definitely worth a look.