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Pegi Young

Pegi Young
Young in 1992
Born
Margaret Mary Morton

(1952-12-01)December 1, 1952
San Mateo, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 2019(2019-01-01) (aged 66)
Mountain View, California, U.S.
Other names
  • Pegi Morton Young
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • educator
  • philanthropist
Years active1983–2019
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1978; div. 2014)​
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
LabelsVapor/Warner Bros.

Margaret Mary "Pegi" Young (née Morton, December 1, 1952 – January 1, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist.

Music career

After marrying Canadian folk rock musician Neil Young in 1978, her debut as a singer came in 1983 when she was a member of The Pinkettes, the backing vocalists on her husband's rockabilly Shocking Pinks tour. In 1994 she made her first nationwide TV appearance at the Academy Awards, singing backup on Neil's song "Philadelphia", nominated for an Oscar.[1]

The Youngs performed together at a number of their annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts. Young joined her then husband on his 2000 tour as a backup singer.[2]

In 2007, after recording songs in her home studio at the Broken Arrow Ranch, she released her self-titled debut album.[1] Young followed it with the albums Foul Deeds (2010),[3] and Bracing for Impact (2011).[1] She toured and performed with her band The Survivors, which includes Spooner Oldham on piano, Rick Rosas on bass, Kelvin Holly on guitar and drummer Phil Jones.[1][2]

Philanthropy

In 1986, Young co-founded the Bridge School, an educational program aimed at serving the needs of children with severe physical and speech impairments.[1][2][4][5]

She was inspired to create the school based on her experiences with her son Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy, a congenital condition that can be influenced by hereditary factors.[6] For Ben, the condition resulted in severe speech difficulties and motor impairment.[4][5] Pegi and her husband Neil said they searched for educational institutions tailored for children like Ben with physical and learning impairments, but were frustrated to find that none really existed.[4][7][8]

Young founded the school with additional help from Jim Forderer, a fellow parent of a child with specialized educational needs, and Dr. Marilyn Buzolich.[1][5]

The Youngs raised awareness of their newly founded school with their Bridge School Benefit Concert, which ran annually from 1986 until 2016, bringing in musicians such as Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Tony Bennett, Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, Jack White and Metallica.[4][8][9][10] Graduates from the Bridge School have often returned to their home school districts and continued their education once their basic educational needs were met in the Bridge School's more specialized setting.[7]

She served in the capacity of Executive Director of the Bridge School for seven years, and as President of the Board of Directors since its inception in 1986 until her death.[11]

Educational outreach

Young served on the board of A.R.T. (Artistic Realization Technologies), an organization dedicated to bringing avenues for creative expression through art into the lives of individuals with severe disabilities.[12] She was on the Advisory Board of the "virtual" AAC-RERC[2] and on the Advisory Council for Lemelson Assistive Technology and Design Center on the campus of Hampshire College.[13]

Young served for four years on the board of the Alliance for Technology Access, a grassroots organization of 43 community based centers around the country serving individuals with disabilities, aimed at increasing their independence through the use of technology.[14]

Environmentalism

Young performed at and hosted Farm Aid with her then-husband Neil in 2007 and in 2012,[15][16] and, in 2013, began serving on the board of directors of Rainforest Connection, an organization aimed at preventing deforestation by using real-time data collection to maximize the effectiveness of ground enforcement.[17][18]

Personal life and death

Young was born Margaret Mary Morton[19] in San Mateo, California, on December 1, 1952 to Thomas and Margaret Jean (Foley) Morton.[20][21]

Young met future husband Neil Young in 1974 when she was working as a waitress at a diner near his ranch, a story he tells in the 1992 song "Unknown Legend". They married in August 1978[22] and had two children, Ben and Amber, in addition to her becoming stepmother to his first child, Zeke.[7] Both Ben and Zeke were diagnosed with cerebral palsy,[23] and Amber with epilepsy.[23] In July 2014, Neil filed for divorce in California.[24]

Young died of cancer on January 1, 2019, aged 66, in Mountain View, California.[20][25]

Discography

  • 2007 – Pegi Young
  • 2010 – Foul Deeds
  • 2012 – Bracing for Impact (with The Survivors)
  • 2014 – Lonely in a Crowded Room (with The Survivors)
  • 2016 – Raw (with The Survivors)

Awards

  • Induction into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame, 1995[26]
  • Co-honored with Neil Young for their work with the Bridge School by Rock the Vote, 1999[27]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ferguson, John (March 17, 2013). "At 60, Pegi Young Is Just Tuning Up". LNP. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Staff writers (November 14, 2012). "Pegi Young Braces For Impact". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Amazon editors (June 21, 2010). "Foul Deeds". Amazon. Retrieved January 3, 2019. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b c d Carr, David (September 19, 2012). "Neil Young Comes Clean". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "The Bridge School – History". Bridge School. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Stern, Kenneth A. "Is Cerebral Palsy Genetic, Congenital, or Acquired?". MyChild. Stern Law, PLLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Gonulsen, Jason (September 10, 2007). "Pegi Young Unknown Legend". Glide Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  8. ^ a b MTV News Staff (February 24, 1999). "Wyclef Jean, Neil Young, Beck, Stevie Wonder, George Clinton Celebrate 1999 Rock The Vote! Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  9. ^ Schlansky, Evan (October 21, 2011). "Pegi Young Talks New Album". American Songwriter. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  10. ^ Giles, Jeff (October 16, 2012). "2012 Bridge School Benefit Concert to be Available as Online Pay-Per-View". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Bridge School Today". The Bridge School. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  12. ^ Knapp, Krystal (August 3, 2009). "A.R.T. provides creative tools for disabled". Artistic Realization Technologies. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Rock Star Gives VIP Treatment to Hampshire College Student Inventors". Collegenews.org. March 11, 2004. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  14. ^ "Helping Organizations Make their Communications Available to the Disabled". W. K. Kellogg Foundation. February 4, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  15. ^ Staff writers (July 9, 2012). "Farm Aid Coming to Hershey, PA". CMT. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  16. ^ "Sugar Mountain Neil Young Set Lists". Sugarmtn.org. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  17. ^ Ferguson, Cat (June 5, 2013). "Old smartphones called in to save Indonesian forests". New Scientist. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  18. ^ Grenoble, Ryan (June 11, 2013). "'Rainforest Connection' Aims To Use Cell Phones To Stop Deforestation". HuffPost. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  19. ^ Lewis, Randy (August 27, 2014). "Neil Young, wife Pegi divorcing; she was inspiration for many songs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  20. ^ a b Sandomir, Richard (January 4, 2019). "Pegi Young, 66, Musician Who Started a School for Disabled, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  21. ^ Reges, Margaret. "Pegi Young Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  22. ^ D'Zurilla, Christie (August 27, 2014). "Neil Young files for divorce from Pegi Young after 36-year marriage". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Neil Young: Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter, Engineer, Philanthropist, Environmental Activist (1945–)". Biography.com. A&E Networks. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  24. ^ Forani, Jonathan (August 26, 2014). "Neil Young to divorce wife of 36 years". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  25. ^ Graff, Gary (January 2, 2019). "Pegi Young, Musician & Former Wife of Neil Young, Dies at 66". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  26. ^ "Ten nominees for Women's Hall of Fame". sfgate.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  27. ^ "Neil Receives Patrick Lippert Award from the Rock The Vote Organization". Hyperrust.org. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

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