Neil Young, the Godfather of Grunge

A Hard-Working Paper Boy

Young was a hard-working kid who woke up every Sunday morning at six to deliver The Globe and Mail, the newspaper his dad worked for. He would get on his bike and pedal through his usual paper route until noon.

Neil Young as a young boy

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But Young’s main source of childhood income was selling eggs from his backyard chickens. They meant a lot to him, and he enjoyed tending to them (and not only because he sold their produce). When foxes would sneak into his backyard, Young would sleep by the chicken coop to protect them.