Neil Young, Conan O’Brien’s Final Tonight Show
Neil Young is slated to perform on The Tonight Show on Conan O'Brien's final night as host this evening.
O'Brien's last show will air tonight (1/22), putting an abrupt end to his seven-month stint at the desk of the legendary late-night talk show. O'Brien, who had waited years for the promised gig, decided to leave the show after NBC executives attempted to move Jay Leno back to the 11:35 p.m. time slot and push O'Brien to 12:05 a.m.
Tonight ’s episode is Conan’s last as host of The Tonight Show, and Neil Young — and not Jimmy Fallon’s “Neil Young” — will be the last musical guest of the O’Brien Tonight Show era.
Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and film director. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995 and also as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.
Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature tenor singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica, his clawhammer acoustic guitar style and often idiosyncratic electric guitar soloing are the linchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronic music throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two distinct styles: acoustic folk/country ("Heart of Gold", "Harvest Moon" and "Old Man") and electric-charged hard rock (like "Cinnamon Girl", "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"). In recent years, Young has adopted elements from newer styles like industrial, alternative country and grunge. Young's profound influence on the latter caused some to dub him "the Godfather of Grunge".
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