Neil Young

:For the former Canadian politician see Neil Young (politician)

Health scare, recovery, and Prairie Wind

On 31 March 2005 Young was admitted to a hospital in New York for treatment for a brain aneurysm. He was treated successfully by a minimally invasive neuroradiology procedure. Prior to undergoing the procedure, he wrote and recorded an entire new album, Prairie Wind, in Nashville, with session musicians that included regular Young sideman Ben Keith on lap and pedal steels. Many of the songs seem to be inspired by Young's brush with mortality. Two days after the procedure, Young was forced to cancel a scheduled appearance on the Juno Awards telecast when the area where the surgeons did his procedure (via the femoral artery) suddenly began to bleed.

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31 March - 2005 - Aneurysm - Neuroradiology - Prairie Wind - Ben Keith - Juno Awards - Femoral artery

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He next performed on 2 July 2005 at the close of the Live 8 concert outside of Toronto. He presented a new song, a soft hymn called "When God Made Me," and ended with "Rockin' In The Free World."

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2 July - 2005 - Live 8 - Toronto

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On 28 September 2005, Prairie Wind was released as a regular CD, a special limited-edition CD and DVD package, and on vinyl. In an interview given to Time magazine, Young revealed that he had planned to keep the news of his aneuryusm private until he had the bleeding scare, in which case he decided to make news of his condition public.

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28 September - 2005 - Time

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