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Pegi Young
12+ albums
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Margaret "Pegi" Young (née Morton; December 1, 1952 – January 1, 2019)[2] was an American singer-songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist. Her debut as a singer came in 1983 when she was a member of The Pinkettes, the backing vocalists of Neil Young's Rock-a Billy Shocking Pinks tour. In 1994 she made her first nationwide TV appearance at the Academy Awards, singing backup on the song "Philadelphia", composed by her husband. In 2000, the San Mateo, California-born Young joined her then husband on tour as a backup singer. In 2007, after recording songs in her home studio at the Broken Arrow Ranch, she released her self-titled debut album. Since then, she has created two additional albums, Foul Deeds (2010), and Bracing for Impact (2011). 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. In 1986, Pegi Young founded the Bridge School, an educational program aimed at serving the needs of children with severe physical and speech impairments. Young was inspired to create the school based on her experiences with her son Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy, a congenital condition Cerebral Palsy is not a hereditary condition, but researchers have discovered that hereditary factors can predispose an individual to Cerebral Palsy - http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/cause/when - which, for Ben, resulted in severe speech difficulties and moto
