I'm not a big Neil Young fan myself. Some of his stuff is OK, but I was never real impressed with anything he did.
However, a few years ago I caught a Crosby, Stills ,Nash and Young concert and he really suprised me. Young was the one who did all the tastey lead guitar work live . I never did any research on who did the leads on the albums but I'm pretty sure it wasn't him. I had always regarded him as a pretty limited electric guitarist untill I caught that show. (Absolutely great show , by the way).
I'm still not a big fan, but for those who think he can't play squat, there is definately more there than meets the eye/ear. Why he hasn't managed to capture it on his many recordings is a mystery, but the SOB can play.
Rick