Career
He replaced Pat Morley shortly after the release of Soul Asylum"s debut album, Say What You Will, Clarence..Karl Sold the Truck in 1984. Young"s last appearance on a Soul Asylum record album was the breakthrough album, Grave Dancers Union. He was replaced in the middle of the recording sessions by Sterling Campbell, who has also since left the band and is primarily associated with David Bowie, as part of his touring bands.
Young has said that he played on five or six of the songs on the album.
He did not, however, record on the band"s biggest hit, "Runaway Train" (recorded by Campbell) but did initially play it with Soul Asylum in concerts. After selling the resort, the two operated a retail business in Ely, but have since divorced, and moved back to the Twin Cities.
