http://www.nme.com/news/beth-jeans-houghton/62018

<<Beth Jeans Houghton has spoken about her plans to make her second
album in Los Angeles, explaining that Neil Young has a lot to do with
her decision.
The Newcastle-born singer wants to record the follow-up to her delayed
debut album 'Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose', released earlier this
month, as quickly as possible, and after a special experience in Los
Angeles last year, wants to do it in the City Of Angels.
She told NME: "I was with a mate who said 'I'm going to meet my friend
Neil later. You should come.' When we arrived, it turned out ‘Neil’
was Neil Young. He picked us up in a white Cadillac and we drove
around Malibu beach all day. He’s a slow driver, but a lovely man."
Asked whether Young had any tips for her, Houghton said: "Don’t be
daft. I didn’t tell him I was a musician. How do you tell Neil Young
that you also write songs?">>

I'd guess the friend was Devendra Banhart - who sang with her at the
2007 Green Man Festival after "randomly" asking her up to the stage
from the crowd. Cool story, though.

Brand New Guy