The wall street journal wrote that it was terrific. This is not a complete list of all books concerning neil young, but a selection with some recommendations. He tells of his childhood in ontario, where his father instilled in him a love for the written word. Reflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, waging heavy peace is his longawaited memoir. I listened to the audio version with keith carradine narrating. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young. Keiths work was very believable as neils voice to his story. I was a little surprised when neil young published his memoir, waging heavy peace, because he. Or the one about how he was driving one of his vintage cars and it died, he called aaa, and it was really hot while he was waiting.
Read waging heavy peace a hippie dream by neil young available from rakuten kobo. Neil young has 101 books on goodreads with 21574 ratings. Zijn vierendertig studioalbums vol rock nroll, folk en. Its very much a lateperiod neil young work which means it can come across as unfocused, overlong, repetitive, and utterly brilliant all at once. This is how it felt to read through the wonderfully thick waging heavy peace. Interspersed throughout the text are ten rare young. Neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame. Only 1,500 copies will be printed, making it an essential addition to every music lovers collection.
Waging heavy peace book the seattle public library. Interspersed throughout the text are ten rare young videos from his own archives, offering an. See all books authored by neil young, including waging heavy peace. Read waging heavy peace by neil young available from rakuten kobo. Featuring a nonlinear narrative, the book covers aspects of his career, family life, hobbies, and nonmusical pursuits. Waging heavy peace mississauga library system overdrive. Waging heavy peace pdf download full download pdf book. Neil young is al meer dan veertig jaar muzikant en songwriter. Neil young books list of books by author neil young. The perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his ic.
One of the greatest songwriters of the 60s and 70s shares stories like the one about the time he went to costco and sports authority with his friends but didnt buy anything. Now, in special deluxe, young has fashioned a second work of extraordinary. Neil youngs first memoir, waging heavy peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. I think i will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if i am to succeed and deliver the cargo i so carefully have carried thus far to the outer reaches. I just started and i just kept goingneil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture generally in the last four decades. Limited and signed edition 9780399162848 by young, neil and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. This beautiful limited edition will be signed by neil young and repackaged in a slip case and linen cover. Neil young, from waging heavy peace legendary singer and songwriter neil youngs storied career has spanned over forty years and yielded some of the modern eras most enduring music. This is not a chronology of neil young in the way one might expect a rock memoir to be this is a collection of his musing on life, on his past, on his family, on his loves, and his relationship with drugs. Waging heavy peace by neil young overdrive rakuten. Link to the nya infocard for this song with press, documents, manuscripts, photos, videos.
Neil young is the kind of cantankerous, multitasking rocker preston sturges would have dreamed up, if sturges had lived to see hippies descend on the sunset strip. I think i will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if i am to succeed and deliver the cargo i. We read it as neil wrote it, more as a long blog post explaining why hes writing an autobiography rather than. Neil youngs most popular book is waging heavy peace. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist neil young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of neil youngs waging heavy peace, the rock music memoir of the year. The vexing simplicity of neil young the new yorker. Not many authors explain their reasons for writing books as bluntly as neil young does in waging heavy peace. Waging heavy peace is neil youngs 500 page autobiography. The deluxe ebook edition of waging heavy peace includes excerpts of more than fifteen neil young songs personally selected by young himself such as after the gold rush, like a hurricane, and the needle and the damage done, providing a soundtrack to his stories. The perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Waging heavy peace ebook by neil young 9781101594094. An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame, neil young has written his eagerly awaited memoir. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame.
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