Neil young wrote waging heavy peace after being immobilized by a. Neil youngs memoir, waging heavy peace the new york times. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitari. When i picked up neil youngs autobiography, waging heavy peace. In this memoir, young reflects upon his lifefrom his canadian childhood to. Waging heavy peace is a convoluted road map to that life, drawn on cocktail napkins and pinned up with refrigerator magnets part freeform blog, part liner notes to some future hundred. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. 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. A hippie dream by neil young 20, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. A hippie dream blue rider press four stars generally the best feelings are the early takes, neil young remarks toward the. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist neil young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity.
As loose and rambling as a guitar jam, neil youngs memoir waging heavy peace. A hippie dream, just released by penguin canada in trade paperback after a successful run in hard cover, i was pretty certain it wasnt going to be a typical celebrity autobiography. Neil young neil youngs storied career has spanned more than forty years and yielded some of the modern eras most enduring music. Topics neil young book collection opensource language english.
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. Although he claimed that he would never write an autobiography, neil youngs memoirs waging heavy peace. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young. Keiths work was very believable as neils voice to his story.
The drought farmer doubts his guidance counsellors advice julyaugust 2009 phileas fogg with a guitar. Some audio versions are now including a pdf file of the photos but sadly this one did not. A hippie dream is the first autobiography by the rock musician neil young, published in 2012. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A hippie dream by neil young blue rider press, 512 pp. 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 is a convoluted road map to that life, drawn on cocktail napkins and pinned up with refrigerator magnets part freeform blog, part liner notes to some future hundreddisc anthology and part loopy travelogue through one aging hippie s expansive backyard.
A hippie dream by neil young the wit, the wisdom, the wonder of neil. Waging heavy peace npr coverage of waging heavy peace. It just reaches a stage where it can be left on its own for a while. Neil young waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young.
The northern roots of american music from hank snow to the band, by jason schneider. A hippie dream is as sprawling as any of his albums, but it doesnt quite have the same magic as his music weighing in at nearly 500 pages and nearly 70 chapters, youngs memoir touches on just about everything. Neil young 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. Neil young, from waging heavy peace legendary singer and songwriter neil. Neil young, from waging heavy peacelegendary singer and songwriter neil. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Reflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, waging heavy peace.
Neil youngs waging heavy peace is a memoir only he. Waging heavy peace quotes showing of 32 give a hippie too much money and anything can happen. Waging heavy peace a hippie dream neil young blue rider press a member of penguin group usa inc. Neil young an iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame, young has written his eagerly awaited memoir and offers a kaleidoscopic view. This is how it felt to read through the wonderfully thick waging heavy peace. But waging heavy peace with a title that echoes waging peace, a white house memoir by president dwight d. However, what i wasnt prepared for was how much he would be willing to reveal of himself. 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. A hippie dream 97806709217 by young, neil and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Neil young neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture generally in the last four decades. 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. Model trains, the rock and roll hall of fame and a dual carraigeway in france.