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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. --Neil Young, from Waging Heavy Peace
Legendary singer and songwriter Neil Young's storied career has spanned over forty years and yielded some of the modern era's most enduring music. Now for the first time ever, Young reflects upon his life--from his Canadian childhood, to his part in the sixties rock explosion with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, through his later career with Crazy Horse and numerous private challenges. An instant classic, Waging Heavy Peace is as uncompromising and unforgettable as the man himself.

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Author:   Neil Young
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Viking
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.806kg
ISBN:  

9780670921713

ISBN 10:   0670921718
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   04 October 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This year's biggest music biography, Neil Young's memoir is absolutely fascinating. The singer writes candidly, revealing much about the life experiences which have influenced his song-writing. Bookseller magazine Neil Young has never been your average rock star and this is not your average rock star autobiography ... Over the course of its 500 pages, Waging Heavy Peace is variously wildly idiosyncratic, unpredictable, bafflingly digressive, wryly funny, deeply moving, painfully honest ... infuriatingly elusive and shot through with moments of rare insight and beauty, which you might say makes it the perfect literary counterpart to the 50-year career it describes Guardian He's talking to you, not at you, unravelling himself as well, and you don't want it to end ... You see rock and roll history from the inside out, and in the present tense Independent Young appears bounteous and joyful, a genuinely happy hippy ... Unusually for a rock memoir, this one is almost completely angst-free Sunday Times Dryly hilarious ... poignant ... Waging Heavy Peace shows that Young is still in full possession of that stubborn, brilliant, one-of-a-kind instrument Rolling Stone A real treat ... he writes openly and movingly abut the key figures in his life...you feel you know Young better for reading it Metro A ride through Young's many obsessions ... Waging Heavy Peace eschews chronology and skips the score-settling and titillation of other rocker biographies. Still, Young shows a little leg and has some laughs. The operatics of the rock life give way to signal family events, deconstructions of his musical partnerships and musings on the natural world. It is less a chronicle than a journal of self-appraisal New York Times

This year's biggest music biography, Neil Young's memoir is absolutely fascinating. The singer writes candidly, revealing much about the life experiences which have influenced his song-writing. Bookseller magazine

Author Information

Neil Young was born in Toronto in 1945, and later went to live with his mother in Winnipeg after his parents split up. He moved to California in 1966 where he co-founded Buffalo Springfield before joining the hugely successful Crosby, Stills & Nash, and then embarking on a stellar solo career. He has been inducted not once but twice into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which describes him as 'one of rock 'n' roll's greatest songwriters and performers'. Young is an outspoken advocate of environmental issues and the welfare of small farmers - he co-founded Farm Aid in 1986. He is also active in educatonal projects for disabled children, and co-founded The Bridge School which assists children with physical impairments and communication needs. Widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, Neil Young continues to live on his ranch in northern California and in Hawaii.

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