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Waging Heavy Peace
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Artist
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Neil Young.
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Blue Rider Press
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Format
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hardcover
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Runtime/Release Date
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497/2012
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Label Number
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9780399159466
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Daedalus Item Code
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29310
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Description
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Written as a saga of episodic tales in his own inimitable voice, this memoir from the legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Neil Young tells of his childhood in Ontario, where his father instilled in him a love for the written word; his first brush with mortality when he contracted polio at the age of five; traveling the Canadian prairies in Mort, his 1948 Buick hearse; and performing in a remote town as a polar bear prowled beneath the floorboards. Young remembers leaving Canada on a whim in 1966 and landing in the marijuana-tinged air and communal canyons of Los Angeles, his brief but influential time with Buffalo Springfield, which formed almost immediately after his arrival, and his going solo and overcoming his fear of singing alone. He gives us many stories from the late 60s and early 70s—writing "Cinnamon Girl," "Cowgirl in the Sand," and "Down by the River" in a single day while sick with the flu; joining David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash and recording the landmark album Déjà Vu; and writing "Ohio" in the aftermath of the Kent State shootings. And he takes us through the decades after, describing life at his secluded ranch in the redwoods of Northern California, falling in love with his wife Pegi and raising three children, and finally finding his paradise in Hawaii.
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| Publisher: Ecco. Format: paperback. ISBN: 9780060936228. Daedalus Item Code: 29183 |
| List Price: $16.00 Sale Price: $9.95
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