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Shakey: Neil Young's Biography

Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life - until now. Based on six years of interviews with more than three hundred of Young's associates, and on more than fifty hours of interviews with Young himself, Shakeyis a fascinating, prodigious account of the singer's life and career. Jimmy McDonough follows Young from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of Buffalo Springfield to the huge success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to his comeback in the nineties. Filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself, Shakeyis an essential addition to the top shelf of rock biographies.

Subject
biographyhistorymemoir
Themes
musicmusicians
Setting
canada
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 816 pages

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