Shakey
Neil Young's Biography
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Word Count
200,000 words, Guess
Page Count
800 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780679427728
- Internet Archiveshakeyneilyoungs0000mcdo_w0m2
- ISBN-100679427724
- ISBN-139780679427728
- LibraryThing226114
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- Goodreads638359
- Library of Congress Control Number2001043528
- OCLC Control Number47844513
- Open LibraryOL7698845M
Classifications
- LCCML420.Y75 M33 2002
Description
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, Shakey is 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, Shakey is an essential addition to the top shelf of rock biographies.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Description
"Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now. In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough tells the whole story of Young's incredible life and career: from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of the pioneering folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield; to the bleary conglomeration of Crazy Horse and simultaneous monstrous success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; to the depraved depths of Tonight's the Night and the strange changes of the Geffen years; to Young's unprecedented nineties "comeback" with Ragged Glory and Harvest Moon.". "McDonough spent six years doggedly pursuing rock's most elusive quarry, talking to more than three hundred of Young's associates (many of whom spoke freely for the first time), as well as sitting down with Young in person for more than fifty hours of interviews. This long-awaited, unprecendented story of a rock and roll legend is filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
The first time Tom McKeig really encountered Shakey he was under a car.
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