Neil Young: Waging Heavy Peace

傳奇歌手、作曲家和吉他手尼爾-揚首次以萬花筒般的視角展現了他的個人生活和音樂創作。他講述了自己在安大略省的童年生活，父親在那裡灌輸了他對文字的熱愛；五歲時患上小兒麻痹症，這是他第一次與死亡擦肩而過；早年在斯奎爾樂隊工作時，為了支付房租而掙扎；駕駛 1948 年的別克靈車 "莫特 "在加拿大大草原上旅行；在一個偏遠小鎮演出時，一隻北極熊在地板下徘徊；1966 年心血來潮離開加拿大，到洛杉磯充滿大麻的林蔭大道和社區峽谷中追尋音樂夢想；水牛春田樂隊短暫但影響深遠的一生，該樂隊幾乎是在他抵達加利福尼亞後立即成立的。他講述了水牛春田樂隊迅速成名並最終解散的經歷；單飛並克服對獨自演唱的恐懼的經歷；組建瘋馬樂隊並在患感冒的一天內寫出《肉桂女孩》（Cinnamon Girl）、《沙地上的牛仔女孩》（Cowgirl in the Sand）和《河畔》（Down by the River）的經歷；加入克羅斯比、斯蒂爾斯和納什樂隊，錄製具有里程碑意義的 CSYP；納什，錄製了具有里程碑意義的 CSNY 專輯《Déjà vu》，並創作了歌曲《俄亥俄州》；在北加州紅杉林中的隱居牧場生活，以及在那裡舉行的充滿大麻的即興演奏會；與妻子佩吉相愛，並生下了三個孩子；最後，找到了沉思的天堂夏威夷。Waging Heavy Peace》是尼爾-楊的心路歷程，只有他自己才能講述，坦率、詼諧、毫不妥協，就像他的音樂一樣真實

作曲家: Neil Young
出版社: Alfred Music
風格: Folk; Pop; Pop/Rock; Rock
原文簡介:
For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Neil Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. He 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; struggling to pay rent during his early days with the Squires; traveling the Canadian prairies in Mort, his 1948 Buick hearse; performing in a remote town as a polar bear prowled beneath the floorboards; leaving Canada on a whim in 1966 to pursue his musical dreams in the pot-filled boulevards and communal canyons of Los Angeles; the brief but influential life of Buffalo Springfield, which formed almost immediately after his arrival in California. He recounts their rapid rise to fame and ultimate break-up; going solo and overcoming his fear of singing alone; forming Crazy Horse and writing "Cinnamon Girl," "Cowgirl in the Sand," and "Down by the River" in one day while sick with the flu; joining Crosby, Stills & Nash, recording the landmark CSNY album, Déjà vu, and writing the song, "Ohio;" life at his secluded ranch in the redwoods of Northern California and the pot-filled jam sessions there; falling in love with his wife, Pegi, and the birth of his three children; and finally, finding the contemplative paradise of Hawaii. Astoundingly candid, witty, and as uncompromising and true as his music, Waging Heavy Peace is Neil Young's journey as only he can tell it.