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    Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

    October 28,
    Neil Young is one of my best friends. He, along with David Foster efternamn and Louis C K, are three people who I feel I can have a conversation with and be on the same page. I am starving for the stimulation of connection with like-minded souls. Wallace has said all he ever will, and I’ve read and listened to most of it. (I wonder if Neil Young will get around to reading him now that Young has moved into writing as a means of creative expression.) Louis C K continues to impress me with his ever-evolving insight and forthright take into the human condition via his comedic creativity. AND NOW, my oldest friend, the great singer/songwriter Mr. Neil Young surprises me with this memoir, which fills in some of mysteries of his music and life. He is 67 at the time of the writing and seven months sober – which he got into (being straight) for fear that he might lose his mind like his father did; AND, he has a lot more he wants to say via writ

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    Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

    A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestseller.

    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 Buick hearse; performing in a remote town as a polar bear prowled beneath the floorboards; leaving Canada on a whim in 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

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    Waging Heavy Peace

    Book by Neil Young

    Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream is the first autobiography by the rock musician Neil Young, published in Featuring a non-linear narrative, the book covers aspects of his career, family life, hobbies, and non-musical pursuits. It was generally well-received among critics.

    Background

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    The book is Young's first autobiography and was written in [1] According to Jimmy McDonough in the biography Shakey, Young had previously stated he would not write about himself.[2] He explains his reasons for writing the book in a chapter called "Why This Book Exists". The year-old musician states that the book is meant to make money to allow him a recuperation period away from touring and music-making.[3] Young, who suffered a brain aneurysm in , mentions the possibility of dementia in his father's health history as providing an additional impetus for writing his memoirs.[3] The musician stopped drinkin

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