Neil Young autobiography reviewed

None other than esteemed singer/songwriter John Wesley Harding, née Wesley Stace, has reviewed Neil Young’s new autobiography for the Wall Street Journal. Stace says Young’s book, Waging Heavy Peace, is in line with Young, the person:

“Waging Heavy Peace” is typical, in structure and tone, of a man who has seemed at times to be consistent only in inconsistency, both in his artistic output and in his views: a songwriter who once scrapped album after album and now releases everything, a guitarist who creates unearthly random noise yet is annoyed by minor mistakes on the recording of “Like a Hurricane.”

The book looks to be a great read and Stace’s review definitely is. Read the whole thing at WSJ.

Right here.

 

 

 

 

Neil Young in the New York Times

Neil Young is being featured in a huge New York Times piece. The story provides and update on the living legend and nests a review of Young’s set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival. Here’s their description of “Love and Only Love”:

It lasted 14 minutes, with Young shredding huge reams of noise and mixing it up with his fellow guitarist Frank (Poncho) Sampedro. Seeing them play was like watching an ancient steam shovel unfurl, claw the night air and dig in.

Read so much more at the Times.

Right here.

 

AD: Nils Lofgren for D’Addario

Nils Hilmer Lofgren

Here’s veteran guitarist Nils Lofgren for D’Addario strings. In addition to hordes of solo albums, Lofgren has appeared on releases by Neil Young and Lou Reed as well as his early band Grin. At the time of this ad he was in the employ of Bruce Sprinsteen whose Tunnel of Love had recently been released.

Taken from Guitar for the Practicing Musician, January 1988.

 

Keneally the Killer

 

Here’s Mike Keneally with a scorching version of Neil Young’s “Cortez the Killer” from 2003. Oh yeah, that’s just Drew Zingg on the other guitar.

 

Fire at Neil Young’s warehouse

In an awful recent trend, fire has affected a high profile musician. The San Carlos, Calif. warehouse where Neil Young had many belongings stored was damaged early this morning. According to Bayarea.com:

Reports were first received at 2:55am for a fire burning at 595 Quarry Rd, according to the Belmont-San Carlos dispatcher.

No word whether any musical equipment was stored there.

Read more right here.

 

Back into the Neil Young Archives

Neil Young has tracks. A ton of tracks. The prolific Canadian is set to unveil Archives Volume 2, a release that will reportedly feature more music than its 2009 predecessor—and that volume had 10 discs.

Among the unreleased material are slated to be official versions of four rumored and often-bootlegged albums, including Chrome Dreams. Apparently those will initially only be available on vinyl LP. As Young says:

They were originally created for that format, so now is the time to get your new phonograph player.

Read more at Uncut.

Right here.