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Neil Young American Traveller

Author(s): Halliwell, Martin N

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When Neil Young left Canada in 1966 to move to California, it was the beginning of an extraordinary musical journal that would leave song after song resonating across the landscapes of North America. From "Ohio" to "Albuquerque," Young's fascination with America's many places profoundly influenced his eclectic style and helped shape the restless sensibility of his generation. In this book, Martin Halliwell shows how place has loomed large in Young's prodigious catalog of songs, which are themselves a testament to his storied career as a musician playing with bands such as Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, and, of course, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.


 


Moving from the Canadian prairies to Young's adopted Pacific home, Halliwell explores how place and travel spurred one of the most prolific creative outputs in music history. Placing Young in the shifting musical milieus of the past decades--comprised of artists such as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, the Grateful Dead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Devo, and Pearl Jam--he traces the ways Young's personal journeys have intertwined with that of American music and how both capture the power of America's great landscapes.


 


Spanning Young's career as a singer-songwriter--from his many bands to his work on films--Neil Young will appeal not just to his many fans worldwide but to anyone interested in the extraordinary ways American music has engaged the places from which it comes.

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“Halliwell knows what he’s talking about, and writes with real enthusiasm and know-how. . . . Authors of books in which the star subject hasn’t been in direct contact with the writer in interviews, and trying to get to get to the bottom of things face-to-face, really have to know what they’re on about, lest the books become a Hades of hazy speculation and guesswork. Halliwell avoids this problem by truly, relentlessly knowing his stuff. It also helps that he writes in a way that doesn’t hinge on having the reader’s approval, and also that he doesn’t claim to have some kind of mystical truth of the subject that was overlooked by everyone else.” 

Juliette Jones - PopMatters  (JC BookGrocer)

General Fields

  • : 9781780235318
  • : Reaktion Books, Limited
  • : Reaktion Books, Limited
  • : September 2015
  • : .7 Inches X 6 Inches X 8.25 Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Halliwell, Martin N
  • : BC
  • : 1601
  • : English
  • : 782.42166092
  • : 224