Neil Young Opens Up About Sobriety
Neil Young has been sober for a year after drinking and smoking pot for decades, he reveals in a new profile in the New York Times. During a recent interview at his sprawling home in the redwood...
View ArticleNeil Young on Becoming Sober: ‘The Straighter I Am, the More Alert I Am’
share Promoting his new autobiography, the legendary reclusive rocker opens up about life and writing while sober. Getty Images He’s been rocking in the free world longer than most of his generation...
View ArticleIncredibly loud and extremely close to Neil Young
NEW YORK — In Neil Young's forthcoming book “Waging Heavy Peace,” which he calls “more like a diary” than a memoir, readers will learn that the musician's father, Scott Young, a journalist and author...
View ArticleCrosby, Stills & Nash, Tom Morello Headline 'No on Prop 32' Event in Los...
share Getty Images From left: Graham Nash and Tom Morello onstage at the Nokia Theatre. Thousands of union workers fill the Nokia Theatre for a concert/rally featuring the iconic rock trio, the Rage...
View ArticleNeil Young journeys to Utah with new concert film from ‘Heart of Gold’...
PARK CITY, Utah — Neil Young recalls how his first concert film with director Jonathan Demme was a lush, stately tribute to country music. He says their latest, “Neil Young Journeys,” is more like an...
View ArticleNeil Young reveals he has been sober for a year
Neil Young has revealed that he quit booze and drugs one year ago. The legendary rocker reportedly gave up drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana in order to write his memoir, Waging Heavy Peace,...
View ArticleJonathan Demme Discusses ‘Journeys’ & The Magic Of Neil Young
Jonathan Demme has been effortlessly bouncing between narrative and documentary filmmaking for most of his career, the latter of which often revolve around music starting with 1984’s groundbreaking...
View ArticleA worthy journey for Neil Young fans
Star Tribune Forget Crosby, Stills and Nash and maybe even Crazy Horse. Jonathan Demme might be Neil Young’s ultimate collaborator. The third tete-a-tete between the “Philadelphia” filmmaker and the...
View Article'You don't want to OD on music'
Neil Young's autobiography rummages through his 50-year career. Photo: Getty Images Neil Young's highly idiosyncratic autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace, rummages through his 50-year career - and...
View ArticleDirector Jonathan Demme tracks down 'Ohio' victims for Neil Young doc
Tweet Moviemaker Jonathan Demme tracked down the families of the students who lost their lives in the infamous 1970 Kent State massacre to ask permission to use photos of the victims of the clash...
View ArticleNeil Young amps up his life with new album, concert film
LOS ANGELES - "Neil Young Journeys," the new concert film reuniting the idiosyncratic Canadian rocker and director Jonathan Demme, raises the notion of "spitting distance" to a whole new level. While...
View ArticleToronto 2011: Jonathan Demme on How He Started Collaborating With Neil Young
share Michael Yada/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images The Hollywood director and self-described "Young groupie" recalled how the opening sequence for his 1993 movie "Philadelphia" spawned his trilogy of...
View ArticleNeil Young's busy year: new album, documentary and memoir
NEW YORK - In Neil Young's forthcoming memoir, "Waging Heavy Peace," he writes about how his father called him "Windy" because he had so many ideas. One of his best - the generational anthem "Ohio" -...
View ArticleNeil Young's autobiography 'Waging Heavy Peace', candid and personal (Video)
Related topics Neil YoungCrosby Stills and Nashrock 'n rollBuffalo SpringfieldCanadaCrazy Horse Advertisement To say that singer/songwriter/musician Neil Young has had an eventful life would be a...
View ArticleNeil Young to publish autobiography
Singer's memoir Waging Heavy Peace will hit shelves in 2012 Old man, takes a look at his life … Neil Young to publish autobiography next year. Photograph: Peter Bregg/Getty Images...
View ArticleQ&A: Jonathan Demme on the making of 'Neil Young Journeys'
June 28, 2012 -- Updated 1552 GMT (2352 HKT) Jonathan Demme is shown attending an event in February. (Rolling Stone) -- Jonathan Demme can't get enough of Neil Young. The Academy Award-winning...
View ArticleNeil Young still a rebel in autobiography
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View ArticleCheck out two previously unreleased songs from 'Neil Young Journeys' --...
In Jonathan Demme’s music documentary Neil Young Journeys, the Silence of the Lambs filmmaker follows music legend Neil Young through his Ontario hometown and onward to a show in Toronto, all while...
View ArticleNext for Neil Young: American Folk Standards
share His new record with Crazy Horse, out June 5, includes such classics as “Gallows Pole,” “Oh! Susanna” and “This Land Is Your Land.” Call it North Americana.our editor recommendsNeil Young and...
View ArticleNeil Young quits drugs and alcohol
Singer embraces sobriety as he prepares to publish his memoir, Waging Heavy Peace...
View ArticleConcert preview: Neil Young looks at his life
Just exactly what makes Neil Young tick always has been one of the great mysteries of popular music. Now, the rock icon has gone from enigma to open book. Mr. Young, who performs at the Petersen...
View ArticleNeil Young to write memoirs
Neil Young will publish his memoirs in a book tentatively titled Waging Heavy Peace. Photograph by: Reuters, Reuters Canadian folk-rock icon Neil Young has signed a deal to publish his memoirs, a life...
View ArticleNeil Young: 'You don't want to OD on music'
Neil Young's marvellously idiosyncratic autobiography, Waging Heavy Peace, rummages through his 50-year career – and offered its writer a relief from music Neil Young performing with Crazy Horse...
View ArticleWarts and All in New Pop Memoirs
LIKE a lot of other rock and pop stars the singer and keyboard player Gregg Allman read “Life,” the autobiography of the guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, with avid interest when it was...
View ArticleNeil Young's memoir offers a wandering glimpse of his life and music - Wire...
"Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream" by Neil Young; Blue Rider Press (502 pages, $30) Back in high school (a long time ago, but bear with me), my mother and I had an argument about Neil Young. I'd...
View ArticleNeil Young hits stardom with 1972 release
Few musicians have had such an extended and influential a career as Neil Percival Young. From co-founding the band Buffalo Springfield in 1966, to reuniting with Stephen Stills by joining Crosby,...
View ArticleBooks | Rockers reflecting for memoirs
Stones guitarist got trend rolling with his stories Subscribe to The Dispatch Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Already a subscriber? Enroll in...
View ArticleNeil Young and Crazy Horse Host Hollywood Bowl Blowout: Concert Review
share Kyleen James Neil Young onstage Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl. The Bottom Line The made-for-each-other singer and band seamlessly meld old and new amid a relentless, outstanding torrent of...
View ArticleWhile He Can Still Remember
Not many authors explain their reasons for writing books as bluntly as Neil Young does in “Waging Heavy Peace.” First of all there’s the thing now known as the Keith Richards phenomenon: there turns...
View ArticleRust never sleeps, and neither does Neil Young - Wire Lifestyle - The...
LOS ANGELES - Neil Young recently described writing his first book, "Waging Heavy Peace," as "really a different trip," invoking the vocabulary reflected in the subtitle of his tome: "Hippie Dream."...
View ArticleRust never sleeps, and neither does Neil Young
LOS ANGELES - Neil Young recently described writing his first book, "Waging Heavy Peace," as "really a different trip," invoking the vocabulary reflected in the subtitle of his tome: "Hippie Dream."...
View Article'Waging Heavy Peace' by Neil Young
Waging Heavy Peace By Neil Young (Blue Rider Press; 497 pages; $30) Neil Young offers a telling book review of his own, midway through his new memoir. Speaking of David Crosby, Young mentions that his...
View ArticleNeil Young 'Waging Heavy Peace' en route to Hollywood Bowl this week
Neil Young recently described writing his first book, “Waging Heavy Peace,” as “really a different trip,” invoking the vocabulary reflected in the subtitle of his tome: “Hippie Dream.” The phrase is...
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Bruce, Rod, Neil and Pete: sexagenarians rock the bestseller list Monday, November 12, 2012 Comments | E-mail | Print Aging rockers have cornered the market on books....
View ArticleMusic Review: Craggy Neil Young takes his time rocking out on ‘Psychedelic...
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, “Psychedelic Pill” (Reprise) Neil Young is in a nostalgic mood on “Psychedelic Pill,” a triumphant if somewhat meandering release with his band, Crazy Horse. Loading......
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Its better to burn out than to fade away goes one famous song. Well, these three grand old men of rock n roll are still flaming away and far from fading, it seems. Waging Heavy Peace Author: Neil...
View ArticleNeil Young fans will want to take this journey
Forget Crosby, Stills and Nash and maybe even Crazy Horse. Jonathan Demme might be Neil Young's ultimate collaborator. The third tete-a-tete between the "Philadelphia" filmmaker and the "Ohio" classic...
View ArticleNeil Young's memoir offers a wandering glimpse of his life and music
"Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream" by Neil Young; Blue Rider Press (502 pages, $30) Back in high school (a long time ago, but bear with me), my mother and I had an argument about Neil Young. I'd been...
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