Most Popular Books by Neil Young

The perfect gift for music and car lovers, Special Deluxe is Neil Young''s New York Times bestselling follow-up to Waging Heavy Peace that “reads like a great Neil Young song plays.” (The Buffalo News) In this acclaimed new memoir, New York Times bestselling author Neil Young has fashioned another extraordinary work of reminiscences told through the lens of one of his deepest passions: cars. A lifelong devotee and collector, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative environmental impact. Witty, eclectic, candid, and filled with Young’s original artwork, Special Deluxe will appeal to car lovers as well as the legions devoted to one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of our time.

The deluxe eBook edition of Waging Heavy Peace includes excerpts of more than fifteen Neil Young songs (personally selected by Young himself) such as "After the Gold Rush," "Like a Hurricane," and "The Needle and the Damage Done," providing a soundtrack to his stories. Interspersed throughout the text are ten rare Young videos from his own archives, offering an uncommon behind the scenes glimpse of the man behind this memoir. In addition, a complete discography guarantees that diehard devotees and new fans alike enjoy the ultimate Neil Young experience. 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.

(Easy Guitar). Now even beginning guitarists can play 16 Neil Young classics! Includes easy arrangements in notes & tab for: After the Gold Rush * Cinnamon Girl * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) * Like a Hurricane * Old Man * Rockin'' in the Free World * Southern Man * and more, plus photos and lyric sheets.

(Strum & Sing Guitar). This fantastic collection offers just the guitar chords and the lyrics for 16 Neil Young classics! Includes: After the Gold Rush * Cinnamon Girl * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * Helpless * Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) * Like a Hurricane * Ohio * Old Man * Rockin'' in the Free World * Southern Man * and more.

Lenda do rock e do folk, criador do Buffalo Springfield, líder da banda Crazy Horse, parceiro de Crosby, Nash e Stills, um dos maiores guitarristas de todos os tempos e um dos músicos mais influentes de sua geração. Ao longo do último meio século, o cantor e compositor Neil Young construiu uma carreira de sólido sucesso nos Estados Unidos e no resto do planeta. O recente lançamento mundial de Neil Young – A autobiografia, no entanto, revela uma personalidade multifacetada – para muito além do que os fãs de sua música poderiam imaginar. Colecionador de automóveis e especialista em modelismo ferroviário (é dono de uma empresa do ramo), há anos Young investe e trabalha num projeto de carro elétrico. Não qualquer carro, mas o chamado Lincvolt, um gigantesco Lincoln Continental movido a energia renovável e limpa (Young sonha em ser sustentável sem prejuízo para a paixão americana por carrões). O compositor também desenvolve, às próprias custas, a PureTone, alternativa digital à tecnologia dos MP3, capaz de distribuir música online e de proporcionar para o consumidor final um som com qualidade similar à dos discos de vinil. Young escreveu de próprio punho uma narrativa fragmentada, com o vai e vem aleatório das recordações determinando a ordem em que as histórias são apresentadas. É por meio desses flashes do passado, e por constantes divagações do autor acerca do presente e do futuro, que o leitor toma contato com essa impressionante diversidade de interesses do artista. Da mesma maneira, episódios marcantes vêm à tona fora de ordem cronológica, exclusivamente ao sabor da inspiração do momento. Os parceiros na música, as grandes amizades, os amores, a paixão pela esposa Pegi e pelos filhos Zeke, Ben e Amber, entre muitos outros temas, vão surgindo conforme avança o fluxo da memória do autor. Como um pungente solo de guitarra de Neil Young, sua autobiografia parece nos envolver e nos transportar para um outro lugar, um outro tempo – o tempo do sonho hippie de paz, amor e rock''n''roll.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). The long-awaited Neil Young - Harvest folio has arrived -- and it''s certainly worth the wait! This deluxe volume features spot-on transcriptions in notes and tab for all the songs from this seminal 1972 release with color photos, handwritten lyrics, and lots more! Songs include: Alabama * Are You Ready for the Country? * Harvest * Heart of Gold * A Man Needs a Maid * The Needle and the Damage Done * Old Man * Out on the Weekend * There''s a World * and Words (Between the Lines of Age).

Neil Young took on the music industry so that fans could hear his music—all music—the way it was meant to be heard. Today, most of the music we hear is com-pressed to a fraction of its original sound,while analog masterpieces are turning to dustin record company vaults. As these record-ings disappear, music fans aren''t just losing acollection of notes. We''re losing spaciousness,breadth of the sound field, and the ability tohear and feel a ping of a triangle or a pluckof a guitar string, each with its own reso-nance and harmonics that slowly trail off intosilence. The result is music that is robbed of its original quality—muddy and flat in sound compared to the rich, warm sound artists hear in the studio. It doesn''t have to be this way, but the record and technology companies have incorrectly assumed that most listeners are satisfied with these low-quality tracks. Neil Young is challenging the assault on audio quality—and working to free music lovers from the flat and lifeless status quo. To Feel the Music is the true story of his questto bring high-quality audio back to musiclovers—the most important undertaking ofhis career. It''s an unprecedented look insidethe successes and setbacks of creating thePono player, the fights and negotiationswith record companies to preserve master-pieces for the future, and Neil''s unrelentingdetermination to make musical art availableto everyone. It''s a story that shows how muchmore there is to music than meets the ear. Neil''s efforts to bring quality audio to his fans garnered media attention when his Kickstarter campaign for his Pono player—a revolutionary music player that would combine the highest quality possible with the portability, simplicity and affordability modern listeners crave—became the third-most successful Kickstarter campaign in the website''s history. It had raised more than $6M in pledges in 40 days. Encouraged by the enthusiastic response, Neil still had a long road ahead, and his Pono music player would not have the commercial success he''d imagined. But he remained committed to his mission, and faced with the rise of streaming services that used even lower quality audio, he was determined to rise to the challenge. An eye-opening read for all fans of Neil Young and all fans of great music, as well as readers interesting in going behind the scenes of product creation, To Feel the Music has an inspiring story at its heart: One determined artist with a groundbreaking vision and the absolute refusal to give up, despite setbacks, naysayers, and skeptics.

(Deluxe Guitar Play-Along). The Deluxe Guitar Play-Along series will help you play songs faster than ever before with accurate, easy-to-read guitar tab and professional, customizable play-along audio for 15 songs. The interactive, online tab and audio interface includes tempo/pitch control, looping, buttons to turn instruments on or off, and guitar tab with follow-along marker. The tracks can be streamed or downloaded and played offline. This volume features 15 favorites: Cinnamon Girl * Comes a Time * Cowgirl in the Sand * Down by the River * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * Helpless * Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) * Like a Hurricane * The Needle and the Damage Done * Ohio * Old Man * Only Love Can Break Your Heart * Rockin'' in the Free World * Southern Man.

(Guitar Chord Songbook). 35 songs from the boxed set, originally released as three albums in 1977, with just the lyrics and chords so you can strum and sing along. Titles include: After the Gold Rush * Cinnamon Girl * Down by the River * Harvest * Heart of Gold * Like a Hurricane * Long May You Run * Mr. Soul * Ohio * Old Man * Southern Man * Tonight''s the Night * and more.

(Guitar Solo). This fantastic collection offers fingerpicking arrangements in notes & tab for 16 Neil Young classics! Includes: After the Gold Rush * Cinnamon Girl * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * Helpless * Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) * Like a Hurricane * Ohio * Old Man * Rockin'' in the Free World * Southern Man * and more, plus a helpful introduction to fingerstyle guitar and loads of photos, design pages, and lyric sheets.

Story of a multigenerational family living in California, a cop is murdered, Cousin Jed is arrested, Grandpa confronts the media, and granddaughter Sun Green becomes an environmental activist.

(Guitar Book). 35 songs in guitar tab from Neil Young''s 1977 Decade three-album set. Includes: After the Gold Rush * Broken Arrow * Cinnamon Girl * Down to the Wire * Harvest * Heart of Gold * I Believe in You * Long May You Run * The Old Laughing Lady * Sugar Mountain * Tired Eyes * Walk On * and many more.