Neil Young nation : a quest, an obsession, and a true story / as lived and narrated by Kevin Chong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chong, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Neil, 1945-.

Young, Neil.

Rock musicians--Canada--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, B.C. ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2005]

Summary:

Neil Young will turn 60 in 2005. Kevin Chong will turn 30. To celebrate these two milestones, Chong sets off on a road trip in search of his boyhood hero. Crisscrossing the continent, he visits Winnipeg, where Young formed his first band; Toronto, where Young was a Yorkville folkie; Los Angeles, where he became a star with Buffalo Springfield; and other noteworthy stops before ending up in Seattle, where he finally sees Neil Young on stage. Along the way he spars with rabid Neil fans, talks to people who knew Young as a kid, and puzzles over Young' s strange, sometimes contradictory pronouncements on such topics as digital music, the environment, AIDS, and Ronald Reagan. More than just an entertaining account of Chong' s journey, Neil Young Nation is a celebration of rock and roll, contrarianism, the allure of the road, being cool, and aging gracefully.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-278), and discography (pages 279-284).

ISBN:

1553651162 trade paper

OCLC:

61261394

Publisher Number:

9781553651161