Inside Neil Young’s New Memoir ‘Waging Heavy Peace’
Neil Young's new book, Waging Heavy Peace, isn't a traditional rock memoir. Written throughout 2011, it addresses everything from the recent Crazy Horse reunion back to the formation of Buffalo Springfield – but it's presented in a completely non-linear way. Young also stops the narrative from time to time to complain about the audio quality of MP3s and go into detail about his ongoing electric car project. The end result is a glimpse right into Young's brain. It also contains tons of unseen personal photographs. Here are some of the more interesting ones.
By Andy Greene
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Gone Fishin’
Young when he was almost five years old, fishing on a bridge over the Pigeon River in Omemee, Ontario, in August 1950.
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At the Movies
Young with Elliot Roberts at the 1973 USA Film Festival in Dallas.
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Young Love
With Pam Smith, an early girlfriend, at Manitoba's Falcon Lake in August 1964.
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Broken Arrow Ranch
With the Stray Gators in the barn at Broken Arrow Ranch in 1971. (Left to right: Tim Drummond, Jack Nitzsche, Young, Kenny Buttrey and Ben Keith.)
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Cabin Down Below
Dennis Hopper took this photo of Buffalo Springfield near Young's Laurel Canyon cabin in 1967. (Left to right, Dewey Martin, Young, Richie Furay, Jim Fielder (replacing Bruce Palmer) and Stephen Stills.
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At Sea
Young enjoying a dinghy ride with son Zeke in 1978 near his schooner, WN Ragland.
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Behind the Scenes
Young with son Ben on his lap, with David Myers, Pegi Young and John Thompson on the Human Highway set, 1980.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Young, backstage with Elliot Roberts before a 1974 show in Denver.
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Family Portrait
Pegi and Neil with Ben and Amber at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Ranch in Spicewood, Texas, June 1984.
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Father and Son
Young with his father, Scott, at the Riverboat club in Toronto, February 1969.
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‘Cinnamon Girl’
The original handwritten lyrics to "Cinnamon Girl," 1969.
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Set List
Young's set list taped to his Martin D-45 guitar for a show at Carnegie Hall, 1970.
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With Ben Keith
Young with Ben Keith at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California, October 2007.
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‘American Stars ‘n Bars’ Session
With Nicolette Larson, Linda Ronstadt and Crazy Horse during sessions for American Stars 'n Bars at the Broken Arrow Ranch studio, 1977.