Neil Young Nation by Kevin Chong
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.
Kevin Chong is the author of six books, including the memoir My Year of the Racehorse and the novels Beauty Plus Pity and Baroque-a-Nova. His work has been published in Canada, the US, France, Australia, and Macedonia, and has been shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Fiction Prize and a National Magazine Award. He teaches at the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing Program and The Writers' Studio at Simon Fraser University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781553651161 |
| ISBN 10 | 1553651162 |
| Title | Neil Young Nation |
| Author | Kevin Chong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Greystone Books |
| Year published | 2005-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Music) 2005 |
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