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Neil Young: American Traveller
Martin N Halliwell
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Description for Neil Young: American Traveller
Paperback. Neil Young: American Traveller explores how place and travel affected one of North America's most prolific recording artists of all time. The book spans Young's career as a singer-songwriter from his musical collaborations to his film projects, recent memoirs and his interest in technologies new and old. Series: Reaktion Books - Reverb. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 288 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
When Neil Young left his native Canada in 1966 to move to California, his journey sparked a leap in musical artistry that would come to resonate throughout North America. His fascination with American locations - from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Deep South - profoundly influenced his eclectic musical style and helped to shape the story of his generation. Neil Young: American Traveller shows how place looms large in Young's songs: Los Angeles is seen as the home of uptight business and lost innocence, while San Francisco is seen as the retreat Young needed from the excesses of the ... Read more
When Neil Young left his native Canada in 1966 to move to California, his journey sparked a leap in musical artistry that would come to resonate throughout North America. His fascination with American locations - from the Santa Monica Mountains to the Deep South - profoundly influenced his eclectic musical style and helped to shape the story of his generation. Neil Young: American Traveller shows how place looms large in Young's songs: Los Angeles is seen as the home of uptight business and lost innocence, while San Francisco is seen as the retreat Young needed from the excesses of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Reaktion Books - Reverb
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235318
SKU
V9781780235318
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Ref
99-15
About Martin N Halliwell
Martin Halliwell is Professor of American Studies at the University of Leicester. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock since the 1960s (with Paul Hegarty, 2011) and American Thought and Culture in the 21st Century (with Catherine Morley, 2008).
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