# Shakey

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- Libro: [Shakey](https://www.archivodelibros.es/jimmy-mcdonough/en/shakey) ([Shakey.md](https://www.archivodelibros.es/jimmy-mcdonough/en/shakey.md))
- Autores: [Jimmy McDonough](https://www.archivodelibros.es/jimmy-mcdonough)
- Editorial: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9944-358-2
- Páginas: 816
- Publicación: 2003-02-06
- Idioma: en_GB
- Encuadernación: Softcover

## Descripción

Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now. Shakey is the whole story of Young's incredible life and career: from his childhood in Canada to the founding of folk-rock pioneers Buffalo Springfield; the bleary conglomeration of Crazy Horse and the monstrous success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; to the depths of the Tonight's the Night depravity and the Geffen years; and Young's unprecedented nineties 'comeback'. Shakey (the title refers to one of Young's many aliases) is also the compelling human story of a lonely kid for whom music was the only outlet, a driven yet tortured figure who controlled his epilepsy via 'mind over matter', an oddly passionate model train mogul who, inspired by his own son's struggle with cerebral palsy, became a major activist in the quest to help those with the condition. This long-awaited, unprecedented story of a rock 'n' roll legend is uniquely told through the interwoven voices of McDonough - biographer, critic, historian, obsessive fan - and the ever-cantankerous (but slyly funny) Young himself.