Neil Young is one of rock and rolls most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now. In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough tells the whole story of Youngs incredible life and career: from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of the pioneering folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield; to the bleary conglomeration of Crazy Horse and simultaneous monstrous success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; to the depraved depths of Tonights the Night and the strange changes of the Geffen years; to Youngs unprecedented nineties comeback with Ragged Glory and Harvest Moon. McDonough spent six years doggedly pursuing rocks most elusive quarry, talking to more than three hundred of Youngs associates (many of whom spoke freely for the first time), as well as sitting down with Young in person for more than fifty hours of interviews. This long-awaited, unprecendented story of a rock and roll legend is filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself.