“Generally the best feelings are the early takes,” Neil Young remarks toward the end of his first ever memoir. “First or second takes, mostly.” He’s explaining his approach to recording with Crazy Horse, but he could just as easily be describing the loose, informal way he writes. Penned without a coauthor, Waging Heavy Peace often reads less like a traditional autobiography than a lively blog – full of casual asides, unpredictable tangents and open-ended questions as he looks back on his life at age 66…

Read the rest of my review at RS.com. I definitely recommend the book for any Neil fan – it’s totally fascinating even when it’s a little frustrating, just like him.