McDonough gives us as good a look at cards as we’re likely to get.” - The Tampa Tribune A page-turning good read.”- Houston Chronicle “Does what most rock bios don’t: It fails to fawn, it delivers the juice, it subjects the hero to the scrutiny and disappointment of a fan. In Shakey, McDonough delivers a full double-album.” - Rocky Mountain News What was known of Young's life before was akin to a series of rough demos. deftly weaves Young's life, actions and art together. “McDonough is an avid fan, music critic and impartial journalist all in one. Young comes across as a Jekyll-and-Hyde loner whose life has unfolded like a reckless chemistry experiment - a control freak on an endless quest for the uncontrolled moment.” - Macleans (Canada) “Like meeting Brando's Kurtz in a cave at the end of Apocalypse Now.

‘One day I'm a jerk,’ Young says, ‘the next day I'm a genius.’ This book argues artfully for the latter.”- People The long passages in which McDonough steps aside to let Young talk are the most revealing. “Exhaustively researched, impressively detailed.

surprisingly comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable.The most detailed portrait of this shrouded artist to date.” - San Jose Mercury News “Delves further into the life and motives of one of music's most private individuals than anything previously released. “Imaginatively written.not only is Shakey an extraordinary literary feat of research and affection and endurance, it's an insight into the art of biography itself.”- Fort Worth Star-Telegram traces a rich turbulent career in vivid detail.” - The New York Times “A mammoth portrait of the artist and lively exhumation of rock n roll history. One of the most penetrative studies of a rock icon ever written.” - Times (London) “Where the average rock-star biography is a tepid, toothless thing, McDonough has approached his task like a literary Terminator, steaming ahead with lethal thoroughness. there are revelations in abundance.” - The New York Times Book Review “Exhaustive, quarrelsome, and sometimes maddening. “The definitive book on the subject.” - The Washington Post McDonough gets it all: the chaos, the grandeur, the good times and dreary deaths, the alcohol- and drug-besotted recording sessions, the broken hearts, and the sheer unfettered joy of a seriously gifted artist.” - Salon A must-read for anyone who cares about Neil Young.” - Rolling Stone “An exhilarating match-up of author and subject makes Shakey a great, gripping read. A glorious mess.” - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review A maddening, beguiling portrait of an elusive maverick. “Just as unmanageable, hard-headed, overzealous, and ultimately endearing as Young himself.

Hugely original.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review “Jimmy McDonough’s fat, teeming, obsessive, and revelatory biography of Young is a pure shot of all-access pleasure.

Shakey by Jimmy McDonough