The Blue Basement and Third Man Books welcomes writer, musician, and trailblazing music critic Sylvie Simmons, who will be sharing from and discussing her book Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass and performing classic Young songs.

"likely the best one about \[Neil Young\] there ever will be." — Joel McIver, Record Collector

Sylvie Simmons is an award-winning writer and one of the foremost music journalists working today. Born in London, she moved to L.A in 1977 and started writing about rock music for magazines including Sounds, CREEM, Kerrang, Q, and MOJO. Simmons is the author of a number of books, including the New York Times best-sellers I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, and Face It, Debbie Harry’s memoir. Simmons still writes for MOJO, and has interviewed Neil Young on many occasions.

Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass is an unpretentious, effective profile by an author unafraid to voice her own opinions. In 1966 a young singer-songwriter drives an old battered hearse 2000 miles from Canada to L.A to seek his fortune. Sixty years later he is still making music, the survivor of an astonishing career that has taken in the Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Crazy Horse, numerous collaborations and a staggering number of albums. The book is packed with insights into his life and work, family, health issues and behind-the-scenes relationships, including a brief friendship with Charles Manson, that still remain relevant all these years on.

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