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From The Desk Of Jonathan Wilson: “Waging Heavy Peace” By Neil Young

Gentle Spirit, Jonathan Wilson’s critically acclaimed 2011 solo debut, sounded like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young getting high on The Dark Side Of The Moon. The new Fanfare sets the Wayback Machine for a slightly more recent vintage—roughly 1975. The Sopwith Camel cover and occasional jazz flute filigree notwithstanding, Fanfare sounds like Crosby, Stills & Nash crashing the recording sessions for Wish You Were Here, only to find out that Steely Dan has already done all the blow. Tin soldiers and Nixon have come and gone. Jimmy Carter’s in the White House and Cecil Taylor is on the lawn. Wilson will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.

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Wilson: I just devoured this on our U.S./Canada tour. I’m so happy Neil decided to write this; it’s the little moments in here that I love. There are some really revealing and powerful sentiments and guiding words in this book. A Serious Message from a seriously amazing man. On the cover he has the Hippie Dream card perfectly placed in his hatband, kind of sums up the book…