That’s The Bag I’m In – The Life, Music and Mystery of Fred Neil

Product Description

“FRED NEIL influenced, inspired, and mentored a generation of musicians and songwriters whose names echo in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But who was Fred Neil? Of all his contemporaries, Fred Neil was the most mysterious and misunderstood.
Because of his highly sensitive and private nature little is known of his childhood and upbringing. At the end of his life, less than a handful knew where he was living. And yet, his songs, like Everybody s Talkin , The Dolphins, and Little Bit of Rain, continue to be recorded, remembered, and cherished to this day.”

Review

Neff paints a comprehensive portrait of an artist. We ve been searching for Fred Neil for five decades now part of the search is over. –Shindig Magazine

Superlative Fred bio. Author Neff has done an extraordinary job through research and lean writing in the first major recounting of Neil s life. –Mojo Magazine

This book will endure as the most significant account of Neil s life. Kind of like how the quality of Neil s work will endure.
(THAT S THE BAG I M IN #1 on my list of the Top Two Dozen Rock Books of 2019.) –Richie Unterberger, author and music historian.

About the Author

A musician for twenty-five years, Peter Lee Neff grew up in South Florida, where he followed the burgeoning folk music scene in the mid-sixties, seeing Fred Neil perform, and eventually playing on the same stages that Fred did. Moving to Nashville in 1979, Peter continued playing music while writing movie reviews and presenting them as an on-air personality for WPLN, the NPR affiliate in Music City. As a filmmaker, several of his short films have won awards and been presented at numerous film festivals and fine art venues throughout the country. He and his wife, Dr. Anne Neff are bi-city residents, who split their time between Cleveland, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee.