From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01NAZI97S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 517 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cool stacey This book is for music lovers. It is for mom's who help guide their children to live their dreams. Great stories.. "Awesome" according to Stacey E Abate. Thank you. My 15 year old has been drumming since he was 7. I've spent 8 years wondering what to do next for him. Thanks you, Virginia Grohl, for the inspiration.. A different view An interesting perspective. I bought this book for my sister so she could get a better perspective of her teenage sons mindset. But then I read it and realized it would be better for my nephew, to give him a better perspective of his mother's mindset. The mothe
Were they as surprised as she was about their children's fame? Virginia often wondered about the mystical force that urges some of us to listen, to play, to surround ourselves with music. But when Virginia saw Nirvana play for the first time to crazed applause from thousands of screaming fans, she knew nothing would ever be the same. She was the mother of a rock star. So began a two-year odyssey where she had conversations with such women from all over the world, such as Verna Griffin, Dr Dre's mother; Carolyn Williams, Pharrell Williams' mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother; Patsy Noah, Adam Levine's mother; Donna Haim, mother to the Haim sisters; and Hester Diamond, Mike D of the Beastie Boys' mother, to name just a few. Not the arenas of screaming fans, not Nirvana or the Foo Fighters, not the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and certainly not her son, Dave, performing with Sir Paul McCartney at the White House. And as Virginia watched her son's star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Theirs had always been a life full of music - the Grohl family sang together on long car trips, harmonising to Motown and David Bowie - yet Virginia never expected her son to become a musician. For music lovers and rock fans, it's the ultimate backstage pass - for anyone who has wondered what it's like to be on