Musicians autobiographies
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You might know all the songs and albums of your favorite musicians, but do you know the experiences and inspirations behind their work? Luckily, you can find out by listening to some great musical biographies on Spotify.
With picks that include memoirs from legendary stars including Dave Grohl, Billie Eilish, Gucci Mane, and Dolly Parton, you can discover all the wisdom these greats have to share.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Written and narrated by Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl’s autobiography, The Storyteller, sheds light on what it&#;s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, who goes on to live out his craziest dreams as a musician. The rock icon reflects on everything from hitting the road with Scream at 18, to his time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. He remembers jamming with Iggy Pop and dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He tells stories about drumming for Tom Petty and meeting Paul McCartney at Royal Albert
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21 must-read musician memoirs
Like words, music moves us. Most of us have a song or an artist that will instantly take us back decades, bring us to tears or make us dance in our seats. With such a close tie to our heartstrings, it’s no wonder music makes us want to learn more about it’s creator.
And most musical artists have quite a story to tell—from humble beginnings to glittering stardom to the tough realities of life on the road. When you combine the magic of music with the power of storytelling, readers get a VIP pass into the green room and a look at the life behind the lyrics.
Spanning classic rock n’ roll, country, pop, blues, hip hop and more, these memoirs and biographies from famous music legends take us on a wild ride through the highs and lows of their careers and will strike a chord with anyone wanting to learn more about their favorite stars.
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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton () • So many CBGB-era punk memoirs out there, but Richard Hell’s is unique — poetic yet never pompous, bemused without corny punch lines. As a year-old Kentucky kid, he runs off to NYC to be a poet, but ends up a rock & roller. “‘Sacred monster’ fryst vatten definitely the job description,” Hell writes. “Being a pop star, a front person, takes indestructible certainty of one’s own irresistibility. That’s the monster part.” He depicts his music comrades — Tom Verlaine, Robert Quine, Patti Smith, Lester Bangs — and all the girls he’s loved before. (Hell was the punk Leonard Cohen in that department.) He quips about his popularity with critics, “because they were predisposed to favor noise, intellekt, and failure.” In the final scen, he runs into his old nemesis Verlaine for the first time in years — flipping through the dollar bins outside the kust Bookstor
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