From Cradle To Stage Stories From The Mo
From Cradle To Stage Stories From The Mo
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Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohlformer Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo FightersFrom Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves, and their Behind the Music-style relationships
While the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David Bowie-Virginia never expected her son to become a musician, let alone a rock star. But when she saw him perform in front of thousands of screaming fans for the first time, she knew that rock stardom was meant to be for her son. And as Virginia watched her sons star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Were they as surprised as she was about their childrens fame? Did they worry about their childrens livelihood and wellbeing in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers? Did they encourage their childrens passions despite the odds against success, or attempt to dissuade them from their grandiose dreams? Do they remind their kids to pack a warm coat when they go on tour?
Virginia decided to seek out other rock star mothers to ask these questions, and so began a two-year odyssey in which she interviewed such women as Verna Griffin, Dr. Dres mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REMs mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouses mother; Patsy Noah, Adam Levines mother; Donna Haim, mother of the Haim sisters; Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie Boys mother.
With exclusive family photographs and a foreword by Dave Grohl, From Cradle to Stage will appeal to mothers and rock fans everywhere.
While the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David Bowie-Virginia never expected her son to become a musician, let alone a rock star. But when she saw him perform in front of thousands of screaming fans for the first time, she knew that rock stardom was meant to be for her son. And as Virginia watched her sons star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Were they as surprised as she was about their childrens fame? Did they worry about their childrens livelihood and wellbeing in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers? Did they encourage their childrens passions despite the odds against success, or attempt to dissuade them from their grandiose dreams? Do they remind their kids to pack a warm coat when they go on tour?
Virginia decided to seek out other rock star mothers to ask these questions, and so began a two-year odyssey in which she interviewed such women as Verna Griffin, Dr. Dres mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REMs mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouses mother; Patsy Noah, Adam Levines mother; Donna Haim, mother of the Haim sisters; Hester Diamond, Mike D of The Beastie Boys mother.
With exclusive family photographs and a foreword by Dave Grohl, From Cradle to Stage will appeal to mothers and rock fans everywhere.
