EPISODE · Apr 18, 2017 · 3 MIN
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Grohl
from Get New Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment · host Murray Dickens
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Raised Rock Stars Author: Virginia Grohl Narrator: Virginia Grohl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl—former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters—From 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 son's 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 children's fame? Did they worry about their children's livelihood and wellbeing in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers? Did they encourage their children's 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. Dre's mother; Marianne Stipe, Michael Stipe of REM's mother; Janis Winehouse, Amy Winehouse's mother; Patsy Noah, Adam Levine's 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.
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