'I think what most musicians have in common is their core love of music, and that kind of begins on your bedroom floor with a Beatles songbook and an old guitar.' Dave Grohl, of foofighters, speaks about his life as a musician and father.
This combination photo shows Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performing at Bourbon and Beyond Music Festival in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 20, 2019, left, and"The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music, a memoir by Grohl.
An outgoing personality who takes his music more seriously than he does himself, Grohl naturally draws people in. Besides, how do you not like a guy who shows up at stage doors with a wide smile and a bottle of whiskey?Grohl had no shortage of material when he decided to spend much of his enforced downtime writing a book called “The Storyteller,” on sale Tuesday.
Grohl lived in a ragged apartment with Cobain as the band prepared material for what would be its breakthrough “Nevermind” album. He sensed when they left to record it that they'd never return to that apartment, but no one could anticipate their explosive success.“I don't think anyone's entirely designed to make it out of a situation like that unscathed,” Grohl said. “But I was lucky because I had Virginia, the state, and my mother.
Around the same time, he wrote and recorded the songs that would become the first Foo Fighters album. Rock ‘n’ roll is not exactly replete with drummers who step out from behind the kit and take up an other instrument to become a bandleader.“It was the lack of confidence,” he said. “I don't know too many people that strap on a bungee confident that they're going to survive the fall. That's why you do it. Just being unsure of yourself can be a great motivator.
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