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This Book is Hard to Listen to
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Your Band Sucks
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Life in a band-the ups, downs and truth!
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On a lazy Sunday in 1954, 12-year-old Jerry Schilling wandered into a Memphis touch-football game, only to discover that his team was quarterbacked by a 19-year-old Elvis Presley, the local teen whose first record, That's All Right, had just debuted on Memphis radio. The two became fast friends, even as Elvis turned into the world's biggest star.
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Very annoying but tolerable for serious fans.
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Really Bad Abridgement Job (slash job)
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Great...But
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Unabashedly Honest
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No longer dismissed as relics of the hippie era, a new generation has lionized the Dead for creating a culture that paved the way for social networking, free music swapping, and the uncompromising anticorporate attitude of indie rock. Now, fifty years after the band first began changing rock 'n' roll both sonically and psychically, So Many Roads paints the most vivid portrait yet of the Grateful Dead, one of the most enduring institutions in American music and culture.
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Great first book on the Dead
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- Bella Trixx
- 04-27-18
Glorious
Giggle enticing at times and heart wrenching at others. No one could tell this story better than Lol. Truly the tale of best mates, the way life tends to smack you around, living as an artist and balancing on the line of “art as a job”, and what happens when it all falls apart to build you back up again. Well read by the author and I would not have wanted anyone else to have done so.
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- Monica
- 06-23-21
A Gift!!
Beautifully written. An epic story of human resilience. Thank you, Lol. I hope you keep writing.
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- Jed M Bonniwell
- 09-26-18
Great insight into early music of The Cure
If you are a fan of the early Cure albums, this is a really fascinating read, told from the inside by someone who was there. The dignity of Robert Smith also really shines through.
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- Tina Tiller
- 04-11-19
Definitely worth your time!
An honest take. I read a lot of music auto bios and this one was refreshing. I liked the way he just told his story without editorial and without avoiding that his actions had cause and effects both good and bad. I like The Cure but not so much I follow all their details. But, this made me start listening to the back catalogue and enjoying it all in a new light! Good stuff.
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- Amazonian
- 10-24-16
Excellent
Would you listen to Cured again? Why?
I've started it over already
What was one of the most memorable moments of Cured?
The younger stories were great to hear. It's hard to imagine Lol or Robert fighting skinheads!
What about Lol Tolhurst’s performance did you like?
He seemed genuine in his performance. You could tell this meant a lot to him.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, but of course it's to long for that.
Any additional comments?
As a Cure fan I'm biased admittedly. But I thought this book was really well done. It puts a new light on the songs up through Disintegration for me and I'll take any reason to go back and listen to those albums. Nice job Lol!!! Write more!
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- Susie Feblowitz
- 04-02-19
loved it
this book is honest, transparent, sets you in the place and time with new perspective.
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- sk8rtim
- 05-25-20
New Days
I have been a fan of the Cure since before commercial success. I enjoy Lol's accounts of the beginnings and journeys with the Cure to major success. Recounting his experiences with the music and progression of his addictions. Finally an amends by example in want true recovery is like not just getting clean and sober. Props my friend and thank you.
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- Terri G. Brunson
- 07-13-23
A must read if your a Cure fan
This book was written beautifully, honestly and with heart. I absolutely loved it. It was narrated excellent, I’d listen to this one again.
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- Julie
- 08-10-22
invisible boys...
was great story telling and finally hearing what really happened and why Lol left all those years ago.
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- Jamie
- 06-30-23
Good listen for a Curious Fan
Liked the perspective from the writer and appreciated his share of his journey leading to man he is today.
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