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Title: Memoir Suggestions
Post by: Baron on November 27, 2021, 03:12:13 PM
I've read a ton of memoirs in the last year or so. Anybody have any suggestions for good memoirs?
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Post by: neighbor664 on November 27, 2021, 05:14:16 PM
Pauline Butcher - Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa
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Post by: Dylan Thomas on December 06, 2021, 01:09:33 PM
I really liked Open, which is Andre Agassi's memoir.
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Post by: Pissy on December 06, 2021, 01:26:17 PM
Didn't Andre have basically the same relationship with Alcohol as EVH?   Something to steady up before performing from Age 12 or so?
Title: Re: Memoir Suggestions
Post by: Baron on December 06, 2021, 02:02:51 PM
I read Open. It was amazing. I was actually a pretty big fan of him and 90's tennis at the time so it made it even better. Dabbled with meth in the late 90's.
Title: Re: Memoir Suggestions
Post by: RAGER on April 02, 2022, 01:27:12 PM
Just got around to reading Sing Backwards and Weep. Holy shit.
Title: Re: Memoir Suggestions
Post by: Dylan Thomas on May 04, 2022, 07:29:52 AM
Quote from: Pissy on December 06, 2021, 01:26:17 PM
Didn't Andre have basically the same relationship with Alcohol as EVH?   Something to steady up before performing from Age 12 or so?

I don't think so, actually.  He got into methamphetamine later in his career, that's detailed in the book.

His main hangup from age 12 or so was his image and how it related to his self-confidence.