The Storyteller

Tales of Life and Music

By: Dave Grohl

Narrated by: Dave Grohl

Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

So, I’ve written a book.

Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!"), I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I’ve recorded and can’t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.

This certainly doesn’t mean that I’m quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it’s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters...the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.

©2021 Dave Grohl (P)2021 Simon & Schuster Audio

An exceptional autobiography by a very talented man

What a fantastic book! I’m so glad that I listened to Dave Grohl’s autobiography as an audiobook as it allowed me to hear it in his spoken word, listening to his exact sentiment behind each story which I think added a lot to the book.

Whether in audio or paperback format though, this was an exceptional book by a very talented man. Dave Grohl has a gift with words as well as music and rhythm and it played out in this book. What a life he has had and continues to lead.

For the sake of Rock

Dave Grohl… you did it again! If you love music and a good book full os stories that will make your mind imagine each part, then, this is your book. A memoir of amazing and courageous stories from the heart of an amazing man.

Dave, thanks for sharing this with all of us! You are a legend!

Great reminder to reconnect

The journey is more important than the destination, and the destination is a resting point for the next journey. Powerful reminder of the ebb and flow of life.

Wow what an amazing listen

If like a story of someone’s life that feels like you now know the guy way more than you ever thought you could, this is the book for you.
There is just something about David that makes you love him more and more every chapter.
YOU MUST GEY THIS BOOK AND I URGE YOU TO GRT IT ON AUDIBLE. The audio books adds another layer to an already amazing story.

Dave really loves his mum and kids.

A beautifully performed 10 hour love letter to his mum and Daughters interspersed with entertaining rock and roll moments.

What a life !!

Told as only the writer could tell it, you travel through your youth listening to the stories you just wish you’d lived. Loved the stories and the amazingly people he’s met and feel like I know them better now
Great listen

love you Dave

A book filled with stories of hope, love, family, tragedy, mateship and good times.
The last story got me all emotional, so beautifully told.
Dave has this ability to connect with large groups of people from a distance and make them feel like friends. Most people I know like that struggle to connect with others one on one. This does not seem the case with Dave. He seems like a totally in the moment guy, one that'll look you on the eye and connect with you is what I've heard. I hope to meet him one day. However hearing him read his stories felt like he was sitting in the car next to me chatting away. at the end of the book, I was so thankful for hearing this and said to myself out loud "love you Dave". that to me was like a hug with a mate after a good old chat.
oh he also drops a line about my home town Adelaide. Next time you're in town Dave, Coopers pale ale or your favourite McLaren Vale red is on me! even if I never get to meet you, I'll be at every show in Adelaide enjoying the music and the good times. PS, I play drums pretty good, call me up to stage... I'll smackdown monkey wrench so hard in a heart beat lol

Riveting

Some incredible tales from an incredible life. Dave Grohl is a master storyteller, in his music and his book

Simply Brilliant

Epic journeys encompassing a life lived incredibly well. Expect nothing less from a master song writer

Great storyteller!

I knew very little about Dave Grohl, let alone his music, now I’m a big fan! Loved the stories. Loved his energy. Loved his gratitude.