I wanted to love From the Cradle to the Stage, but alas I did not. Back in December I stumbled across the television documentary series based on this book on Paramount + from 2021. The show featured author Virginia Hanlon Grohl and her son Dave visiting a musician and their mothers to investigate the experience of raising and parenting a professional musician. I thought the show was great and requested the book through my library’s interlibrary loan system before I finished watching all the episodes […]
“Music is a calling that doesn’t call softly or politely. It screams insistently. The musician WILL find a way.”
From the Cradle to the Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl