A_Dream_About_Lightning_Bugs:_A_Life_of_Music_and_Cheap_Lessons

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A Dream About Lightning Bugs

2019 memoir by Ben Folds

A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons is a memoir written by musician Ben Folds, first published in July 2019. It reflects on his early life, time as a member of Ben Folds Five, and his solo career to the near present.[1][2]

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Reception

The book received generally positive reviews and became a New York Times Best Seller.

Allison Stewart of The Washington Post commented, "Once an artist plays their first sold-out show, or signs their first record deal, they are no longer relatable human beings whose experiences in earlier chapters — childhood crushes, bullies, trouble at school — mirror our own. [...] It’s an unbridgeable gap, one that Ben Folds, a singer, pianist and musical Everyman whose relatability seems to have been factory-issued, does his best to navigate in his engaging and solid new memoir."[3]

John Young of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stated that the book, "offers a glimpse inside the head of another musical genius while also being one of the best-written, most interesting musical memoirs of the rock era."[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Rodman, Sarah. "Ben Folds on his new memoir, working with a young Keith Urban, and his political podcast". EW.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Gordon, Doug (30 October 2019). "Musician Ben Folds Reflects On His Genre-Bending Career". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    Stewart, Allison. "Rock-musician memoirs have a distancing effect, but Ben Folds is as relatable as ever". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    Young, John. "Master lessons from two top pop music tunesmiths". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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