Cameron Crowe will say something in memoir deliberate for fall 2025

As Lester Bangs mentioned in Virtually Well-known, “The one true forex on this bankrupt world is what you share with another person whenever you’re uncool.” And director Cameron Crowe goes to share the story of his “uncool” life with a memoir arriving later this yr titled, aptly sufficient, The Uncool.

Simon & Schuster (through their Avid Reader Press imprint) will launch Cameron Crowe’s memoir this fall, with an October twenty eighth shelf date. So far as the period The Uncool will cowl, followers and readers can anticipate it to lean closely on Crowe’s time immersing himself within the music trade, the place he discovered himself as a teen working for Rolling Stone and reporting on the likes of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, and extra.

As per the writer, The Uncool “presents a front-row ticket to the Nineteen Seventies, a golden period for music and artwork when rock was younger. There’s no such factor as a media junket—only a uncommon likelihood a younger author may be invited alongside for an journey…The Uncool can also be a surprisingly intimate household drama. In the event you’ve seen Virtually Well-known, you could suppose you realize this story—however you don’t. For the primary time, Crowe opens up about his early childhood in Palm Springs, and pays tribute to his father, a embellished Military officer who taught him the irreplaceable worth of the human voice. Crowe additionally presents a full portrait of his mom, whose singular spirit helped form him into an unconventional visionary.” Clearly a lot of this impressed Virtually Well-known, the place Patrick Fugut’s William Miller served as his surrogate, touring with one of many biggest fictional bands in film historical past, Stillwater.

Cameron Crowe has remained probably the most passionate music followers inside the film scene, giving us iconic moments on that entrance just like the boombox scene from 1989’s Say Something… and the “Tiny Dancer” sequence from Virtually Well-known. He would additionally helm a handful of music documentaries akin to Pearl Jam Twenty and the long-unseen MTV doc Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Seaside Celebration. He’s additionally tied to a Joni Mitchell biopic trying to star Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep.

Will you be selecting up Cameron Crowe’s memoir? What’s your favourite music second or film he has given us?