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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *; ';Cameron has written a book that feels like music, an intimate souvenir, like a song you can't stop listening to.' Stevie Nicks *; ';A delicious tale of a devotee who worships at the altar of rock and roll.It's a love letter to fandom, sealed with Cameron's trademark sincerity and heart.' Maggie Rogers *; ';Such a joy and so well writtenMy favorite book in a long, long time.' Anderson Cooper The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Croweone of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakersThe Uncool is a joyful dispatch from a lost world, a chronicle of the real-life events that became Almost Famous, and a coming-of-age journey filled with music legends as you've never seen them before.Cameron Crowe was an unlikely rock and roll insider. Born in 1957 to parents who strictly banned the genre from their house, he dove headfirst into the world of music. By the time he graduated high school at fifteen, Crowe was contributing to Rolling Stone. His parents became believers, uneasily allowing him to interview and tour with legends like Led Zeppelin; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Bob Dylan; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Fleetwood Mac. The Uncool offers a front-row ticket to the 1970s, a golden era for music and art when rock was young. There's no such thing as a media junketjust the rare chance a young writer might be invited along for an adventure. Crowe spends his teens politely turning down the drugs and turning on his tape recorder. He talks his journalism teacher into g
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