The Storyteller

Tales of Life and Music

Hardcover, 384 pages

Published Oct. 5, 2021 by Dey Street Books.

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978-0-06-307609-9
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4 stars (3 reviews)

Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand. 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 …

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4 stars

I don't read hardly any biographies, auto or not. Must have saw a blurb somewhere on this one. This was written by Dave during lockdown to keep from being bored. So you can hear his voice clearly. In fact I think I'll get the audio version sometime as he is the person reading it.

Hard not to know who Dave is. But how he got to today is not what I expected and he's describes the road well. I think you could say this is a kind of highlight reel but with great feeling.
I'd really like to meet his Mother. I'll leave it to you to read this and figure out why.

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I found the book particularly interesting for the early years in David’s career and the awesome musicians he met and played with along the way. The prose is simple and it sometimes feels like he tried too hard to be polite and avoided raising waves - a solid contrast to Dave Mustaine’s autobiography I’ve read long ago. The Nirvana era takes about one chapter - you’ll probably find other better suited books if that’s what you’re looking for.

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