MOVIE FOR MAY 2014: “I’ll Be Me”, the new documentary from filmmaker James Keach, chronicles Glen Campbell and his family’s amazing journey from being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s to his year long Goodbye Tour. The Film premiered at The Nashville Film Festival on April 18th . While the movie is not yet out, watch for it.
Anonymous wrote on IMDB: Two years ago, music icon, Glen Campbell, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and told to hang up his guitar and prepare for the inevitable. Instead, Glen and his wife, Kim, went public with the diagnosis and announced that he and his family would set out on a Good Bye Tour. Even the optimists predicted the tour would only last a couple of months. Not only did Glen exceed everyone’s expectations, but what began as a six-week tour quickly grew into a triumphant year of him playing sold out venues across America. The film documents this extraordinary journey as he and his family attempt to navigate the wildly unpredictable nature of Glen’s progressing disease using love, laughter, and music as their medicine of choice.
BOOK FOR MAY 2014: “Face the Music: A Life Exposed” – Paul Stanley of KISS!
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley—the co-founder and famous “Starchild” frontman of KISS — reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rock’s most enduring icons and the group he helped create, define, and immortalize.
Stanley mixes compelling personal revelations and gripping, gritty war stories that will surprise even the most steadfast member of the KISS Army. [Born Stanley Eisen] he takes us back to his childhood in the 1950s and ’60s, a traumatic time made more painful thanks to a physical deformity. Born with a condition called microtia, he grew up partially deaf, with only one ear. But this instilled in him an inner drive to succeed in the most unlikely of pursuits: music.
With never-before-seen photos and images throughout, Stanley’s memoir is a fully realized and unflinching portrait of a rock star, a chronicle of the stories behind the famous anthems, the many brawls and betrayals, and all the drama and pyrotechnics on and off the stage. Raw and confessional, Stanley offers candid insights into his personal relationships, and the turbulent dynamics with his bandmates over the past four decades. And no one comes out unscathed — including Stanley himself.
“People say I was brave to write such a revealing book, but I wrote it because I needed to personally reflect on my own life. I know everyone will see themselves somewhere in this book, and where my story might take them is why I’m sharing it.” — Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley of KISS will be at Tattered Cover Colfax on May 5 starting at 7:00 p.m. for a book signing. Details are at http://www.tatteredcover.com/