summary ofThe StorytellerBook by Dave Grohl

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David Grohl — drums

Imagine a lit stage in a dark club hall. The drummer Lenny Robinson and his fantastic parts attract the most attention. Young Dave Grohl looks up at him with admiration. The boy came to this club with his mother to watch a jazz workshop and celebrate her birthday. She asked her son to fulfill her wish — to sign up for the list of performers who can show off their skills and perform on stage that evening.Curiosity overcame Grohl's fear, who had previously practiced playing on old pillows instead of a drum kit. He went to the list on the wall near the stage and wrote, “David Grohl — drums.” His first performance on stage was a blur and showed how far he was from his ideal.

After some time, he gathered courage and returned to the club to arrange private drum lessons with Lenny Robinson. After hearing the cost of one class was 30 dollars, he mentally calculated how many lawns he had to cut every week and how many grams of weed to give up for this and agreed.During the first lesson with Robinson, he learned that he had been holding the drumsticks incorrectly all this time. He also realized that he needed to learn about the theoretical part of playing musical instruments. Did he need to pay 30 dollars for it every time? Well, no! This lesson was the first and last for Nirvana's future drummer and Foo Fighters' founder.Grohl's teenage years were like many people growing up in small-town America. Such times have their charm: you know all the residents of your district from whom you must hide so that they do not tell your parents about your antics; your first guitar becomes your most valuable possession, no matter how cheap it is; every change of school is the biggest challenge, and for the students, you become their most mysterious classmate.

In addition to all the above, it was the time of Grohl's first love. He remembered seventh-grade, thanks to a week-long (or even shorter?) relationship with his classmate Sandy, who inspired him to write his first songs. But Grohl benefited most from breaking up with her, no matter how absurd it sounds. At that moment, the future drummer realized that his love for music was the only thing that could be constant.