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The Uncool - the long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe
The Uncool, the long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—will be published by Avid Reader Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster on October 28, 2025.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more intimate story to tell.
“I spent the last decade or so re-interviewing those early subjects like ( David) Bowie and Fleetwood Mac,Joni Mitchell and Led Zeppelin,” Crowe told The Associated Press in a recent email. “The act of looking back on their younger selves brought out the same in me. The book split into two, the first one being a personal memoir. The second one will come out next year, with a lot of new interview material.”
According to Avid Reader, a Simon & Schuster imprint, Crowe’s memoir will offer “a front-row ticket to the 1970s.”
Chicago 1 (August 20, 2016)
Chicago 2 (August 22, 2016)
Ft. Worth 1 (September 13, 2023)
Ft. Worth 2 (September 15, 2023)
Here is a link for those who would rather support an indie bookstore than Bezos.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/untitled-memoir-to-be-confirmed-cc-arp/431ec5deaedb696c?ean=9781668059432&next=t
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Chief Lackey @ Mind Over Matter Records
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Filmmaker-music journalist Cameron Crowe has a memoir out this fall. It’s called ‘The Uncool’
NEW YORK (AP) — Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more intimate story to tell.
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We are delighted to announce THE UNCOOL, the long-awaited memoir from one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers of beloved hits including Jerry Maguire, Say Anything and Almost Famous 🎸
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, & Young; 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 junket—just a 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 giving him class credit for his road trip covering Led Zeppelin’s 1975 tour, which lands him—and the band—on the cover of Rolling Stone. He embeds with David Bowie as the sequestered genius transforms himself into a new persona: The Thin White Duke. Why did Bowie give Crowe such unprecedented access? “Because you’re young enough to be honest,” Bowie tells him.
With its vivid snapshots of a bygone era and a celebration of creativity and connection, this memoir is an essential read for music lovers or anyone chasing their wildest dreams. At the end of that roller-coaster journey, you might just find what you were looking for: Your place in the world.
COMING OCTOBER 2025.
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