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| Author | Ben Folds |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Memoir |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | July 30, 2019 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover), Audiobook |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 978-1-984-81727-3 |
| Website | https://www.benfolds.com/book |
A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons is a memoir written by musician Ben Folds, first published in July 2019. It reflects on his early life, time as a member of Ben Folds Five, and his solo career to the near present. [1] [2]
The book received generally positive reviews and became a New York Times Best Seller.
Allison Stewart of The Washington Post commented, "Once an artist plays their first sold-out show, or signs their first record deal, they are no longer relatable human beings whose experiences in earlier chapters — childhood crushes, bullies, trouble at school — mirror our own. [...] It’s an unbridgeable gap, one that Ben Folds, a singer, pianist and musical Everyman whose relatability seems to have been factory-issued, does his best to navigate in his engaging and solid new memoir." [3]
John Young of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stated that the book, "offers a glimpse inside the head of another musical genius while also being one of the best-written, most interesting musical memoirs of the rock era." [4]
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