From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons the
icons themselves and their Behind the Music-style relationships While the Grohl family had
always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips harmonizing to Motown and David
Bowie Virginia Grohl never expected her son to become a musician let alone a rock star. But
when she saw him perform in front of thousands of screaming fans for the first time she knew
that stardom was meant to be for her son. And as Virginia watched her son's star rise she
often wondered about the other mothers who raised children who became rock stars. Were they as
surprised as she was about their children's fame? Did they worry about their children's
livelihood and well-being in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers? Did they
encourage their children's passions despite the odds against success or attempt to dissuade
them from their grandiose dreams? Do they remind their kids to pack a warm coat when they go on
tour? Virginia decided to seek out other celebrity mothers to ask these questions and so began
a two-year odyssey in which she interviewed such women as Verna Griffin Dr. Dre's mother
Marianne Stipe Michael Stipe of REM's mother Janis Winehouse Amy Winehouse's mother Patsy
Noah Adam Levine's mother Donna Haim mother of the Haim sisters Hester Diamond Mike D of
The Beastie Boys' mother. With exclusive family photographs and a foreword by Dave Grohl From
Cradle to Stage will appeal to mothers and music fans everywhere.
