The Storyteller was a perfect title for this collection of incidents from the life and career of Dave Grohol. It feels as if this is what a conversation with Grohl would feel like - as if he's telling a friend the things he's been through. It reinforces the personality that he's built among music fans of being just a regular guy who's got a pretty irregular life. He's made some great music and some even greater musical connections and he's not in any way bragging when he tells you about them. He's actually as astonished as anyone else.
I watched Dave Grohl on Kelly Clarkson's talk show promoting the book, and an interesting note that isn't in the book is that he's actually always gone by David. It was an error on an early Nirvana album that labelled him a Dave and has carried through his professional career ever since. I loved this book because it's full of interesting stories like this and man, does Grohl ever have a lot of weird coincidences and good luck in his life. His is definitely a story of things happening for a reason and when they're meant to happen. He's lucky to have built a personality that rolls with the situation where he could take advantage of opportunities, and figure out ways around the hardships.
This book left me wanting to hear more from Grohl. Musically, yes, but also more stories. He'd be great to just sit around listening to because he's had some really interesting stuff happen to him.
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