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Kathy Valentine's hair-raising ... the band had signed a record contract with I.R.S. A Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine's story is a roller coaster of sex, drugs, and of course, music; it's also a story of what it takes to find success and find yourself, even when it all comes crashing down At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go's--and the band needed a bassist. Autographed copies of The Lost and Found Bookshop on the way! Free shipping . A Go-Go's bassist Kathy Valentine's story is a roller coaster of sex, drugs, and of course, music; it's also a story of what it takes to find success and find yourself, even when it all comes crashing down At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go's--and the band needed a bassist. Signed copies of The View from Flyover Country available. “That must have been really heavy, and we were just carrying on.”. She released her memoir All I Ever Wanted this summer after the release of the Critic's Choice Documentary Award winning film The Go-Go's. Nashville has punished Morgan Wallen. Valentine, who led the writing of “Vacation,” the title track of the band’s second album (and lyrical source of the memoir’s title), captures both the carefree bliss of being young, beautiful, rich and talented, and the darkness that such freedom can breed. When Valentine returned to Austin, she and singer Carla Olson formed one of the city’s first punk bands. Autographed copies of Fantastic Hope available until they're gone. The same year, Valentine signed with U.T. Within a few months of her joining, the band had signed a record contract with I.R.S. For international shipping, email info@left-bank.com with your address and what you would like to order for a quote. Call the store to order 201-445-0726. Books will ship out in mid to late April. The band had scheduled a reunion tour, pre-coronavirus, to begin in June. Gavin Newsom said he believes California’s educators can return to their classrooms provided proper safety measures and supports are in place, Exclusive: Jared Goff unsure why he became wrong for Rams, but ‘the feeling’s mutual’. If you would like to order a signed book please order a copy of All I Ever Wanted from this page and add your personalization request to the order comments. Caffey’s fledgling band, The Go-Go’s, was looking for a new bassist and Valentine was available. Press to write a memoir. San Francisco sues its school district to reopen during pandemic, Jared Goff to Rams and L.A.: Thanks for the memories, Peyton Manning reenacts Super Bowl I with a jetpack and an off-target touchdown pass. A well-received documentary on the quintet is set to air on Showtime after it earned kudos at Sundance, though a premiere date hasn’t yet been announced. Most important, the item you are buying is authentic. Dolly Parton explains why she rejected Trump’s Medal of Freedom — not once but twice. Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s has a new memoir coming out in April called All I Ever Wanted that documents her life in and out of the band. Valentine additionally alleged that the band conspired to keep her off of a summer 2013 tour. The debauchery gets plenty of attention in the book, which mostly takes place in '80s Los Angeles and features cameos from the likes of Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, and tragically, John Belushi. Gianna Lamorte; University of Texas Press; 3001 Lake Austin Blvd., 2.200 Austin, TX 78703-4206; 800.252.3206; https://utpress.utexas.edu/ Randall Roberts is a staff writer covering music and pens the weekly California Sounds column for the Los Angeles Times. So this book is different from every rock autobiography I’ve ever read. “My first idea for a book was going to be called ‘Rare Birds,’ telling stories of women musicians that I don’t feel have been told enough,” she says. “Everything I had worked for was gone in an instant: four years and three albums worth of songwriting and playing together,” Valentine writes. Before musician Kathy Valentine had the opportunity to sniff lines of cocaine in backstage dressing rooms with her bandmates in the Go-Go’s, she’d already experienced the so-called rock ’n’ roll lifestyle as a teen doing the same things in less glitzy Texas apartments. It was important to ensure “that people who read my book knew what it felt like to have been a musician for several years, then to get onstage with the Go-Go’s for the first time and realize that the part that’s been missing,” Valentine says. ‘Minari’ and four excellent Black-led ensembles snubbed. Order your copy now. ‘Gilmore Girls’ creator Amy Sherman-Palladino on Carole King: ‘I’m grateful to her forever’. A still from “The Go-Go’s” documentary by Alison Ellwood. Carole King left her life in New York for L.A., and with the support of friends like James Taylor wrote “Tapestry,” one of the best-loved albums ever. Amy Sherman-Palladino grew up in the Valley obsessively listening to “Tapestry.” When she needed a theme song for “Gilmore Girls,” she had one song in mind. Autographed copies of Chosen Ones available while supplies last. Enter Danny Ray, charged with reviving the stricken frontman. In contrast with groupie-collecting dudes like Stewart, Jimmy Page and David Bowie, the consequences of the rock life are not created equal for female musicians: Valentine learned she was pregnant while on the road during the band’s breakout tour. Called the Textones, they relocated to Los Angeles in 1978, and issued two singles featuring Valentine. Raised in a single-parent household in Austin and London by a mother who treated Valentine as a drug buddy as much as a daughter, Valentine, now 61, recalls the ride up and down the charts in “All I Ever Wanted,” her louche memoir on life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go’s ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation. Now Biden has reached out about it, she says. Their first appearance on the show in 1981 went well, but it shouldn’t have. SIGNED COPY OF ALL I EVER WANTED by KATHY VALENTINE, For International or Canadian Orders: You need to pay for extra postage as well. In both cases, those attending must purchase a copy of the book that is being signed. “I’d never had sold out shows, night after night of fans. I had read Belinda Carlisle's autobiography, and was intrigued by get recollections. She falls in love with Blondie drummer Clem Burke, who tries to rein in Valentine’s drug use. Kathryn "Kathy" Valentine(born January 7, 1959) is an American musician (guitar and bass) and songwriter. The Go-Go’s became the first multi-platinum-selling, all-female band to play instruments themselves, write their own songs, and have a number one album. 19 culture picks, including L.A. Phil benefit with Dudamel, Natalie Portman and Katy Perry. I've been collecting autographs in-person for 25 years since 1991. Former Rams quarterback Jared Goff talked to The Times’ Sam Farmer about the feelings surrounding his exit from L.A. and his new Detroit Lions team. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Join the Club; Get the Books; Gift Items. $39.99. For information, visit book-ends.com. Kathy Valentine made music history as the bassist of the Go-Go's, the first multi-platinum selling, all-female band to play instruments themselves, write their own songs, and have a #1 album. “I borrowed the phrase from my own idea.”. Kathy Valentine details the moment — and … Fortunately, by 2018, according to the Los Angeles Times, the lawsuit was resolved (settled out of court) and relationships mended enough for Kathy Valentine to rejoin the Go-Go's for concert dates. Radio companies and streaming services swiftly rebuked Morgan Wallen for using a racial slur, but Wallen is just a symptom of a larger problem in country music. Signed in person. Valentine says kids are looking for limits, I don’t know, because I can still remember my father screaming at the top of his lungs, insisting I behave in one way or … “When I picked up a guitar, I thought I was the only one in the world,” she said, and after seeing all-female rock band the Runaways soon thereafter, Valentine understood: “Oh, of course, there are girls my age out in the world that also have this idea.”. The label had made its name through releases by the Buzzcocks, Oingo Boingo and the Police (which featured Copeland’s brother Stewart on drums). Autographed copies of Hiding in Plain Sight can be mailed anywhere! ISBN: 9781477312339 . Sober for 31 years, Valentine says that exploring those moments all these years later, when she herself now has a teenage daughter, illuminated the ways in which each Go-Go’s bandmate was struggling and self-involved. Kathy Valentine has been a working musician and songwriter for over 40 years, ever since she started her first band, at age 16, in her hometown of Austin. ‘Tapestry’ at 50: How Carole King ‘bet on herself’ to record a singer-songwriter classic. “It felt like a natural story arc, and I didn’t want to write an autobiography,” she says. Also, Kathy Valentine, the bassist and vocalist for The Go-Go’s will sign her book “All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir” (to be released March 31) at Bookends, April 21 at 6 p.m. Valentine concludes “All I Ever Wanted” five years, and a few failed bands, later in 1990, a decision that she made for narrative reasons. Autographed copies of The Silent Wife coming soon! Autographed copies of The Order available until they're gone! Order your copy now. Like a soul music superhero, James Brown needed his cape when exhaustion overtook him onstage. ‘Drivers License’ singer Olivia Rodrigo performed her hit debut single live for the first time on ‘The Tonight Show.’ Try not to get chills. Charlie Daniels Country Music Singer Legend Signed Autograph FDC Stamp Sheet. Get ready to add another bass autobiography to your collection. Tasha Reign Hand Signed Jsa Coa 8x10 Photo Authenticated Autograph. From Valentine’s perspective, the Go-Go’s earned every ounce of that attention as part of a small flock of what she calls “rare birds” who soared through rock and pop despite oft-lecherous and dismissive music industry vultures looking for prey. At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go’s—and the band needed a bassist. Anti-Racist Reading List; Books to Pre-order; Signed Books; Audio Books from LibroFM; Gift Cards; Browse Books; Books for Kids. She adds that she has long considered the memoir to be a springboard into more narrative writing, both fiction and nonfiction, and hopes one of her next projects will be about legendary women musicians who haven’t been given their historic ovations. “Abuse of any kind has no place in any relationship,” Dita Von Teese, burlesque entertainer and Marilyn Manson’s ex-wife, wrote in a statement Wednesday. “There aren’t many of us, and there are even fewer who stick with it their whole lives.”. Recorded in New York, “Beauty and the Beat” was banged out during the daylight hours, driven in part by the excitement of knowing that nights on the town awaited them. The Go-Go’s hired Valentine as a replacement bassist after the band had already made a name for itself in the L.A. underground. The harms of ongoing closures outweigh the safety risks of carefully managed classrooms, according to a regional pediatrics association. Hours & Directions | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Return Policy | FAQ. About All I Ever Wanted. Streaming this weekend: sea shanties, border art, Anna Netrebko, Billy Porter and a Zoom talk with the California African American Museum. Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine outside the Whisky A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip, where the band earned early attention. Usually, they’re ghostwritten, or done with a collaborator. Order now! It was exhilarating.”, Describing one such backstage victory while on tour with the Police, Valentine says she wanted to get readers into the room “to know what it felt like when Sting, the singer of the biggest band in the world, comes in with Champagne and says, ‘Your record has passed us!’”, Valentine also doesn’t hide her failings. The whole thing, Valentine writes, still leaves her “sobbing in humiliation” and “humbled by the knowledge that moral bankruptcy existed within me that night. After she watched a leather-clad Suzi Quatro perform on the BBC show “Top of the Pops,” the Texas teen’s world was upended. Welcome to your source for autographed books! She stole away to get an abortion, and immediately returned to the grind. My Account | My ... Valentine's Day; Staff Picks; Used Books; The Signature Collection. Click Here for Signed Books for Children's and Teens. The book vividly evokes the “very lax” musical mecca of 1970s Austin, where Valentine lived with her freewheeling single mother and became an active part of the local music scene. Autographed copies of Vesper Flights available August 25, 2020. “Belinda’s estranged father showed up to a show — and she hadn’t seen him in years,” Valentine says. That energy, she adds, “seeped into our record, stored to tape, adhering to oxide as readily as analog signals.”. In this interview, Valentine offers further details and talks about some of the Go-Go's biggest hits. Olivia Rodrigo sings ‘Drivers License’ live for first time. kathy valentine signed book autographed gogos go-go's all I ever wanted go-gos. Order now! Some actions are unforgivable, and the repercussions are infinite.”. Order now! $48.99. The Go-Go’s disbanded for the first time in May 1985. The Wide Shot brings you news, analysis and insights on everything from streaming wars to production — and what it all means for the future. Southern California pediatricians call for L.A.-area schools to immediately reopen. Morgan Wallen’s career is in free-fall after country singer used a racist slur. “It’s a story that hasn’t been told enough, the one about a young girl who decides she wants to be in a rock ’n’ roll band and then does just that,” writes Valentine. 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