{"product_id":"9781471188053-a-dream-about-lightning-bugs","title":"A Dream About Lightning Bugs","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Life of Music and Cheap Lessons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir reflecting on art, life and music that is as nuanced, witty and relatable as his cult classic songs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Folds is an internationally celebrated musician, singer-songwriter and former front man of the alternative rock band, Ben Folds Five, beloved for songs such as ‘Brick’, ‘You Don’t Know Me’, ‘Rockin’ the Suburbs’ and ‘The Luckiest’.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      In \u003ci\u003eA Dream About Lightning Bugs\u003c\/i\u003e Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming, funny and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a natural storyteller. He opens up about finding his voice as a musician, becoming a rock anti-hero, and hauling a baby grand piano on and off stage for every performance.\u003cbr\u003e      From growing up in working class North Carolina childhood amid the race and class tensions that shaped his early songwriting to painful life lessons he learned the hard way, he also ruminates on music in the digital age, the absurdity of life on the road, and the challenges of sustaining a multi-decade, multi-faceted career in the music business.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Dream About Lightning Bugs\u003c\/i\u003e embodies what Folds has been singing about for years: Smile like you’ve got nothing to prove, because it hurts to grow up, and life flies by in seconds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As a fan and a musician, this is truly a gift.’ Jamie Cullum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944016195681,"sku":"9781471188053","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31828480.jpg?v=1734624138","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471188053-a-dream-about-lightning-bugs","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}