Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman: Conversation Starters

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Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman: Conversation Starters

Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir, is Steve Gorman’s debut novel. Steve Gorman, the former drummer, and musician is the founding member of the legendary musical rock band, ‘The Black Crowes’. He also works as a sports talk radio host. He has co-authored this book with Steven Hyden, who has previous experience as a music critic. This book encompasses the two-decade-long journey of the popular band and Steve has provided detailed insights of the highs and lows of the group from rising to fame, having a steady graph to ultimately seeing the band dwindle and lose its footing. 

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EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, 
and the characters and its world still live on. 
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on. 
 
These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:
 
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
 
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Jan 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835357940

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Introducing Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes—A Memoir is written by Steve Gorman depicting the perilous yet enthralling journey of ‘The Black Crowes,’ the famous rock band from the ’90s. The book is co-written with the help of author Steven Hyden, a noted music critic. The album released on September 24, 2019. The book consists of a total of 364 pages. It has been published by Da Capo Press, an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.

As an insider to the band, Steve Gorman shares many exciting tales of friendship, stardom, ugly fights, which resulted in the dysfunctional band’s separation in a humorous yet emotional read. Hard To Handle gives a rare glimpse inside one of the most rock ‘n’ roll, American bands of the 80s and 90s. Through the eyes and words of the drummer of the group, readers get to see the mercurial relationship of the brothers Chris and Rich, who were notably the most responsible for the band’s success and its failure.

Steve recalls an incident when Chris Robinson threatened Rick Rubin to physically hurt him when the producer of Rubin’s Def American label asked them to change the band’s name from Mr. Crowe’s Garden to Kobb Kounty Krows. The producer felt that the original title didn’t garner attention, so a change of name was required. Chris got furious and threatened to assault him instead so that the incidence would garner the so-called attention. Steve was glad when the name was finally changed to The Black Crowes.

Over the years, the Robinsons and Steve had become equals in terms of decision-making and earnings of the band. At one point, Steve even felt like they were his brothers and recalls of a funny incident when, at an onstage performance, Steve thought he had heard Liam Gallagher insult the band and their music. Steve was drunk and got