Summary of Kathy Valentine's All I Ever Wanted

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#1 I had moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to start a band. I had met Charlotte Caffey, the bassist for the Go-Go’s, at a show in Austin. She asked me to play bass with their band. I agreed.

#2 I learned how to play bass for the Go-Go’s, and after three days of coke binges, I was able to play their songs perfectly. I had never sustained such an undiluted, deep focus.

#3 I met the drummer, Gina Schock, and the lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, at Stone Fox rehearsal studio in the Valley. They liked what they heard and felt, and the four Go-Go’s whooped and yelled in response.

#4 I had never played a sold-out show in my life. The audience was infatuated with Belinda, and I forgot about the interruption. I was excited to play again for the second show, and three more nights after that.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822527812

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to start a band. I had met Charlotte Caffey, the bassist for the Go-Go’s, at a show in Austin. She asked me to play bass with their band. I agreed.

#2

I learned how to play bass for the Go-Go’s, and after three days of coke binges, I was able to play their songs perfectly. I had never sustained such an undiluted, deep focus.

#3

I met the drummer, Gina Schock, and the lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, at Stone Fox rehearsal studio in the Valley. They liked what they heard and felt, and the four Go-Go’s whooped and yelled in response.

#4

I had never played a sold-out show in my life. The audience was infatuated with Belinda, and I forgot about the interruption. I was excited to play again for the second show, and three more nights after that.

#5

The Go-Go’s played at the Whisky a few times, and I was always there to watch. I loved the energy of the crowd, and it felt like a rocket ship countdown. I was ready to blast off.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

My mom, Margaret Valentine, was born and raised in England. She met my dad, Clifford Eugene Wheeler, when she was 18 years old. They married in 1957, and I was born two years later. My mom had always imagined great adventure and privilege being hers for the taking, but in America she felt very different from what she had expected.

#2

My parents divorced when I was young. My mother, who was a psychology major at the University of Texas, moved to Austin. My father, who was an economics doctorate student at the University of Pennsylvania, moved to Missouri to work. They didn’t see each other for many years, until my wedding day.

#3

I had learned to read from a caregiver who watched over me after nursery school while my mother took classes and worked in the anthropology department. I was the only kid around. I instinctively became self-sufficient, not needing much tending to.

#4

I had a penchant for checking out, and I spent hours daydreaming about normal families, best friends, and romances.