The Cake and the Rain, Jimmy Webb
The Cake and the Rain, Jimmy Webb
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The Cake and the Rain
A Memoir

Author: Jimmy Webb

Narrator: Jimmy Webb

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/31/2018

Synopsis

Jimmy Webb's words have been sung to his music by a rich and deep roster of pop artists, including Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer, and Linda Ronstadt. He's the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration, and his chart-topping career has, so far, lasted fifty years, most recently with a Kanye West rap hit and a new classical nocturne.

Now Webb delivers a snapshot of his life from 1955 to 1970, from the proverbial humble beginnings into a moneyed and manic international world of beautiful women, drugs, cars, and planes. That stew almost took him down—but Webb survived, his passion for music among his lifelines.

Webb's talent as a writer and storyteller will captivate listeners. His book is rich with a sense of time and place, and with the voices of characters, vanished and living, famous and not, when life seemed nothing more than a party.

About Jimmy Webb

Jimmy Webb is a songwriter, composer, singer, and the author of Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting. His songs have been recorded or performed by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Carly Simon. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration and was the youngest man ever inducted into the National Songwriters' Hall of Fame. Webb is married to Laura Savini, a PBS host and television producer. He has five sons and a daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad on May 17, 2017

I'm fascinated by the negative reviews of this book on Goodreads. I think Jimmy Webb is incredibly self aware of the ridiculousness of his ego and attitude in his younger years. I found The Cake and the Rain to be a great read, full of pretty outrageous stories and chock full of appearances by music......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 18, 2017

Since so many of Webb's songs are compelling and even charming, I figured it would be hard to dislike him. That is, until I read this book. Mondo disappointment. Throughout, Webb comes off a petulant, perpetual juvenile; a sort-of "hip" uncle to today's entitlement-mentality Millennials. I was partic......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 21, 2017

Interesting but not that interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Gary on February 24, 2018

I should have known that one of the greatest songwriters of all time would be able to tell a story, his story, without the use of music. He told the story of his life in a captivating manner and I felt like I was right there with him through all his ups and downs. I found the chronology of the book......more

Goodreads review by Keith on September 01, 2017

Jimmy Webb’s autobiography is a strange entity within itself. Using an unorthodox device where he jumps back and forth from his childhood to his present (being 1968), you have a disjointed book that doesn’t quite work. You also have a book that is dealing with someone’s who is still very much alive......more

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