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description: Can music change the world? Of course it can it does every day. Music sure as hell changed me. - Tom MorelloRock god. Justice fighter. Rabble-rouser. Ivy Leaguer. An American renegade and fearless truth teller. Rage Against the Machines guitar virtuoso Tom Morello is many things but perhaps he himself sums it up best: a one man revolution. For the first time ever hear Morello fuse the deeply personal with the political in a rapturous badass one-man show that skillfully balances soul-bearing stories with spellbinding guitar fury. This is Tom Morello at Minetta Lane Theatre: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song.Executive produced by the legendary multi-Grammy winning producer and composer T Bone Burnett Morellos performance adds to a growing list of iconic talent (Patti Smith James Taylor Common) who give voice to Audibles Words and Music series: a new type of audio-only memoir that blends storytelling music and performance to create a one-of-a-kind listening experience.Morello begins at the beginning opening up about his tumultuous childhood in small-town Illinois his grappling with sense of identity and ultimate artistic purpose. I was the only black kid in an all-white town the only anarchist at a conservative high school the only heavy metal shredding guitar player at Harvard University and the only Ivy League Star Trek loving nerd in the worlds biggest political rock rap band. As Morello takes us thru poignant moments of an astounding and meaningful career (Rage Against the Machine Audioslave the Nightwatchman Springsteen and the E-Street Band Prophets of Rage The Atlas Underground) we hear firsthand of the triumphs and tragedies riffs and rebellions that mark a life in shattering artistic bounds confronting the establishment and creating/collaborating on music that matters.By the time Tom closes out the show by leading a palpably super-charged audience through a banging version of Killing in the Name Of Lennons working-class anthem Power to the People and finally a spirited and wholly sincere This Land Is Your Land a piercing truth resounds: Tom Morello is a singular force and a most essential type of artist: the kind who not only inspires but empowers. In the words of T Bone Burnett who provides a tender lead-in to the rare performance There is no more articulate or intelligent musician today than Tom Morello. He is a magical guitarist and a deep storyteller whose life and artistry reflect and challenge the time we live in.2019 Tom Morello (P)2020 AO Media LLCLength: 1 hr and 42 mins
language: English
title: Tom Morello at Minetta Lane Theatre: Speaking Truth to Power Through Stories and Song
publisher: Audible Originals