"Dead Dad Club: On Grief and Tom Petty" - Series, Audible Original (4+ hours)
"Dead Dad Club: On Grief and Tom Petty" - Series, Audible Original (4+ hours)
An audio memoir by writer and music critic Katie Moulton. I loved this!
“A soundtrack of loss, grief, nostalgia and hazy Mid-West summers”
Recommendation Type: Book-Like Series
Length: 4.5 hours
Format/Style: Host-Read Memoir
Release Date: June 9, 2022
Publication: Audible
I love audio. I love memoir. I love audiomemoir. I’m a sucker for works that reflect on being a writer in the Midwest. I will fall for anything that gives praise to the dedicated people who make –– and listen to –– small-town radio.
Katie Moulton brings the best of creative nonfiction, MFA-style writing to the mic here with her first person stories about family, addiction, and life as an artist. I was pleasantly surprised to come away with an internal fire stoked about Tom Petty? WOW! My himbo partner who listened along in the car and says he does NOT care about Tom Petty also thoroughly enjoyed the segments he heard. That’s a significant rec! Four thumbs up. (Also K is not really a himbo, but you get it.)
Moulton also rocks the narration performance with her previous experience as a radio dj. Her delivery makes this particular work stand out from all the rest. Is it an audiobook? Well, it's a book, released direct to audio. Like a movie direct to streaming, or a record direct to Bandcamp ;). And it's sort of a podcast. It's an Audible Original, a group making work that fits in the in-betweens. (Disclaimer: I make projects for Audible Originals.) I would actually listen to this entire book again, just because.
Katie’s note about her experience creating the work is a MUST-READ (paid subscribers only), check it here:
Listen Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Dead-Dad-Club-Audiobook/B0B2FRZ9TX
Transcript: N/A 🙁
Credits (from the audio, alas there’s no transcript to reference so I did my best here!)
Written and Performed by Katie Moulton
Mixed and Mastered by Alex Trajano
Original Music by Evan Stephens Hall*
Produced by Audible Originals (EPs, Editing, Producing)