American Girl eBook Roxanne Fontana
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Roxanne Fontana’s ‘American Girl’ brings the reader to a place that many have never visited the life and times of a recording artist, songwriter and musician of great talent that isn’t coddled by paid employees, babysat for on the road, driven to drugs and alcohol from the pressures of success, or encouraged nor rewarded by supporters, for love or money’s sake.
In this treasure of a cultural time piece, Fontana sets the stage to tell us about her life as a musician by bringing us to Brooklyn New York in the 1960s, when music blared from radios, filling the streets with the rhythm of revolution. The young Fontana finds herself obsessed with the grown up world of fashion and song as she comes of age in a loud-mouthed , working-middle-class New York Italian household. Relocated to the suburbs in 1970, Roxanne Fontana turns her music obsession into art as she teaches herself the guitar, gets her feet wet in the music business at age 15 by running an international fan club for one of the Rolling Stones (the dead one), and discovers the NYC punk rock scene where she becomes an under-age fixture. As a 17 year old amphetamine addict with failing grades at school, she cleans up her act with no help from family or doctors, and readies herself to become a female artist, with a prolific and amazing song catalog, out to conquer the world.
Fontana does not record her first album until 1999, at age 40, with controlling demonic producer, The Young Rascals’ Dino Danelli, a crush from her music-obsessed childhood - this is where the book ends. The book opens in 1984, as Fontana is on her way to Amsterdam from NYC (heeding an I Ching reading done in LA), to form a new band and record, with her cat and guitars in tow, fresh from a traumatic abortion, before she takes us back and tells us the whole story. From there we move forward with her.
Spending 20 years as a rock club performer, single female alone in the big bad world, mainly New York City, we share in her life of dreams, and broken promises from heavy hitters in the music business to the various men in her life. A true memoir of adventure, faith, sadness and humor. Fontana intentionally takes the book’s title from the hit Tom Petty song, as very early on in her journey, at 18 years old, she finds herself in a compromising situation with the budding superstar. Petty tells her to always believe in herself. Against the odds of being discovered in show biz, the discouraging and unsupportive parents, and all the bad boyfriends, she most certainly does. A must read for the young and young at heart.
American Girl eBook Roxanne Fontana
ROXANNE FONTANA - AMERICAN GIRL - A MUST READ BOOKReview by Marcia Wertheimer August 2012
I opened up Roxanne Fontana's book American Girl expecting the usual R&R Odyssey we've all read and heard before, most of which are primarily fluff. Not here however! You open this book and you've entered Roxanne Fontana-land.
This is not the usual fare. This is not the same old story told once more with different names and faces. Roxanne is unique and this becomes more and more evident as you read on. She is different than your run of the mill average talent seeking recognition and a career because she is an above average talent. Roxanne's music is the key to this book and you can hear it resonating through the stories and the pages. Artists like Roxanne are rare to come by. Stories like Roxanne's are beyond rare. This book is an extension of Roxanne in her truest form. You will not be able to put it down.
Rock n' Roll is not romantic. It is in truth, the breeding ground for werewolves and vampires, since long before those possessed souls took their angst public and became fashionable to 14 year olds. And that is about the age that Roxanne Fontana got bitten....and that's where the bloodlust begins. But fast forward through all the clichés and "trips"....and decades.... We've heard them many times before. Each individual one with its own spin and spice all getting twirled together like a stick full of cotton candy, large and colorful and yet ultimately all the same end product emerges in the fluff.
Now, come through that fluff to the other side, and you've entered this Roxanne Fontana-land, a kind of danger filled twilight zone where stories and anecdotes; world travels (alone no less), friends and enemies made in strange locations, and so on are incidental, interesting or not, they come and go and they aren't what Roxanne's book is about at all. Nor is it about her Tom Petty days, CBGB club dates, or her pot dealing right outta "weeds", her wander in or across Eastern Europe so strange and totally alone. The cat she paid her only money to cure, says a lot. Travel down the path of Roxanne's adventures and travel down a path you've never traveled before .... you'll catch a fleeting glimpse here and another there of this brave - and I mean extremely brave young girl, who by the way also wound up in the Los Angeles Music scene, after a big success in the New York Music Scene.
Imagine an undiscovered, or worse, an under appreciated artist operating on the level of an Amy Winehouse, or a Bob Dylan, or Mick Jagger, or Leonard Cohen. And imagine those people having never, for reasons of fate, or Karma, etc., got their "break", or their deserved feedback for their level of Vision and Talent! Imagine Mick Jagger today as a frustrated, retired gym teacher; or Dylan, as an accountant somewhere in hell in the upper Midwest with Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 songs on obscure and unheard cassettes in a file cabinet. Imagine Amy Winehouse still alive, yet in another kind of oblivion and working on one part time job after another while melodies explode through her soul all day, every day, year in and year out. That's really what Roxanne's story is about. Not her adventures but about her Soul! Roxanne Fontana is no "wanna be". She IS Dylan or Jagger or Winehouse, without the fame.
But behind the stories and the journey as interesting as they are, they are the transitory, passing events. But they aren't what "American Girl" is all about. Nor is American Girl about Roxanne's encounters with various celebrities such as Tom Petty to name but one; it's not a name dropping book at all. What it's about is Roxanne's Creative Force and its effects on her life in every way. From that force came the power to travel the world alone in search of the elusive butterfly. The intense need to communicate the visions the force generates. Most performers are driven by needs based on ego and self worth issues and are not operating from that level of Creative Energy that Roxanne operates from, if any at all. What this book is about is the Creative Force that resides within high level artists and how when that force is not carefully attended to by both the artist and many outside forces, turmoil brews and over time can consume it's host or try to! That is what the cliché term "suffering artist" is all about. What appears to be vanity and self absorption is a total misconception seen by ignorant observers. What you're really seeing is the effect of the Creative Force's intense need to communicate the visions that are constantly overflowing and Roxanne's forces are strong. Most R&R people however are not operating from that level of Creative Energy, if any. Roxanne is! True Artists and Creatives are truly rare and when they see the fame and adulation given to those mere imitators and posers, they grow bitter and more creative. Roxanne is true and trying to navigate her way through a world of pure bullshit and endless jive. Roxanne has enough power in her talent to have made a mark. A real and impactful one, "if only" the fates had thrown her a bone, rather than turning every break and opportunity that entered her life, into a series of let downs in varying degrees. I could go on about all the incidents in Roxanne Fontana's American Girl book, and they will hold you and entertain. But to me they are secondary to the soul experiencing them.
Read between the lines. Say hello to her soul. And pass this along to everyone you know. And the next time you find yourself getting misty eyed over some fame hungry rock or pop idol worshipper of the various talent contest T.V. Shows, doing an imitation of someone else's imitation, don't grow jaded, keep in mind that there are true to their core real artists out there and go to your computer and see and hear what's really out there. And now and then, and here and there, you'll stumble into one of the Great Ones and say "Wow - where'd she come from?!"
Roseanne became Roxanne because she is and has always been Roxanne Fontana! A name that in and of itself sounds like a song. So listen to it. It's all there between the lines in this American Girl's odyssey. And get Roxanne Fontana's music now and get her American Girl book. And pass the word.
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American Girl eBook Roxanne Fontana Reviews
Riveting!
It was a captivating read. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Roxanne really takes the reader with her from New York to LA and Europe. I am still hoping for her career to go anywhere she wants it to.
Roxanne Fontana's "American Girl" is a truly honest telling of a creative life. This is the real deal. Gritty, gripping and not always pretty. American Girl tells the true-life story of an artist. Roxanne could have easily shown the victories, the CBCB's concerts, the parties with rock stars, but she has the courage to show the downside also. She eloquently writes of the lonely days and the rejection that comes with the life.
If you ever put on the head phones and dreamed of being on stage guitar on the hip, read this book.
WOW !What an adventure reading this book that I somehow knew it would be. I grew up in Elmont,NY as did the author and ran with the same Gotham crowd she spoke of. I remember and relate to many of the people,events and locations she writes about. I also remember roseanne and her groovy goat coat.lol. The book took me back to those days,good and bad. It was interesting to see all that went on in roseanne's life as she went after her dream in the music world. I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what she was doing and where she was next! I admire her for going through all the many,many ups and downs in her life and landing on her feet. I also enjoyed her "tell like it is and was"[ for her} in all the hard knocks of life. Great read that I know you'll enjoy and I look forward to more books from this talented old friend. I'm waiting Roseanne.....xxxoo
I have a , and I 'm usually well aware of where I am in the book, but I got so caught up in Roxanne's story that the ending came as a sudden rude surprise.
I would recommend "American Girl" to anyone who enjoys the music scene, coming-of-age stories or just a good read of growing up in America in the Baby Boomer generation, although certainly not limited to that, as her music transcends the ages. I'll probably re-read this book, as I really did love it.
After I finished the book, I started listening to Roxanne's music, and she is very gifted.
ROXANNE FONTANA - AMERICAN GIRL - A MUST READ BOOK
Review by Marcia Wertheimer August 2012
I opened up Roxanne Fontana's book American Girl expecting the usual R&R Odyssey we've all read and heard before, most of which are primarily fluff. Not here however! You open this book and you've entered Roxanne Fontana-land.
This is not the usual fare. This is not the same old story told once more with different names and faces. Roxanne is unique and this becomes more and more evident as you read on. She is different than your run of the mill average talent seeking recognition and a career because she is an above average talent. Roxanne's music is the key to this book and you can hear it resonating through the stories and the pages. Artists like Roxanne are rare to come by. Stories like Roxanne's are beyond rare. This book is an extension of Roxanne in her truest form. You will not be able to put it down.
Rock n' Roll is not romantic. It is in truth, the breeding ground for werewolves and vampires, since long before those possessed souls took their angst public and became fashionable to 14 year olds. And that is about the age that Roxanne Fontana got bitten....and that's where the bloodlust begins. But fast forward through all the clichés and "trips"....and decades.... We've heard them many times before. Each individual one with its own spin and spice all getting twirled together like a stick full of cotton candy, large and colorful and yet ultimately all the same end product emerges in the fluff.
Now, come through that fluff to the other side, and you've entered this Roxanne Fontana-land, a kind of danger filled twilight zone where stories and anecdotes; world travels (alone no less), friends and enemies made in strange locations, and so on are incidental, interesting or not, they come and go and they aren't what Roxanne's book is about at all. Nor is it about her Tom Petty days, CBGB club dates, or her pot dealing right outta "weeds", her wander in or across Eastern Europe so strange and totally alone. The cat she paid her only money to cure, says a lot. Travel down the path of Roxanne's adventures and travel down a path you've never traveled before .... you'll catch a fleeting glimpse here and another there of this brave - and I mean extremely brave young girl, who by the way also wound up in the Los Angeles Music scene, after a big success in the New York Music Scene.
Imagine an undiscovered, or worse, an under appreciated artist operating on the level of an Amy Winehouse, or a Bob Dylan, or Mick Jagger, or Leonard Cohen. And imagine those people having never, for reasons of fate, or Karma, etc., got their "break", or their deserved feedback for their level of Vision and Talent! Imagine Mick Jagger today as a frustrated, retired gym teacher; or Dylan, as an accountant somewhere in hell in the upper Midwest with Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 songs on obscure and unheard cassettes in a file cabinet. Imagine Amy Winehouse still alive, yet in another kind of oblivion and working on one part time job after another while melodies explode through her soul all day, every day, year in and year out. That's really what Roxanne's story is about. Not her adventures but about her Soul! Roxanne Fontana is no "wanna be". She IS Dylan or Jagger or Winehouse, without the fame.
But behind the stories and the journey as interesting as they are, they are the transitory, passing events. But they aren't what "American Girl" is all about. Nor is American Girl about Roxanne's encounters with various celebrities such as Tom Petty to name but one; it's not a name dropping book at all. What it's about is Roxanne's Creative Force and its effects on her life in every way. From that force came the power to travel the world alone in search of the elusive butterfly. The intense need to communicate the visions the force generates. Most performers are driven by needs based on ego and self worth issues and are not operating from that level of Creative Energy that Roxanne operates from, if any at all. What this book is about is the Creative Force that resides within high level artists and how when that force is not carefully attended to by both the artist and many outside forces, turmoil brews and over time can consume it's host or try to! That is what the cliché term "suffering artist" is all about. What appears to be vanity and self absorption is a total misconception seen by ignorant observers. What you're really seeing is the effect of the Creative Force's intense need to communicate the visions that are constantly overflowing and Roxanne's forces are strong. Most R&R people however are not operating from that level of Creative Energy, if any. Roxanne is! True Artists and Creatives are truly rare and when they see the fame and adulation given to those mere imitators and posers, they grow bitter and more creative. Roxanne is true and trying to navigate her way through a world of pure bullshit and endless jive. Roxanne has enough power in her talent to have made a mark. A real and impactful one, "if only" the fates had thrown her a bone, rather than turning every break and opportunity that entered her life, into a series of let downs in varying degrees. I could go on about all the incidents in Roxanne Fontana's American Girl book, and they will hold you and entertain. But to me they are secondary to the soul experiencing them.
Read between the lines. Say hello to her soul. And pass this along to everyone you know. And the next time you find yourself getting misty eyed over some fame hungry rock or pop idol worshipper of the various talent contest T.V. Shows, doing an imitation of someone else's imitation, don't grow jaded, keep in mind that there are true to their core real artists out there and go to your computer and see and hear what's really out there. And now and then, and here and there, you'll stumble into one of the Great Ones and say "Wow - where'd she come from?!"
Roseanne became Roxanne because she is and has always been Roxanne Fontana! A name that in and of itself sounds like a song. So listen to it. It's all there between the lines in this American Girl's odyssey. And get Roxanne Fontana's music now and get her American Girl book. And pass the word.
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