Broken Horses

Release on 2021-04-06 | by Brandi Carlile

In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester ...

Author: Brandi Carlile
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780593237250
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 336
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Broken Horses

The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and five-time Grammy winner opens up about a life shaped by music in this candid, heartfelt, and intimate story. “One of the great memoirs of our time . . . a gift from Brandi’s soul.”—Glennon Doyle • “Brandi’s story is about perseverance, humor, forgiveness, and manifestation. I absolutely loved it.”—Elton John • “Broken Horses led me right into Brandi’s heart, and my own.”—Brené Brown Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music. In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church’s basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back.

Language: en
Pages: 336

Broken Horses

Authors: Brandi Carlile

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-06 - Publisher: Crown

Language: en
Pages: 369

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Authors: William Bayer

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-02-05 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Pages: 486

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Authors: J. S. Rarey, Willis J. Powell

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-11 - Publisher: Good Press

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Authors: United States. Department of Agriculture

Categories: Horses

Type: BOOK - Published: 1898 - Publisher:

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Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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