Waiting on the Moon
Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses
Peter Wolf
- **INSTANT
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLERIn
- the
- tradition
- of
- classic
- collections
- of
- observations
- and
- musings
- such
- as
- Christopher
- Isherwood’s
- I
- Am
- a
- Camera
- and
- Truman
- Capote’s
- The
- Dogs
- Bark,
- Waiting
- on
- the
- Moon
- is
- a
- treasure
- trove
- of
- vignettes
- from
- a
- legendary
- musical
- figure
- whose
- career
- spans
- more
- than
- six
- decades
- and
- is
- still
- going
- strong.**Peter
- Wolf
- grew
- up
- in
- the
- Bronx,
- a
- child
- of
- “fellow
- travelers”
- whose
- artistic
- inclinations
- influenced
- both
- his
- love
- of
- music
- and
- his
- initial
- desire
- to
- become
- a
- painter.
- Stories
- of
- his
- loving
- and
- sometimes
- eccentric
- parents
- complement
- scenes
- depicting
- a
- very
- young
- Bob
- Dylan
- as
- he
- arrived
- on
- the
- Greenwich
- Village
- folk
- scene.
- Reflections
- on
- Wolf’s
- studies
- in
- Boston—where
- he
- shared
- an
- apartment
- with
- David
- Lynch—are
- braided
- with
- accounts
- of
- first
- love,
- an
- untraditional
- literary
- education,
- and
- early
- musical
- influences
- such
- as
- Muddy
- Waters.After
- Wolf
- joined
- the
- J.
- Geils
- Band
- as
- their
- front
- man
- and
- his
- musical
- fame
- grew,
- he
- rubbed
- shoulders
- with
- other
- notables
- who
- left
- significant
- impressions
- on
- him,
- including
- members
- of
- the
- Rolling
- Stones,
- Sly
- Stone,
- Tennessee
- Williams,
- Alfred
- Hitchcock,
- and
- Van
- Morrison.
- Wolf’s
- marriage
- to
- Faye
- Dunaway
- is
- presented
- in
- a
- clear
- yet
- balanced
- and
- nuanced
- light.Told
- with
- gentle
- humor
- and
- often
- heart-rending
- poignancy,
- the
- word
- portraits
- in
- Waiting
- on
- the
- Moon
- provide
- a
- revealing
- glimpse
- of
- artists,
- writers,
- actors,
- and
- musicians
- as
- they
- work—the
- creative
- forces
- that
- drive
- them
- to
- achievement;
- the
- demons
- they
- battle;
- the
- patterns
- of
- their
- human
- relationships.
- They
- are
- meant
- to
- inspire
- not
- only
- empathy
- but
- also
- admiration.
- Like
- Isherwood,
- Wolf
- remains
- “a
- camera
- with
- its
- shutter open.”
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