Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer details tragic family legacy in memoir, album

(28 Oct 2019) SINGER-SONGWRITER ALLISON MOORER DETAILS TRAGIC FAMILY LEGACY IN MEMOIR, ALBUM
For years, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer was hesitant to talk publicly about the death of her parents when she was just 14.
But after becoming a mother, she decided to finally address her family's tragic legacy.
"Shoot, the story was has been out there since it happened," said Moorer. "I mean in 1986 when my parents died, the local news showed up at the scene."
In her new memoir "Blood," out on 29 October, Moorer uses a lyrical, poetic approach to dig through her memories of her parents and the scars left after their murder-suicide in 1986 in rural Alabama. She also recorded a companion album of the same name.
Moorer, whose sister is Grammy-winning singer Shelby Lynne, said it took several years to finish the book.
"There were points during the writing of this book where I would literally holding onto my desk because I would be overwhelmed," said Moorer.
Her father was an alcoholic and physically abusive to both his wife and his children. Their mother tried to leave him and protect her children, but from an early age, Moorer seemed to know that it would end in tragedy.
"I realized that when you are raised in an addictive household, you're taught or told, either directly or indirectly, to deny what you see what you hear," said Moorer. "And most heartbreakingly what you feel."
One song on the album was written by her father, who wanted to be a songwriter and instilled in his daughters' their earliest musical lessons.
"It makes me feel good to do that for him, to do that for us," said Moorer. "He was a frustrated songwriter. He always wanted to write songs, always wanted to play music, always wanted to be a working musician and just never got there."
She said she is still left with questions about who her parents were, but she has made peace with that fact in the writing of the book.
"I still have so many questions about what happened and who my parents were," Moorer said. "I lived with them for a very short time. So I can't close it. But I can make peace with the fact that I can't close it."
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Allison, each one of us has a cross to carry, some much more painful than others. I admire so much your way to do it. God bless you. From Brazil.

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Beautiful🙏😇🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸