Book Pat Be Benatara and Neil Giraldo shows that grandparents are rocking

It’s fair to say that when Pat Benater And her future husband Neil Giraldo were in the study during the summer of 1979. years in order to film her debut album, In the warmth of the nightThe idea of ​​the children’s book was not on their radar.

Ali 46 years, 11 study albums, four gramma awards and rock & roll halls from celebrities later, a couple are grandma and grandparents (Stevie, 7, Lola, 6 and Money, 2) – and now, co-authors My grandparents rock!, Kids Book of the publisher on Tuesday (9. September).

“About a year ago The oldest, Stevie – She is very cleansing and very smart – she talked to us and said,” Well, everyone’s grandparents have a coach bus. “And I said, ‘Actually, no, everyone’s grandparents no They have a coach bus “” Benatar, who published a memoir, Between the heart and a stone place2010 years speaks Bilbord Via Zoom from the house of steam in California. “You know, come out and see us, but when it was emphasized that there were so many different types of grandmothers – the way there were so many different types of grandparents. And all that things and everything such things and all things like that. And that’s so many things like that. And that’s so The book was born; We said, “Wouldn’t it be fun to make a little book for children about how everything Grandma and grandfather’s rocks? ‘It’s literally as we started. ”

Giraldo – who works on two books His own – also loans rob light, their agent in the Agency for Creative Artists, and encouraging the project. “He goes,” You guys need to do a book and grandfather. I don’t have a book that I can read my grandmother’s grandmothers, “I said,” Yes, we are probably a pretty good idea, Patricia and I. Why didn’t we have a book of grandparents? “I’ve never thought about it, but it was great. “

Published spring books, My grandmother and grandpa rock! ‘The 37 pages contain Benatara and Girald’s mussying about the wilds of the Holy Grandma and Grandpa, with the illustrations of Tiffany Everett. “I think we basically wanted us to include everything,” Giraldo explains. Benatar adds: “We wanted to do it and universally so that (readers) can see all the different ways that people look like – glasses, different grandparents name. When you read books Children want them to find the relevance in the book for yourself, which is why we do so with the books and then we hope that they will see them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them so they read them. “

The process of writing the book, in the meantime, was not different in the way the coke was approached over the years.

“We did it in the same way we write songs,” Benatar explains. “We don’t write in the Same room; we start our Ideas Separately and Start to collaborate together. The Same Thing Happened With This Book; We Just Tossed Out A Few Ideas. Then Hen Went His Way, I Went My Way And We Came Back Together, And That’s Pretty Much The Same WE WE Write songs. ” Giraldo notes that “in fact was a fairly fast process, faster than writing song, believe or not. We just deal forward and backwards.”

During the writing, they also had a built-in market market at home with three grandchildren. “We read it every step on the road,” says Benatar. The older two were not savings in their conflicts on how to improve work, especially as it refers to their performances on the pages.

“We have a lot of criticism,” says Benatar with laughter. “Middle Child, Lola, she’s such a sweetheart; she’s like,” I don’t want to wear pants! Why is my hair brown? “Or would we get: ‘Why is she on each page and I’m not on each page?!’ – And we put them all together on each page, so they were part of each aspect.

“Tiffany, the illustrator, was amazing because it was really so generous and patient. I’d say,” We have tears. We need to put some ruin on that shirt. It has a heart attack! “And she took everything we gave her and just made it nice.”

Benatar and Giraldo – which is shown as percussion in the book, not a guitarist – also recorded an audio version My grandparents rock!And they admit that they “talked a little” about other applications for the project, such as a cartoon. Giraldo even hints “another project I need to keep quiet that there may be something with something to do with” book, while Benatar says there are three more children about children’s books now.

“It’s really fun and just the whole world,” she explains. “It’s relatively fast, so it’s not like you’re taking a year old or then spend 15 hours in the studio trying to correct. This is all the rest. This is all the other thing. This is all the other thing

The Pair is Hitting The Road Again Starting Tuesday (Sept. 9) For a Few Headlining Shows, Then Will Go Out Supporting Bryan Adams Starting in Late October Through Nov. 26. “He’s a Great Guy,” Benatar Notes, “Sweet As Could Be, and It’s Fun and It’s Easy And It’s Quick, and Then We Get To Go Home.” As for the possibility of new music – it’s been 22 years since their last album, five years since its last fresh song – Benatar and Giraldo fence fans that do not keep their breaths, but they do not rule it out or rule it.

“We have written about 135 songs – a lot, because we write all the time. That’s what we do,” says Benatar. “But the idea of ​​entering (Studio) 16 hours a day, knowing you may not (hear) as I want to do it much time that I know that people will know that they will do it and enjoy something I know.” Giraldo, however, says he has a “crazy idea … about the way we can do the record” that Belantari will hope.

“I’ve Been Talking To Her About That: ‘It’s Have To Follow Me On This One Really Close – Not That You’ve Never Followed Me Before,’ Cause You’ve Gone Down Those Crazy Roads and Took – But this One, IT’s a Deep, Deep Cliff. ‘ I’m Really Excited About IT, “HE Continues,” ‘Cause at this age in our life, We’re not out to prove anything and we’re not out to make it interestords. We just want to make music, and if 10 people like it, and if 10 people like it, and if 10 people like it, Great, or IF Nobody Loves It or A Million People Like It, I Don’t Care. As Long As We Like It, We Don’t Care. So We’ll See If I Can Convince Her. “