Maybe We'll Make It: A Memoir

Margo Price's memoir, Maybe Well Make It, chronicles her journey as a country music star, sharing her struggles to make it in an industry that preys on its ingenues and the personal tragedies she has experienced. Despite the setbacks, Price refused to break and turned her lowest moments into the classic country songs that launched her career. The book explores themes of loss, motherhood, and artistic freedom and showcases Price's authentic voice and her love story of music, collaboration, and the struggle to maintain her singular voice and style.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2022
Publisher: University of Texas Press

Margo Price, a country music star, has written a brutally honest and vivid memoir about her struggle to make it in an industry that preys on its ingenues while trying to move on from devastating personal tragedies. When Price was nineteen years old, she dropped out of college and moved to Nashville to become a musician. She busked on the street, played open mics, and even threw out her TV so that she would do nothing but write songs. She met Jeremy Ivey, a fellow musician who would become her closest collaborator and her husband.

After working on their craft for more than a decade, Price and Ivey had no label, no band, and plenty of heartache. Maybe Well Make It is a memoir of loss, motherhood, and the search for artistic freedom in the midst of the agony experienced by so many aspiring musicians: bad gigs and long tours, rejection and sexual harassment, too much drinking and barely enough money to live on. Price, though, refused to break, and turned her lowest moments into the classic country songs that eventually comprised the debut album that launched her career.

In the authentic voice hailed by Pitchfork for tackling Steinbeck-sized issues with no-bullshit humility, Price shares the stories that became songs, and the small acts of love and camaraderie it takes to survive in a music industry that is often unkind to women. Now a Grammy-nominated "Best New Artist," Price tells a love story of music, collaboration, and the power of perseverance in the face of adversity.

The book is filled with heart-wrenching anecdotes and personal reflections, including Price's experiences with loss, motherhood, and the challenges of being a woman in the music industry. She shares the stories that became her songs, and the small acts of love and camaraderie it takes to survive in a music industry that is often unkind to women.

Price's memoir is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It is a story of hope, determination, and the power of music to heal and transform. It is a must-read for anyone who loves music, or anyone who has ever struggled to pursue their dreams in the face of adversity.

Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781477323502