With his semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous , Oscar-winning writer-director Cameron Crowe tapped into his past as an outcast high schooler turned unlikely Rolling Stone reporter. With his memoir The Uncool , he is returning to that well, this time without the veneer of fiction, offering equal parts dishy and insightful stories of his time chronicling the kings and queens of ’70s rock, from David Bowie to Joni Mitchell.

Ahead of the book’s release ( Oct. 28 via Simon & Schuster ), Crowe spoke with THR about his memoir, an impending return to the director’s chair and his onetime plan to get Hollywood legend Billy Wilder to direct a Soundgarden music video.

With his semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous , Oscar-winning writer-director Cameron Crowe tapped into h

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