Rickie Lee
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802127126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Praise for Rickie Lee Jones“Rickie Lee Jones has been pushing down musical boundaries for over four decades with her hauntingly beautiful voice and fearless experimentation.” NPR“Her music has healing properties: the beauty of its melodies and the wisdom of its words soothe the soul and remind us what a peculiar treasure Jones is.” Boston Globe“Intimate and real she feels like an old, confiding friendplaintive and genuinely heartbreaking.” Mother Jones“One of the most intriguing, idiosyncratic vocalists of our time.” USA Today“A singular talent.” Daily Mirror (UK)“There has always been something defiant about Rickie Lee Jones with a voice from a dream, elusive yet familiar, transcendent, a messenger from another place.” Independent (UK)“A standout international performer.” The Australian
With candor and lyricism Rickie Lee Jones takes us on the journey of her exceptional life: from her nomadic childhood as the granddaughter of vaudevillian performers, to her father’s abandonment of the family and her years as a teenage runaway, her beginnings at LA’s Troubador club, to her tumultuous (and private) relationship with Tom Waits, her battle with drugs, motherhood as a touring artist, and longevity as a woman in rock and roll. Including never-before-told stories and accounts of the music business as she’s lived it, and illustrated with stunning personal photos, this is an indispensable chronicle of one of rock’s strongest women, an innovative music icon who was listed at number 30 on VH1’s "100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll", has graced the cover of Rolling Stone twice, and who has been a major influence on contemporary popular music.. “One of the most intriguing, idiosyncratic vocalists of our time.” USA TodayOne weekend night on primetime television, a then-unknown singer and vital part of the burgeoning Los Angeles jazz pop scene skyrocketed to fame overnight after a now iconic performance on Saturday Night Live. The year was 1979, the song “Chuck E&rsq
. She lives in New Orleans. Rickie Lee Jones has released seventeen albums, most recently “The Other Side of Desire” (2015)