Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles Of An American Troubadour (li

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Nombre: Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Grove Pr

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Have you met Ms. Jones?
One 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 Es in Love, and the singer, donning her trademark red beret, was the soon to be pronounced Duchess of Coolsville (Time), Rickie Lee Jones.
Last Chance Texaco is the first ever no-holds-barred account of the life of one of rocks hardest working women in her own words. 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 fathers abandonment of the family and her years as a teenage runaway, her beginnings at LAs Troubadour club, to her tumultuous relationship with Tom Waits, her battle with drugs, and longevity as a woman in rock and roll.
These are never-before-told stories of the girl in the raspberry beret, a songwriter who inspired American culture for decades.

Review

Advance Praise for Last Chance Texaco A crackling debut memoir... Wise and gorgeous, this story is as poetic as the songs that made Jones famous. Publishers Weekly (starred)
What makes this a most inspiring memoir is her absorbing storytelling, facility with language (no surprise there) and her fealty to integrity commerce be damned." Michael Simmons, MOJO
This tender, fierce, intimate memoir is testament that Jones has lived a life as brave... and rich as her musicwith love, heartbreak, addiction, and magic, sprinkled throughout. O Magazine
Men leave, fame fizzles, family breaks your heart...but Jones knows a good story and how to tell it. Kirkus (starred review)
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

About the Author

RICKIE LEE JONES has released seventeen record albums and received two Grammy Awards. She lives in New Orleans.

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The day of the show . . .
I showed up early for the rehearsal. a lot of sitting around. The artist early in the morning, lets be sure to make them as uncomfortable as possible. I wore a blue kimono and my sweat pants. I just realized I dress about the same today. My Chinese shoes and my red beret. There was a photographer there, he introduced himself, I was hired by your record company, he said. So I did not kick him out. I was telling jokes to the crew guys, I was really calm, and loved the feeling of excitement that just about was overwhelming. It was my day.
Sound checks over, I went to eat and came back . . . one more run through with the whole show, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, while the two blues brothers were gone making a movie. I was not a fan of SNL, I didnt dislike it, I just didnt care about the silly skits. The bees. The sharks. I didnt get it. But it was huge. Huge, the single most influential showmusicallyon TV, for many years. My debut was about to make all that had come before childs play.

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-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780802127129
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0802127126
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Grove Pr
Titulo del libro: Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Jones, Rickie Lee
Fecha de publicación: 2021
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 364
ISBN-13: 9780802127129
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780802127129