Rage To Survive - Softcover

James, Etta; Ritz, David

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ISBN 10: 0306808129 ISBN 13: 9780306808128

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1998

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Perhaps the finest soul singer of the rock era-but equally at home singing blues and jazz Etta James is one of the great women of American music. In Rage to Survive she tells her mesmerizing tale in her uniquely big, bold, and unrepentant voice. Without a trace of self-pity she describes her chaotic world of early R&B, depicts legends like Sam Cooke and Little Richard, details her dependency on drugs and bad men, and unsparingly recounts the golden age of soul, when her Tell Mama” topped the charts. Rage to Survive is a funky, ribald tale told with unparalleled sass.

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"Etta Tells It Like It Is. Couldn'T Put The Thing Down. Great Book!"

About the Author:

David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.

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