Rage To Survive: The Etta James Story

Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards.

One of the great women of American music, equally at home singing blues and jazz, Etta regales us with tales of her chaotic childhood, the stars she has known, and her troubled trip to stardom in this mesmerizing autobiography.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword: "Etta, the Time Is Now!"
Acknowledgments
Jamesetta
"Swing It Away, Echoes of Eden Choir!"
Tragic Stroke
Sugar on the Floor
Wild
Etta James
More Road Shows
Kings and Queens
"Wake Up, Etta, and Tell the Man You a Nigger!"
Rage
At Last
Jamesetta X
"Dear God, How Did It Come to This?"
Fluid on the Brain
The Pimp
The Repertoire
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Working for My Habit
"Bitch, I'm God"
Gender Benders
Security
Frantic
T>he Chicken Is H>eroin
Bonnie and Clyde
Living for the City
"I'm Etta James and I'm a Spoiled Baby"
Rumble in the Jungle
Deep in the Night
Like a Rolling Stone
"You Ever Heard of Etta James?"
Back to the Blues
Seven-Year Itch
Swap-Meet Girl

Selected Discography
Index