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Delta lady : a memoir / Rita Coolidge with Michael Walker.

by Coolidge, Rita.

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781.66092 C774d

Coolidge, Rita.

Women singers -- United States -- Biography.

Singers -- United States -- Biography.

Women rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

9780062372048 (hc.)

0062372041 (hc.)

9780062372048 (hc.)

0062372041 (hc.)

226 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Leon Russell wrote "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady" for her, Stephen Stills wrote "Cherokee." She co-wrote songs - "Superstar" and the piano coda to "Layla," uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with hits "We're All Alone" and "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher." Her story, from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming a rock vocalist in LA in the 1970s, Rita Coolidge's fascinating journey throughout the '60s and '70s pop/rock universe. A muse to some of the twentieth century's most influential rock musicians, she broke hearts, and broke up bands. Her relationship with drummer Jim Gordon took a violent turn during the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour; David Crosby maintained that her triangle with Stills and Graham Nash was the last straw for the group. Her volatile six-year marriage to Kris Kristofferson yielded two Grammys, a daughter, and one of the Baby Boom generation's epic love stories. A rich, deeply personal memoir that offers a front row seat to an iconic era, and illuminates the life of an artist whose career has helped shape modern American culture.

Autobiographies.

Walker, Michael (Music journalist)

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