The American Troubadour: A Look Into Last Chance Texaco's Chronicles

If you're looking for a great gift for a jazz music lover, Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones is the perfect choice. With its high-quality binding and pages, it's easy to read and makes a great addition to any library. It's a must-read for any fan of jazz music biographies and provides an overall satisfaction guarantee. Don't miss out on your last chance to get this amazing book!

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Rickie Lee Jones's "Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour" is a collection of songs that tell the story of the American dream. From the title track to "The Horses," Jones takes listeners on a journey through a world of heartache, hope, and resilience. With her signature style of jazz, blues, and folk, Jones paints a vivid picture of the struggles and triumphs of life. From the soulful and somber "Last Chance Texaco" to the upbeat and hopeful "The Horses," this album is a captivating exploration of the American experience.
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Details of The American Troubadour: A Look Into Last Chance Texaco's Chronicles

  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 0802127126
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Grove Pr
  • Rock Band Biographies: Rock Band Biographies
  • Customer Reviews: 4.6/5 stars of 1,197 ratings
  • Hardcover ‏ ‎: 364 pages
  • Actor & Entertainer Biographies: Actor & Entertainer Biographies
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-0802127129
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #711 in Rock Band Biographies#2,065 in Women's Biographies#2,079 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 1.34 pounds
  • Women's Biographies: Women's Biographies
  • Language ‏ ‎: English

Comments

D. Day: I was fan since the first time I heard the song that this book bears the title of.

A no compromises musician & person, this book confirms what I thought I knew about Rickie Lee Jones & adds to my love for her.

She writes here as beautifully as her songs and her tales are honest which is all I could ever want from anyone.

United States on Nov 12, 2023

DIRTBAG: I'd just finished John Hiatt's biography Have A Little Faith which I found incredible, but it's a biography. Last Chance is an autobiography and Rickie's creativity, quirks, and personality shine through on every page.

It's a fun read.

United States on Nov 11, 2023

Mike Cohn: I grew up listening to Rickie Lee Jones’s music and being able to read her autobiography gave me a whole new perspective on her life and career. I knew little about it aside from the lyrics to her songs and the old Rolling Stone articles that this book helped me recall. But hearing in her own words about the many challenges she faced as a young girl and woman coming of age gives a more complete picture of this talented artist. It’s so nice to rediscover Rickie and her words and music and read this very personal account of her fascinating and inspiring life.

United States on Sep 02, 2023

C. G: Spannend, lebendig, echt

Germany on Jan 21, 2023

Austin reader: (2.5 Stars)

I am a fan of RLJ's music, from way back. As soon as I learned of this book's existence, I ordered it. Possibly, that was a mistake.

I know of her troubled past. She was known to totally foul up her onstage performances, at times, because she was so strung out. That always saddened me.

This book also saddened me, but I read it in its entirety.

RLJ gives a long narrative concerning her family tree, and that just wasn't what I was interested in. She could have simply done a few pages with numbered ancestors, and a couple of brief paragraphs about each one. Instead, she devotes page after confusing page to her grandparents, great grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc., to the point where it's very tough to figure out where they all sat in her lineage.

Yeah, her messed up life seems to have a genetic basis, as judged by how messed up her ancestors were, but she can't seem to decide if all of what went on, before her, was horrible, or a triumph of human spirit, eventually. It's very confusing to read.

She doesn't seem to take much blame for her troubles. She had no sense of discipline as a kid, didn't stick with any regular job, that I...

United States on May 30, 2022

Amazon Customer: This is one of the best musician autobiographies I've read. Her memories are vivid and described poetically, effortlessly blending and mixing metaphors. Usually, I skip through the childhood memories to get to the meat of the story, but Ricki's childhood IS the story here. You're two-thirds through the book before she's making music professionally, and usually, this would bore me to tears, but she had one of the most colorful upbringings ever.

Canada on Nov 30, 2021

Michael King: Rickie Lee Jones' no-holds-barred account of her life and musical career pulls no punches. The chapters of the book are separated into four sections. The first section, entitled "The Back Seat," chronicles her nomadic childhood with a dysfunctional family in great detail. I also like how each chapter includes a photo of Rickie Lee and/or her family from the period in time being written about. She raves about seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. To quote her; "Unlike other girls my age, I didn't want to be a girl singer or the Beatles' girlfriend. I wanted to be a Beatle." The "Riding Shotgun" section lists her firsts - her first French kiss, her first song on guitar, her first rock performance, her first love, her first stolen car, her first night in juvy (juvenile detention), her first time, her first bad acid, her first beating, and her first time taking heroin. In the "Driver's Seat" section, Rickie begins writing songs, starting with "Easy Money." She got a gig performing with the oldies act, Little Caesar and the Romans. She met Tom Waits at the Troubadour and began an on-and off relationship with him. She met Lowell George, who recorded a version of "Easy Money" on...

United States on Apr 08, 2021



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ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 0802127126 0063076098 1911267302
Publisher ‏ ‎ Grove Pr Dey Street Books; First Edition www.fundamental-changes.com
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Customer Reviews 4.6/5 stars of 1,197 ratings 4.8/5 stars of 32,578 ratings 4.6/5 stars of 1,825 ratings
Hardcover ‏ ‎ 364 pages 384 pages
Actor & Entertainer Biographies Actor & Entertainer Biographies Actor & Entertainer Biographies
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-0802127129 978-0063076099 978-1911267300
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches 6 x 0.93 x 9 inches 8.5 x 0.15 x 11 inches
Best Sellers Rank #711 in Rock Band Biographies#2,065 in Women's Biographies#2,079 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies #5 in Rock Band Biographies#5 in Rock Music #22 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies #305 in Music Theory #774 in Guitars
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 1.34 pounds 1.6 pounds 6.4 ounces
Women's Biographies Women's Biographies
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
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