Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James

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Best known for his 1980s hit songs “Super Freak,” “Give it to Me Baby,” and “Mary Jane,” the late singer and funk music pioneer Rick James collaborated with acclaimed music biographer David Ritz on this posthumously published, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock star’s life and soul.

He used to be the nephew of Temptations singer Melvin Franklin; a boy who watched and listened, mesmerized from underneath cocktail tables on the shows of Etta James and Miles Davis. He used to be a vagrant hippie who wandered to Toronto, where he ended up playing with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, and he became a household name within the 1980s with his hit song “Super Freak.” Later in life, he used to be a bad boy who got caught up in drug smuggling and ended up in prison. But since his passing in August 2004, Rick James has remained a legendary icon whose name is nearly synonymous with funk music—and who popularized the genre, creating a lasting influence on pop artists from Prince to Jay-Z to Snoop Dogg, among countless others.

In Glow, Rick James and acclaimed music biographer David Ritz collaborated to write a no-holds-barred memoir concerning the boy and the man who became a music superstar in The usa’s disco age. It tells of James’s upbringing and how his mother introduced him to musical geniuses of the time. And it reveals details on many universally revered artists, from Marvin Gaye and Prince to Nash, Teena Marie, and Berry Gordy. James himself said, “My journey has taken me through hell and back. It’s all in my music—the parties, the pain, the oversized ego, the insane obsessions.” But in spite of his bad boy behavior, James used to be an immense talent and a unique, unforgettable human being. His “glow” used to be an overriding quality that one in all his mentors saw in him—and one a good way to stay with this legendary figure who left an indelible mark on American popular music.

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