Dusk on the bank of the Mississippi River (Billboard magazine)
Studio shot for Ebony magazine, April 1969 (Ebony Magazine)
Onstage with my Ibanez guitar (Artist Collection)
At the Winding Way Ranch in Malibu (Gems / Getty Images)
Skeeter and me, Malibu, California (Artist Collection)
Jules, the boys, and me on the Culver City lot (Artist Collection)
Pouring concrete forms for my Comptche house (Artist Collection)
Marrying my sweetie (Artist Collection)
My Livvy and me, November 1986 (Artist Collection)
At the mouth of the mine in Yosemite with my new blended family. From left: Lonnie, Nan, Olivia, Brian, Michael, Matthew, and me (Artist Collection)
My twins, Cicely and Teddy, Paris, 1993 (Artist Collection)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards, 1992. From left: Steve, Duck, me, Rufus, Isaac, and Carla (Artist Collection)
With Neil, the band, and the crew at the end of the 1993 tour (Pegi Young Photography)
The triumvirate in Buffalo, New York: me, Steve, Duck (Andrea Zucker Photography)
Playing the Conn trombone for my twins’ preschool (Artist Collection)
Presenting letters to President Clinton from Olivia’s third-grade class (Official White House Photograph)
My mountain girl and me (Artist Collection)
Nan and the boys. From left: Michael, Nan, Brian, and Matthew (Artist Collection)
The fam celebrating my sixtieth. From top left: Booker T. IV, Olivia, Jade, Cicely, Teddy, Lonnie, D’Laynie, Booker T. III, Nijel, Brian, Matthew, and Michael (Lorin Schneider Photography)
On the Cal Berkeley soccer field with Teddy (Artist Collection)
Backstage at Antone’s during SXSW. From left: Duck, Isaac, William, me, and Steve (Rick Diamond / Getty Images)
Onstage in San Antonio with the great B.B. King (Darren Abate Photography)
My favorite Austin club, Antone’s, with Teddy (Suzanne Pressman)
Playing with Gary Clark Jr. at the fiftieth anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival (Greg Chow)
Early lobbying for the Music Modernization Act. From left: Cory Booker, me, Patrick Leahy, and Dionne Warwick (Leigh Vogel / Getty Images)
In performance at the White House, 2013. From left: Olivia, Cicely, Teddy, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Nan, me, Janine, and David Slucter (Courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library)
At the Hollywood Bowl with Carlos and Teddy (Artist Collection)
Addressing the class of 2012 and receiving an honorary doctorate (Courtesy of Indiana University)
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Author’s Note
Prologue: Prologue
Chapter 1: His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Chapter 2: ’Cause I Love You
Chapter 3: Precious Lord
Chapter 4: Havana Moon
Chapter 5: C Jam Blues
Chapter 6: Green Onions
Chapter 7: These Arms of Mine
Chapter 8: Higher and Higher
Chapter 9: Bootleg
Chapter 10: B-A-B-Y
Chapter 11: Born Under a Bad Sign
Chapter 12: Time Is Tight
Chapter 13: Melting Pot
Chapter 14: Stardust
Chapter 15: Don’t Stop Your Love
Chapter 16: The Cool Dude
Chapter 17: I Believe in You
Chapter 18: Representin’ Memphis
Musical Phrases
Acknowledgments
Discover More
About the Author
Photographs
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