| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Composer, soul singer, drummer, and band leader, Day has been a force in American music for the past four decades. Here he chronicles his creative process with an explosive prose that mirrors his intoxicating music. A major theme is his lifelong friendship and years of musical partnership with Prince, from their early days on the Minneapolis scene to selling out stadiums and duking it out as rivals in Purple Rain. After releasing four albums with a new band of his very own, May battled his addictions and came out victorious. Throughout the narrative, Morris allows Prince's "voice" to protect his own legacy and to counter Morris's interpretations of events. -- adapted from jacket |
| Contents |
Prelude -- Drop the groove -- Crowded house -- The lunchroom -- Good times -- Shampayne -- Drummer for hire -- Evolution of a revolution -- Time for the time -- The electrifying mojo -- Egg on your face -- Purple rain -- MD -- The split -- What color is success? -- The character -- Daydreaming -- Don't I get my own chapter? -- Corporate world -- Graffiti bridge -- Nothing is guaranteed -- Right time for the time -- Raves and rants -- It's about time -- Musicology -- The come-to-Jesus talk -- The gig that wasn't -- Gigolos get lonely too -- Remembrance of things past -- Secrets -- Not the end -- The beginning. |
| Subject |
Day, Morris.
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Prince.
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Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Funk musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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African American rock musicians -- Biography.
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Day, Morris. (OCoLC)fst00301336
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Prince. (OCoLC)fst00134919
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Rock musicians. (OCoLC)fst01099238
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Ritz, David, author.
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| ISBN |
0306922215 (hardcover) |
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9780306922213 (hardcover) |
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