Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James by Rick JamesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a lot of fun to read and even though it was really ghost written for James, as explained in the introduction by co-author David Ritz. It has James' voice, including crude language, throughout. It is a brisk, salacious, tell-all story of a life of near misses, crimes, jail time, and the high-life. Prince gets taken down as being a jerk as does, kind of, George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic for choosing to indulge in James's blow instead of helping foster his glow. Along the way, Rick takes cocaine to get into the mood for his first TV exposure with Dick Clark (American Bandstand Season 21 Episode 42 aired Jul 22, 1978), fosters the singing careers of Teena Marie and Eddie Murphy and hangs with Linda Blair. Most interesting to me was with the near misses with Toronto all-star Mynah Birds (including Neil Young) and later with White Cane.
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