Last chance Texaco : chronicles of an American troubadour
(Spoken CD)

Compact disc.

Subtitle from container.

Read by the author.

"Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever non-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones, in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the 'Duchess of Coolsville' (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, her years as a teenager runaway, her legendary love affair with Tom Waits, and ultimately her longevity as the hardest-working woman in rock 'n' roll. Rickie Lee's stories are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs--'Chuck E's in Love,' 'Weasel and the White Boys Cool,' 'Danny's All-Star Joint,' and 'Easy Money'--but long before her notoriety in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers, bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold, and tales of her fabled ancestors"--Back cover.