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1 online resource. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Birth of a Super Freak; 2. Out to Sea; 3. Toronto Was Cold but Its Music Was Hot; 4. A Defiant Rick Forms the Sailor Boys and Becomes Rick Jagger; 5. Rick James, Thief; 6. Rick Joins a Flock of Mynah Birds; 7. Rick James, International Drug Smuggler; 8. Rick James and the Birth of Buffalo Springfield; 9. From Yorkville to Motown; 10. Rick Is Court-Martialed ... Twice; 11. Rick Goes a Second Round with Motown; 12. Rick Quits Motown in Disgust and Forms Salt 'n Pepper. |
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13. Rick Has Two Children with One Woman and Marries a Second14. Rick Creates Heaven and Earth ... and Then Destroys Both; 15. Rick Breaks His New White Cane; 16. Rick Continues the Pursuit of Glory; 17. Shadowy Investors Make Rick a Motown Star; 18. The Emergence of the Stone City Band; 19. Rick Creates Punk Funk; 20. Rick Helps Save Motown; 21. Rick Writes a Song about Himself and Kelly; 22. Hash and Cash; 23. Rick Uses White Slang to Bust Out; 24. Rick and Teena Marie Make Beautiful Music Together; 25. The Magical Funk Tour; 26. A Bottomless Pool of Female Flesh. |
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27. Rick Writes a Song about His Penis28. Rick and Prince Duke It Out for Sex and Glory; 29. Rick Takes a Nap in the Garden; 30. Rick Absolutely Hits the Freakin' Top with Street Songs; 31. "Super Freak"; 32. "Fire and Desire" Highlights Rick's Messy Relationship with Teena Marie; 33. Rick Sings about Sex and Poverty; 34. Rick Denies He's Gay and Confronts the Cops; 35. The Street Songs Tour; 36. Cocaine Begins to Take Its Toll; 37. Rick Scores as a Minor TV Personality and Dreams of Hollywood Stardom; 38. Rick Scores Big-Time as a Songwriter and Producer ... for Other Musicians. |
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39. The Mob Comes Calling40. Rick Denounces the Reagan Recession While Throwin' Down; 41. Rick Struggles to Integrate MTV; 42. Rick Fantasizes the Mary Jane Girls into Existence; 43. Rick Romances Linda Blair in Cold Blood; 44. Jailbait; 45. Rick Involves Himself in a Murderous Family Feud; 46. Rick and Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time"; 47. Rick Tries and Fails to Shake Off the Drug Yoke; 48. A Glowing Rick Chases a Woman Along a Beach; 49. Rick Lets His Freak Flag Fly; 50. Rick and Motown Duke It Out in Court; 51. Rick Meets the Love of His Life; 52. Rick Makes Loosey Feel Wonderful. |
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53. Rick Kicks Out54. Please Hammer, Help Him!; 55. Trouble; 56. Rick and Tanya Strike Again; 57. Tanya Pleads Guilty; 58. The Prosecutors Summon Their Star Witness; 59. Guilty ... Sort Of; 60. Shocking New Allegations; 61. The Prosecutors Accuse an Investigator; 62. Rick and Tanya Attempt to Marry; 63. Rick Busts Out!; 64. Rick Takes the Train to Folsom Prison; 65. Rick Tries Again; 66. Organized Crime Makes Rick a Post-Prison Star; 67. Rick Revels in an Urban Rapsody; 68. Rick and Tanya Finally Marry ... and Then Divorce; 69. The Super Freak Becomes a Senior Freak; 70. Comeback. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
James, Rick, 1948-2004.
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James, Rick, 1948-2004. |
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Funk musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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African American rock musicians -- Biography.
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African American rock musicians. |
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Funk musicians. |
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United States. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benjaminson, Peter, 1945- author. Super freak Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2017 9781613749579 (DLC) 2016050314 |
| ISBN |
9781613749609 : $28.99 |
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1613749600 : $28.99 |
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