https://www.startribune.c...600042454/

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'It's a great adventure story,' says singer Rickie Lee Jones of her new memoir

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A colorful cast of characters populates the hipster pop star's new memoir.

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By Jon Bream

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Rather, "Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour" is a heroic story of an American family trying to find its way — her dancing peg-leg vaudevillian grandfather; her orphaned parents; her brother who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, and a creative young woman with a fertile imagination who believed in fairies and magic.

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"Last Chance Texaco" does not address her encounters with Prince, a labelmate at Warner Bros. who became a fan of Jones' work. He invited her to his concert in London in 1988. But she only made it to the after-party because she had to wait for a sitter for her newborn daughter.

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"Prince saw me, and he smiled and walked across the room and took my hand. And said, 'Did you enjoy the show?' I said, 'I didn't see it. I couldn't get a babysitter.' And he turned and walked away. Ha ha ha. That was it. I disappointed him."

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Easily dissapointed spoiled brat.

...such an asshole sometimes.

If I was her, I would've kicked him hard in his tiny purple butternut.

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I guess Chucky wasnt in love.

Vannormal said:

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Easily dissapointed spoiled brat.

...such an asshole sometimes.

If I was her, I would've kicked him hard in his tiny purple butternut.

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Our beloved was a narcissist...

Loved Rickie Lee Jones's voice.

She had one of the best debuts ever. And I dont believe the babysitting excuse. Lol

Margot said:

Vannormal said:

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Easily dissapointed spoiled brat.

...such an asshole sometimes.

If I was her, I would've kicked him hard in his tiny purple butternut.

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Our beloved was a narcissist...

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Thankfully mostly a good one.

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True.

But we still don't know enough.

I love to hear theseweird stories where Prince acts strange, but human.

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Vannormal said:

True.

But we still don't know enough.

I love to hear theseweird stories where Prince acts strange, but human.

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Perhaps what she is banking on. Sorry Rickie... no index, no purchase.

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Rickie Lee Jones bares ne...mtoday.com

Jones devotes an additional eight sentences to San Diego-bred music legend Waits, who posed with her in the photo on the back cover of his 1978 album, "Blue Valentine." Tellingly, Waits is not mentioned again until 270 pages later, in Chapter 17 of "Last Chance Texaco." No less tellingly, the book — published by Grove Press — has no index for readers to use to skip to other Waits-related entries.

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Might this be a carefully plotted way to get people to dive in — and to first learn a fair amount of Jones' story — before she returns her attention to Waits, who she met Los Angeles in 1977?

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"That's totally accurate," she replied, speaking by phone from her home in New Orleans.

The Rickie Lee Jones song Deep Space and Sometimes it Snows in April have a REAL similar feel to each other.


Looking forward to reading the book.