Just copped this book by Rick James, "Memoirs Of A Super Freak".....So far so good...I knew it would be filled with ill stories about partying, heavy drug abuse, and all that other wild shit, but I also wanted to find out about what made Rick tick, and his philosophies about music...
The dude was a musical genius...After the James Brown/ George Clinton era, Rick was one of the main dudes to carry the funk into the future...Here are a couple facts about Rick that you might not have known...
1...He used to be in a group with Neil Young while he lived in Toronto, Canada...
2...The reason why Rick was in Canada in the first place, was because he went A.W.O.L. after finding out he was about to be sent to Vietnam...
3...Dude had his own record label ( Stone City Records )
4...Twenty five " Top 40 " singles...
5...Six platinum records...
6...Won a Grammy when it actually meant something..
7...Recieved advances of more than a million dollars per album...
8...Served a 3 year prison sentence..
9...His real name was James Ambrose Johnson, Jr....
I could go on forever, but I don't want to spoil the book for you....You can get your own copy HERE
And to all you cats that summed up Rick's life with a catch phrase or a silly cocaine joke, you might feel differently after reading the pages of this very personal, in-depth book....R.I.P.
GBK/NS/HR/SOA
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