{"product_id":"2940169559231","title":"Delta Lady: Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe inspired songsamp;#8212;Leon Russell wrote amp;#8220;A Song for Youamp;#8221; and amp;#8220;Delta Ladyamp;#8221; for her, Stephen Stills wrote amp;#8220;Cherokee.amp;#8221; She co-wrote songsamp;#8212;amp;#8220;Superstaramp;#8221; and the piano coda to amp;#8220;Layla,amp;#8221; uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with such hits as amp;#8220;Weamp;#39;re All Aloneamp;#8221; and amp;#8220;(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher.amp;#8221; Following her story from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming one of the most sought after rock vocalists in LA in the 1970s, \u003cem\u003eDelta Lady\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Rita Coolidgeamp;#8217;s fascinating journey throughout the amp;#8217;60s-amp;#8217;70s pop\/rock universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA muse to some of the twentieth centuryamp;#8217;s most influential rock musicians, she broke hearts, and broke up bands. Her relationship with drummer Jim Gordon took a violent turn during the legendary 1970 Mad Dogs amp;#38; Englishmen tour; David Crosby maintained that her triangle with Stills and Graham Nash was the last straw for the group. Her volatile six-year marriage to Kris Kristofferson yielded two Grammys, a daughter, and one of the Baby Boom generationamp;#8217;s epic love stories. Throughout it all, her strength, resilience, and inner and outer beautyamp;#8212;along with her strong sense of heritage and devotion to her familyamp;#8212;helped her to not only survive, but thrive. Co-written with best-selling author Michael Walker, \u003cem\u003eDelta Lady\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich, deeply personal memoir that offers a front row seat to an iconic era, and illuminates the life of an artist whose career has helped shape modern American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098009059568,"sku":"2940169559231","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169559231_p0.jpg?v=1763686658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169559231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}