Time Is Tight

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by Booker T. Jones


  Dusk on the bank of the Mississippi River (Billboard magazine)

  Studio shot for Ebony magazine, April 1969 (Ebony Magazine)

  Onstage with my Ibanez guitar (Artist Collection)

  At the Winding Way Ranch in Malibu (Gems / Getty Images)

  Skeeter and me, Malibu, California (Artist Collection)

  Jules, the boys, and me on the Culver City lot (Artist Collection)

  Pouring concrete forms for my Comptche house (Artist Collection)

  Marrying my sweetie (Artist Collection)

  My Livvy and me, November 1986 (Artist Collection)

  At the mouth of the mine in Yosemite with my new blended family. From left: Lonnie, Nan, Olivia, Brian, Michael, Matthew, and me (Artist Collection)

  My twins, Cicely and Teddy, Paris, 1993 (Artist Collection)

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards, 1992. From left: Steve, Duck, me, Rufus, Isaac, and Carla (Artist Collection)

  With Neil, the band, and the crew at the end of the 1993 tour (Pegi Young Photography)

  The triumvirate in Buffalo, New York: me, Steve, Duck (Andrea Zucker Photography)

  Playing the Conn trombone for my twins’ preschool (Artist Collection)

  Presenting letters to President Clinton from Olivia’s third-grade class (Official White House Photograph)

  My mountain girl and me (Artist Collection)

  Nan and the boys. From left: Michael, Nan, Brian, and Matthew (Artist Collection)

  The fam celebrating my sixtieth. From top left: Booker T. IV, Olivia, Jade, Cicely, Teddy, Lonnie, D’Laynie, Booker T. III, Nijel, Brian, Matthew, and Michael (Lorin Schneider Photography)

  On the Cal Berkeley soccer field with Teddy (Artist Collection)

  Backstage at Antone’s during SXSW. From left: Duck, Isaac, William, me, and Steve (Rick Diamond / Getty Images)

  Onstage in San Antonio with the great B.B. King (Darren Abate Photography)

  My favorite Austin club, Antone’s, with Teddy (Suzanne Pressman)

  Playing with Gary Clark Jr. at the fiftieth anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival (Greg Chow)

  Early lobbying for the Music Modernization Act. From left: Cory Booker, me, Patrick Leahy, and Dionne Warwick (Leigh Vogel / Getty Images)

  In performance at the White House, 2013. From left: Olivia, Cicely, Teddy, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Nan, me, Janine, and David Slucter (Courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library)

  At the Hollywood Bowl with Carlos and Teddy (Artist Collection)

  Addressing the class of 2012 and receiving an honorary doctorate (Courtesy of Indiana University)

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  Author’s Note

  Prologue: Prologue

  Chapter 1: His Eye Is on the Sparrow

  Chapter 2: ’Cause I Love You

  Chapter 3: Precious Lord

  Chapter 4: Havana Moon

  Chapter 5: C Jam Blues

  Chapter 6: Green Onions

  Chapter 7: These Arms of Mine

  Chapter 8: Higher and Higher

  Chapter 9: Bootleg

  Chapter 10: B-A-B-Y

  Chapter 11: Born Under a Bad Sign

  Chapter 12: Time Is Tight

  Chapter 13: Melting Pot

  Chapter 14: Stardust

  Chapter 15: Don’t Stop Your Love

  Chapter 16: The Cool Dude

  Chapter 17: I Believe in You

  Chapter 18: Representin’ Memphis

  Musical Phrases

  Acknowledgments

  Discover More

  About the Author

  Photographs

 

 

 


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