The Brothers

by Ritz, David; Neville, Charles; Neville, Aaron; Neville, Cyril; Neville, Art

• ISBN13: 9780306810534
• ISBN10: 0306810530
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-15
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

First time in paperback: The first family of New Orleans music shares its life story.

Author Biography

David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. King. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Author's Introduction	vii
Introducing the Brothers	xi
Valence Street	3	(6)
The Projects	9	(14)
School Days	23	(6)
Sounds Coming 'Round	29	(17)
Movin' Back	46	(12)
Movin' Out	58	(10)
Bad Boy	68	(8)
Anchors Aweigh	76	(14)
Slippin' and Slidin'	90	(11)
In a Fog	101	(10)
Bustin' Loose	111	(14)
Different Directions	125	(10)
Angola Bound	135	(8)
The Long and Winding Road	143	(8)
The Monkey Puzzle	151	(7)
Tell It Like It Is	158	(8)
Big Arthur	166	(10)
Art Neville and the Neville Sounds	176	(7)
Rip Van Winkle	183	(11)
Meters and Machines	194	(9)
180 Stitches	203	(10)
The Crown of Life	213	(10)
Her Prom Dress	223	(7)
Struttin' Down Cabbage Alley	230	(11)
Graveyard Love/Holy Love	241	(9)
King of Pimps	250	(5)
In the Zone	255	(8)
A First Draft	263	(5)
Like a Rolling Stone	268	(5)
Amelia	273	(5)
``Keep Them Boys Together''	278	(9)
Black Male	287	(7)
Big Chief Got a Golden Crown	294	(9)
Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue	303	(8)
Grateful for the Deadheads	311	(9)
Serenity	320	(8)
Warm Your Heart	328	(7)
Brother Blood	335	(9)
Discographies	344	(13)
Authors' Acknowledgments	357	(4)
Index	361