The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir
A Memoir
$39.44
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2015
Summary
Sheila E., born Sheila Escovedo in 1957, picked up the drumsticks and started making music at the precocious age of three, inspired by her legendary father, percussionist Pete Escovedo. By nineteen, she had fallen in love with Carlos Santana. By twenty-one, she met Prince at one of her concerts. After the show, he told her that he and his bassist “were just fighting about which one of us would be your husband.” Sheila E. and Prince would eventually join forces and collaborate for more than tw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476714967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476714967 |
| Author: | Sheila E. |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 137mm x 211mm |
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About The Author
Sheila E.
Sheila E.
Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee Sheila E. is one of the most talented percussionist/drummers in the world. She became a top session and touring musician before the age of twenty, performing and/or recording with George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Con Funk Shun, and countless others. She later performed with Marvin Gaye on his final world tour, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Prince, Gloria Estefan, Babyface, Patti LaBelle, and Stevie Nicks, among others. In the 1980s, Sheila became a pop sensation with her hits “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” Sheila founded the Elevate Hope Foundation and cofounded Elevate Oakland, both of which focus on the needs of victims of child abuse by promoting music as an alternative form of therapy and serving public schools with music and the arts.
Wendy Holden
Wendy Holden is the author of more than thirty books, nine of which were international bestsellers. She also worked as a journalist for eighteen years.
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