Delta Lady: A Memoir

The 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.

She inspired songsLeon Russell wrote A Song for You and Delta Lady for her, Stephen Stills wrote Cherokee. She co-wrote songsSuperstar and the piano coda to Layla, uncredited. She sang backup for Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and Stills, before finding fame as a solo artist with such hits as We're All Alone and (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher. Following her story from Lafayette, Tennessee to becoming one of the most sought after rock vocalists in LA in the 1970s, Delta Lady chronicles Rita Coolidges fascinating journey throughout the 60s-70s pop/rock universe.

A muse to some of the twentieth centurys 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 & 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 generations epic love stories. Throughout it all, her strength, resilience, and inner and outer beautyalong with her strong sense of heritage and devotion to her familyhelped her to not only survive, but thrive. Co-written with best-selling author Michael Walker, Delta Lady 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.