An Evening with Rickie Lee Jones in the Courtyard at Preservation Hall

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 6:00pm

Preservation Hall

726 Saint Peters Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
**Please Note** All performances from June 13th thru October 31st will be held at the Toulouse Theatre (615 Toulouse St. in the French Quarter), while the Preservation Hall venue undergoes infrastructural renovations.

Legendary French Quarter shrine to traditional jazz.

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Preservation Hall
726 St. Peter
New Orleans, LA 70116
The Garden District Book Shop is honored to present award-winning musician Rickie Lee Jones in-conversation with WWOZ talent Jamie Dell'Apa at the iconic Preservation Hall on April 6 to celebrate the artist's debut literary work and memoir, “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour.” In-person tickets are limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. In-person tickets include entrance to the event & discussion, 1 signed copy of Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour, the opportunity to have Jones personalize the book, and beverages provided by The Garden District Book Shop in partnership with Martin Wine Cellar. This event will adhere to all CDC, state, and city guidelines. Masks are mandatory. In-town and out-of-town virtual tickets are also available. Virtual tickets include tele-access to the discussion (including the opportunity to ask questions) and 1 signed copy of Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour. In-town tickets require book pick up at The Garden District Book Shop. Out-of-town tickets include Media Mail shipping within the United States. Ticket holders will recieve a dedicated email with a link to particpate on the day of the event. About the Book Last Chance Texaco is the first ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the “Duchess of Coolsville” (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her legendary love affair with Tom Waits and ultimately her longevity as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee’s stories are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs — “Weasel and the White Boys Cool,” “Danny’s All-Star Joint,” and “Easy Money” — but long before her notoriety in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers, bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this electrifying and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades. About the Author/Artist Rickie Lee Jones has released seventeen albums, most recently The Other Side of Desire (2015). She lives in New Orleans.

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