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Ike Turner was half of one of the most legendary partnerships -- and marriages -- in the history of music. Born in Mississippi in the grim days of entrenched Southern racism, he escaped poverty via his songwriting genius and enjoyed spectacular fame and fortune when he discovered a rare singing talent named Little Ann Bullock, renamed her Tina, and made her a global superstar... and his wife. Yet the Ike and Tina Turner partnership, and marriage, went sour, and Ike Turner became a social pariah when Tina's legendary autobiography I, Tina accused him of serial adultery, drug addiction and frequent violent abuse. Ike never publicly denied these charges, and consequently became a despised figure in American music, shunned by his peers and by a whole generation of rock fans.
Ike Turner has never given his side of the story... until now.
Takin' Back My Name is an extraordinarily candid autobiography. Ike Turner breaks his silence to recount a life which saw him lose his virginity as a child abuse victim at the age of six, marry 'eight or nine times' as a youth, and suffer Deep South racism before enjoying global success with Tina. He also freely discusses the violence and infidelities which broke his marriage, and his sex and narcotics fifteen year party' which ended only when he was imprisoned for drugs offences.
Ike Turner made a public comeback after many painful years of being an outcast and Takin' Back My Name is his fascinating and sensational life story. A classic rock autobiography, this book doesn't excuse the many bad actions in the life of Ike Turner- but it may begin to explain them.
They can say what they want to say. I am going to say it like it is.'
The 200 page paperback is in new like condition.