From the shadow of the blues: my story of music, addiction, and redemption

Introduction. Soledad Prison

Part One. Growing up in Detroit. Family and Early Fights ; Money, Clothes, and Drugs ; Heroin, Prostitutes, and First Arrest as an Adult ; Wayne County Jail

Part Two. Cult Drug Program and Incarceration. The Synanon Cult ; Jackson State Prison and Cassady Lake ; California : Crimes, Heists, and the Con Game

Part Three. Music, Prisons, and Con Games. Canadian Tour and Prison ; Marie's Overdose and Santa Rita Jail ; California Rehabilitation Center ; On the Run ; Back in CRC, Solitary at Chino, and Gilroy ; Boxing at Conservation Camps ; The Con in Detroit : I'm Shot

Part Four. Redemption and Falls. Back in Oakland, I Turn to the Lord ; My First Fall ; My Band in Redwood City and Second Marriage ; My Father's Death and My Third and Final Fall

Part Five. From the Blues to the Good News. Musical Success ; My New Life in Ministry ; Singing about the Lord ; Sharing Love and Life in Germany.