The author's paternal grandfather, frank pegleg jones, and his grandmother, myrtle lee, were vaudevillians based in chicago. He was a really big star singer and dancer on the vaudeville circuit. Do you have memories of seeing him perform when you were a child? I'll just tell you a little side story. A distant cousin contacted me, and i've found out all these things because he's done a whole family history that includes my side.
Long a believer in the impossible, Rickie Lee Jones has lived an extraordinary life of song. Here, she reflects on five decades of making music.