From the Book - First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Prologue: "Freedom Highway" in sequined flats --
Voices in the Mississippi night --
Hard time killing floor --
"If I could hear my mother pray again" --
"This may be the last time" --
"Gospel in a blues key" --
A guitar, an amplifier, and a gun --
"That's the guy who sings 'Blue Suede Shoes'" --
For the love of Bob Dylan --
"If he can preach it, we can sing it" --
"Why am I treated so bad?" --
"Mavis, you want a hit?" --
"When will we be paid?" --
Mahalia passes the torch --
"You talk to me like I'm a kid" --
"I have learned to do without you" --
Back to the motherland --
"Cleo, you like brownies?" --
"They don't know which category to put us in" --
"I was never more scared in my life" --
Prince and the Holy Ghost moment --
"Whatever you do, don't give up" --
"My skin started moving on my bones" --
"When the gates swing open, let me in".
