"In his candid freewheeling memoir written with his friend ... Paul Reiser Michael tells the
story of his life and music. A high school dropout from Ferguson Missouri Michael chased his
dreams in 1970s California a heady moment of rock opportunity and excess. As a rising session
musician and backing vocalist a series of encounters would send him on a wild ride around the
world and to the heights of rock stardom--from joining Steely Dan and becoming a defining
member of The Doobie Brothers to forging a path as a breakout solo R&B artist. Interwoven with
the ... tales of the music Michael tells a ... story of losing and finding himself as a man.
He reckons with the unshakeable insecurities that drove him the drug and alcohol addictions
that plagued him and the highs and lows of popularity. Along the way he relays the lessons
he's learned and that if he's learned anything at all it's that there's often little
correlation between what you get and what you deserve"--
