Darkest End of The Street: Told by James Carr Written by Ron Smith

James Edward Carr was a blues singer born in Clarksdale Mississippi in 1942. James was born the third of seven children. Early on in life James suffered abuse at the hands of his father who was a preacher. After his mother died at the age of nine he left home and move to Memphis Tennessee. While living in Memphis as a child from place to place, James roamed the Memphis streets. He didn't attend school or have any formal teaching, James learned from the streets. He perfected his craft as a blues singer in the streets. He joined a couple of gospel groups before meeting and marrying Willie Lee Moore at the young age of twenty. After having his first child, James Edward Carr Jr, James Sr landed his first break by signing with Goldwax records. As a young musician struggling with a mental illness disorder, James Sr. went on to record several tracks that landed in the billboard top 100. James Carr Sr. was taken advantage of by the music industry and was cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars. This book tells the good, bad and ugly story of James Carr's life from beginning to end.