Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success

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Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the career of Rick James with an emphasis on his early years in Toronto, Detroit and Los Angeles, working with the likes of Neil Young and trying his hand at folk-rock, jazz fusion and finally funk.

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