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Ann am beatha ciùil a th’air marsainn còrr ‘s 44 bliadhna, ‘s anns an do chlàr i 14 clàr stiùideo agus 22 clàr-singilte, tha cruinneachadh do-chreidsinneach de dh’obair eadar-dhealaichte aig Rickie Lee Jones a’ snìomh ceòl agus spioradalachd an luib a chèile.
Rugadh Rickie Lee Jones do theaghlach a bha eòlach air an àrd-ùrlar, ann an Chicago, ann an 1954 …. cha robh a h-athair uabhasach soirbheachail a thaobh jazz ‘s bhiodh e a’ frithealadh bhòrd an an taigh-bìdhe gus bith-beò a chosnadh, ‘s bha seanair, ‘Peg Leg Jones’, na chleasaiche vaudeville.

‘S iomadh rud a chunnaic ‘s a rinn Rickie Lee Jones ‘s i air dà fhichead bliadhna a chur seachad ann an saoghal ciùil, ach a dh’ aindeoin sin tha dol aice air dòighean ùra, cruthachail a dhealbh airson toileachas a thoirt do dhaoine.

Air an t-slighe, tha i air faisg air dà mhillean gu leth clàr a reic, seachd Grammaidhean a bhuannachadh a-mach às na seachd airson an deach a cur air adhart, air a bhith ag obair còmhla ris na daoine as ainmeile ann an saoghal ciùil an latha an-diugh agus, ‘s mar a chuir i roimhpe bho h-òige, shoirbhich leatha ‘s rinn i ainm dhi fhèin far an do dh’fhairtlich air a sìnnsearan.

In a career that spans over 44 years, 14 studio albums and 22 singles, Rickie Lee Jones has a mammoth catalogue of diverse work combining music and spirituality.

A Chicago native, Rickie Lee Jones was born in 1954 to a family of entertainers - her father was a struggling jazz musician who worked as a waiter to pay the bills, while her grandfather 'Peg Leg' Jones was a vaudeville performer.

With a career spanning four decades, Rickie Lee Jones has seen it all and done it all, yet continues to find new ways to create and entertain.

Along the way she has sold almost two and half million albums, won two Grammy’s from seven nominations, worked with the who’s who of modern music, written a critically acclaimed memoir, and achieved her childhood dream of finding the fame and success denied to her forefathers.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles