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TransElectric : my life as a cosmic rock star
- Title
- TransElectric : my life as a cosmic rock star / Cidny Bullens ; foreword by Sir Elton John.
- Author
- Bullens, Cidny, 1955-
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2023]
- ©2023
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Details
- Additional Authors
- John, Elton
- Description
- xvi, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "From the depths of the '70s rock 'n' roll excesses through unimaginable personal losses to an inspiring late-life transformation, Cidny Bullens's story is an utterly compelling journey about living and singing with your authentic voice. An androgynous gender-bending musician from the get-go. Bullens toured extensively with Sir Elton John and performed with Bob Dylan, undergoing a complete immersion in the drug-fueled excesses of 1970s rock 'n' roll. Despite getting sober, climbing the charts with the Grammy-nominated "Survivor," as well as a Grammy nomination for his lead vocals in the soundtrack movie Grease, Bullens was unable to break out as a solo star in a world that allowed its male artists to cross the gender line but had much narrower expectations about how women could behave and perform. Retreating into the conventional lifestyle of a suburban mom, Bullens felt like she was living in an alternate universe. Then whatever world she had was shattered by the tragic death of her younger daughter from cancer. Out of the ashes of despair, Bullens brought forth an award-winning album, Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, that relaunched the musician's career. Finally, nin years ago, Cidny claimed his own healing and transitioned from female to male--finding unexpected love, becoming a new step-father, and a grandfather. What he found, too, was his true voice and true power as a performer"--
- Alternative Title
- Trans electric
- Subjects
- Rock musicians
- Transgender singers
- Transgender people
- Transgender autobiographies
- LGBTQ+ autobiographies
- Transgender biographies
- LGBTQ+ people
- LGBTQ+ biographies
- Gender minorities
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- United States
- Rock musicians > United States > Biography
- Transgender singers > United States > Biography
- Transgender people > United States > Biography
- Bullens, Cidny, 1955-
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- LGBTQ+ biographies.
- Transgender biographies.
- LGBTQ+ autobiographies.
- Transgender autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes discography (pages 247-250) and index.
- Call Number
- JME 23-443
- ISBN
- 9781641607902
- 1641607904
- LCCN
- 2023930564
- OCLC
- 1348477267
- Author
- Bullens, Cidny, 1955- author.
- Title
- TransElectric : my life as a cosmic rock star / Cidny Bullens ; foreword by Sir Elton John.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes discography (pages 247-250) and index.
- Added Author
- John, Elton, writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JME 23-443