The Beat of My Own Drum (39 page)

Authors: Sheila E.

BOOK: The Beat of My Own Drum

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Hanging out in Las Vegas at a fund-raiser for the Andre Agassi Foundation.
From left:
Sheila E., Peter Michael Escovedo, Andre Agassi, David Foster, Lionel Richie.

Taking some time in the spotlight. Me and Ringo Starr & the All-Starr Band.
© Lynn Mabry

Rocking out with Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band in 2001. ©
Lynn Mabry

Live at
The Magic Hour
TV show with Magic Johnson, 1998. ©
20th Century Fox

Nicole Richie hanging out with her auntie Sheila in 2005.

Prince and I together again at the 2007 Alma awards.

Me, Pops, and our timbales.
© Rob Shanahan

The modern-day E family still performing together.

This is how I see the world from behind my drum set.
© Rob Shanahan

The Obama family jamming with the E family, Washington, DC, 2012.

Life is good! From pain to purpose.
© Rob Shanahan

Emmy and Grammy Award–nominee
SHEILA E.
is one of the most talented percussionists/drummers in the world. She became a top session and touring musician before the age of twenty, performing and/or recording with George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Con Funk Shun, and countless others. She later performed with Marvin Gaye on his final world tour, as well as with Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Prince, Gloria Estefan, Babyface, Patti LaBelle, and Stevie Nicks, among others. In the 1980s, Sheila became a pop sensation with her hits “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” Sheila founded the Elevate Hope Foundation and cofounded Elevate Oakland, both of which focus on the needs of victims of child abuse by promoting music as an alternative form of therapy and serving public schools with music and the arts.

WENDY HOLDEN
is the author of more than twenty-five books, nine of which were international bestsellers. She also worked as a journalist for eighteen years.