Description: The latest book from photojournalist Linda Solomon, The Queen Next Door offers fans a personal and unseen look at Aretha Franklin's life.
A Book Offering An Unseen Look At Aretha Franklin’s Life, Captured Through Photography and Stories
The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, an Intimate Portrait is a book full of firsts as Solomon was invited not only to capture historical events in Aretha’s music career showcasing Detroit, but to join in with the Franklin family’s most intimate and cherished moments in her beloved hometown. From performance rehearsals with James Brown to off-camera shenanigans while filming a music video with the Rolling Stones, from her first television special to her first time performing with the Detroit Symphony Orches
In the book’s afterword, Sabrina Garrett Owens, Franklin’s niece, honors her aunt, a woman who was an overwhelming supporter of civil rights, women’s rights, and fundraising campaigns that helped to benefit her hometown. There was a time in her career—when Aretha Franklin was more in demand than ever before— when she insisted that if someone wanted her to perform, they had to come to Detroit. During this time all of her major concerts, national television specials, music videos, and commercials would happen