In the beginning...

In a December 1981 People magazine profile, Tina Turner talked about her early days with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue,

“First, I made a little spending money.  Then Ike gave me a wardrobe, rings all over my fingers and bare-backed shoes.  There were Cadillacs, Buicks—it was very exciting for a young girl like me.”

But though she was living like royalty, she admitted, “I was just a shadow.  Ike took care of everything—the sound, the band, hiring people, management and money.”

That People article noted that “Tina found herself cooking for the band on the road at 4:00 in the morning after playing three sets.  ‘Damn it!’, [she swore.]  “Sometimes I didn’t feel like making breakfast at that hour!”

But there was one early detail that Tina recalled: a psychic reading she’d had done in the ‘60s.  The reader told her, “You will be among the biggest of stars.  A partner of yours will fall, like a leaf from a tree in autumn.  You will survive and go on.”

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This YouTube video is so impressive. The person who posted it combined footage from a variety of different performances. It provides a stunning overview of Tina Turner’s remarkable career.