I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship [Hardcover]

Sr. Eddie Levert (Author), Gerald Levert (Author), Lyah Leflore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 2007

The final collaboration from Eddie and Gerald Levert: an intimate glimpse into their lives, their passions, and their musical legacy. But most important, I Got Your Back gets inside the special and rare father-son bond that these two R&B legends shared. Eddie and Gerald put their hearts and souls on the line and talk about their failures, concerns, fears, and triumphs as father and son. With a powerful message of reconciliation for broken families, Eddie and Gerald explore the themes of fatherhood, male bonding and male-female relationships. The book includes moving tributes from Eddie, Patti LaBelle, Steve Harvey and others, as well as treasured family photographs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“I Got Your Back is their powerful and poignant gift to us—a life-enhancing message we so badly need in these difficult days!” —Dr. Cornel West, New York Times bestselling author of Democracy Matters

“When I think of Gerald and Eddie together, I had never seen anything like that in my whole life—seeing a father and son work together, seeing a son look up to his dad, and the type of success they had. The love they shared for each other, the way they talked to each other, the way they got along, and the music they made over the years is truly mind blowing.” —Reverend Run, hip-hop icon, pastor, author of Words of Wisdom, and star of MTV’s Run’s House

About the Author

EDDIE LEVERT is one of the founding members of the pioneering 1970s soul group and 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The O’Jays. He lives in Las Vegas.

Founder of the chart-topping group LeVert, GERALD LEVERT released his first solo album in 1991, and in 1997 formed LSG with Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill. Gerald also wrote and produced songs for many musical artists, including Barry White and Patti LaBelle. Gerald Levert passed away suddenly in 2006 at age forty.

LYAH BETH LeFLORE is the coauthor of the novel Cosmopolitan Girls, and the author of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Lyah has been a television producer and entertainment executive for over a decade and has worked at Nickelodeon, Uptown Entertainment, and Alan Haymon Productions.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Crown Archetype (June 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767927443
• ISBN-13: 978-0767927444
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,211,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Book, June 8, 2007

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Lolita (Memphis,Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship (Hardcover)

I've been waiting on this book since I preordered it Jan. 2007. I received it on the June 7th and finished it the same day. It will make you laugh,cry and be thankful of life. My heart goes out to the Levert Family please stay stronger. Martha Levert you were so blessed to such loving children especially Sean and Gerald.To Gerald loving keep children keep being prayful only he knows your pain.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, June 7, 2007

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Norma Y. Harris "Queendiva" (Laurel, Md) - See all my reviews
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I have been waiting for this book since I heard about it. I got it on the 5th of June, and here it is the 7th of June and I'm done. It is a wonderful, wonderful book. I love the relationship between Gerald & Eddie. Now that dvd's are the thing. I have a vhs tape that I recorded of Gerald & Eddie singing "Wind beneith my wing" I will not get rid of those vhs tape until I find that tape. Every father & son, Mother and daughter should read this book. I can't tell you how much it has changed my way of thinking. My heart goes out to Eddie for the loss of his son, best friend and business partner. My prayers are with you and your family. And Martha you did a wonderful job. I wish my son felt the same about me the way Gerald felt about you. God Bless you all.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, June 27, 2007

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Lauren M. Deshong "lalaj1963" (Newark, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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Eddie, I truly enjoyed getting to know you and your beloved son, Gerald while reading "I Got Your Back." Gerald has been a "friend in my head" for some time now, but feel like I've gotten to know him for real. I still can't believe he's not here with us to hear all the praises for all of his hard work. You are amazingly strong (I know it must be hard), but keep your head up for you other children and grandchildren who still need you too. You were amazing on the BET Awards last night. I'm enjoying both CD's too. Long-time fan, Lauren DeShong, from Newark, NJ.