For a decade, Tina’s life was a blur of fame, performance, abuse and drug use, all revolving around Ike.
and earthy. Her low voice commanded attention. Offstage, she was an exhausted mom of four boys — Ike had brought two sons from a previous relationship — struggling to control her husband’s/boss’s rages and trying to meet his demands.
She also found Buddhism and began chanting a mantra regularly. The more she chanted, the more she noticed her life getting easier, things working out better. She was offered an acting role in the rock musical “Tommy” and filmed a TV special with Ann-Margret. Being on-set gave her time away from Ike and glimpses of her capabilities as a performer without him.
At the Ramada Inn, the manager put Tina up in their best suite without charging her, put a guard at the door, and brought her soup and crackers, because her face was too beaten up to eat solid food, while she tried to figure out whom to call. She couldn’t go to her mother or her sister, who both lived in houses Ike owned. If she used the credit card, he would be able to find out where she was.
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