'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Jeneane Marie Cranert boasts of touring Europe with the Funk Brothers and Tito Jackson and warming up the stage over the years for such stars as Frank Sinatra, Liberace and Wayne Newton.
It sounds glamorous, only Cranert is telling the story from beneath the covers of her bed, where a bone disease has confined her for weeks because she doesn't have health insurance and can't afford hip replacement surgery.
"If you want to get into showbiz, you better have a business degree, you better save and be smart," she said.
