Michael Lydon is a founding editor at Rolling Stone magazine, and has come to Ray Charles through years of research, interviews and archives, as well as his previous two books on pop music. He is a singer-songwriter and lives with his composer-wife in New York City.

Michael Lydon is a founding editor at Rolling Stone magazine, and has come to Ray Charles through years of research, interviews and archives, as well as his previous two books on pop music. He is a singer-songwriter and lives with his composer-wife in New York City.