Her partnership with Ike Turner marked her career. However, Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior towards Tina. Their marriage deteriorated, and their act lost speed largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring as well as the cost of maintaining a rather voracious alleged cocaine habit. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were down. Having opened his own recording studio - Bolic Sound - following the lucrative success of ''Proud Mary'', Ike produced Tina's first solo album, ''Tina Turns the Country On!'' in 1974. It failed to make an impact on the charts, as did the follow-up, ''Acid Queen'' (1975), released to tie in with Tina's critically acclaimed big-screen debut in the role of the same name in The Who's rock opera, ''Tommy.'' | Her partnership with Ike Turner marked her career. However, Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior towards Tina. Their marriage deteriorated, and their act lost speed largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring as well as the cost of maintaining a rather voracious alleged cocaine habit. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were down. Having opened his own recording studio - Bolic Sound - following the lucrative success of ''Proud Mary'', Ike produced Tina's first solo album, ''Tina Turns the Country On!'' in 1974. It failed to make an impact on the charts, as did the follow-up, ''Acid Queen'' (1975), released to tie in with Tina's critically acclaimed big-screen debut in the role of the same name in The Who's rock opera, ''Tommy.'' |