The murderer who made a cult album in prison - and was freed by Stevie Wonder

The murderer who made a cult album in prison - and was freed by Stevie Wonder

In 1971, music executive Jerry Goldstein thought he had unearthed a new superstar in Ike White, a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from California. “I went, ‘Wow,’” says Goldstein, who worked with Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. “This guy not only can play guitar, he can sing, he writes all these incredible songs… He was a genius.” There was just one issue: Ike White was in prison, serving a life sentence for murder in a maximum security facilit…