Sheryl Crow's warm voice, vibrant stage presence and rock-solid musicianship have made her one of the most enduring stars of our era. Her songwriting craft is firmly rooted in rock tradition, but her allusive, free-associative lyrics are all her own. Her songs, "All I Wanna Do," "If It Makes You Happy," "Every Day Is a Winding Road," and "Soak Up the Sun" have become pop classics. A former music teacher from Kennett, Missouri, she worked in near-anonymity for almost a decade as a backup vocalist and writer of songs for other artists, her efforts to forge a solo career thwarted by...