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He’s a rock star who can’t remember his own songs… and his only hope is a Japanese kid who hates his music.
Waking up from a coma handcuffed to a Tokyo hospital bed is bad enough. Being arrested for assault is worse. But failing to remember his own songs is the final straw for Wood, stage name Driftwood.
Stuck in Tokyo until the trial, he thinks of everything that brought him to that point. Wood traverses the rock scene of the late 1990s—the American South, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Tokyo—with his bandmate, Jesse, their exhausted manager, Rachel, and a condescending Bassett Hound. Through bar brawls, cattle prods, voodoo rituals, acid trips, and fights over the TV remote, the characters explore themes of race, sexuality, fame, love, and death.
And in the most frightening moment of his life, hope. Hope to rebuild his life with the help of a young woman he met in Tokyo, and a Japanese guitar player who helps fill the terrible emptiness where his songs used to be.
An engaging whirlwind of a novel—The Driftwood Tour is a love letter to musicians and music lovers across the globe.
- Médias
- Ebook
- Genres
- General Fiction, Fiction and Literature, Music
- Offert par
- myartlane (Auteur)
- Lot
- Novembre 2022 Débute: 2022-11-01Terminé: 2022-11-28
- En vente
- 2022-10-31
- Pays
- Disponible pour tous les pays
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Page de l'oeuvre LibraryThing - Receipt
- 2 a critiqué, 1 marked received
This is my first novel and I'm hoping that people will take the time to read it with an open mind and review it.
Here is the introduction:
The characters, such as Wood, Jesse, Charlotte, Uncle Freddy, Rachel, Olive, Craig, and Atsushi are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people is entirely unintentional and coincidental. Many of these stories come from my own experiences. I watched Santa Barbara in Kazakhstan. I was hit by a car in Tokyo and was taken to physical therapy by the young speedster who hit me, but this story is by no means an autobiography. I never fought off hillbillies or handed anyone an exploding guitar pedal.
There are numerous famous people mentioned in this book, all of which is done in good spirit and to serve the larger story. If I didn’t love their music they would not be mentioned. Additionally, my hope is to draw attention to musicians who have not received the accolades they deserve, such as Lloyd Cole, Wayne Hancock, Mark Hollis, The Ronettes, and Shuggie Otis.
The story plays loosely with some of the facts, particularly with the calendar. For example, there was a rock festival in Estonia throughout the late nineties. Public Image Limited played there, as well as Bjork, however, not in the same year. PIL and The Sugarcubes toured together, so we can assume that John Lydon and Bjork know each other. Another example is the Chalmette High School marching band in New Orleans. The high school is real, but mean old Mr. Capois is a fictional band teacher. I hope each student, as well as anyone who finds this book in their hands, enjoys the story.
Cover art: Watercolor by JP Lane. Model, Dean Lane.
Cover Design: Jane Dixon-Smith
