White Noise & Lightning: The Continental Drifters Story -- Sean Kelly

<p>What happens when a group of music business refugees decide to take a different route and play music for the love of it?</p><p><br></p><p>They form a band called the Continental Drifters, establish a dive-bar residency in Hollywood, and eventually are joined by more biz survivors who adapt their laissez faire approach to the art form that initially drew them into their professions - rock and roll.</p><p><br></p><p>From Los Angeles to New Orleans, <em>White Noise & Lightning: The Continental Drifters Story</em> covers the trials, tribulations, joy, love, heartbreak, and surprising revival of an unlikely "super group" comprised of members of The Cowsills, The Bangles, R.E.M., The Dream Syndicate, Hootie & the Blowfish, The dB's, and more as they navigate the difficult world of band life while juggling ambition, ambivalence, romance, addiction, and family.</p><p><br></p><p>Sean Kelly's authorized biography of the Drifters tells the band's story through extensive interviews with all ten of the musicians who were full-time members at various times, as well as a myriad of their colorful friends and cohorts, leaving no stone unturned in researching this rather extraordinary group of people and their quest for musical family during a journey one member likened to a "locomotive going down a hill."</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Sean Kelly<br><b>Publisher:</b> Cool Dog Sound<br><b>Published:</b> 09/27/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 260<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.95lbs<