Table of Contents
Prologue The Beginning 1
Chapter 1 Between Desire & Piety 3
Chapter 2 Estimated Time of Departure 9
Chapter 3 Push Away the Blanket 15
Chapter 4 First Corinthians 19
Chapter 5 New Jersey Legal 23
Chapter 6 New Jersey, Redux 35
Chapter 7 No Escape From New Jersey 41
Chapter 8 Diner Pie 45
Chapter 9 Capital Affair 49
Chapter 10 Working Musician 59
Chapter 11 Trigger Warning 69
Chapter 12 Guitar Store Bunny Ranch 83
Chapter 13 Heritage, Not Hate 89
Chapter 14 Bluebird & Parnassus 93
Chapter 15 Alabama February 105
Chapter 16 Voodoo 111
Chapter 17 The Children of Your People 117
Chapter 18 Florida Riviera 123
Chapter 19 Panama Beachcombers 131
Chapter 20 Congregation of Alligators 135
Chapter 21 Lost In the Book Mine 149
Chapter 22 The Power of Recollection 155
Chapter 23 Low-Country Blues 163
Chapter 24 Don't Ask, Don't Tell 169
Chapter 25 Moving Through Rowland 173
Chapter 26 Genetic Trash 183
Chapter 27 Name-Dropping Dc Two-Step 191
Chapter 28 Home 197
Chapter 29 End of Discussion 205
Epilogue Pipe & Drape 209
Acknowledgments 213
Resources 215