Getting fired from the band, losing the drummer during a tour, giving guitar lessons, winning the crowd over in a tough redneck environment and seeing a recently deceased mother on a Lake Michigan Beach are the focuses of these short stories. Veteran newspaper reporter and columnist Rodney Hart culls his years of experience playing music for the stories. They are works of fiction but versed in the truth - what band hasn't had its drummer pass away right before a gig? And he did see his mother on the beach, singing her heart out in a farewell.