Eric Olson is your typical American teen. An only child to two wonderful parents, a modest home in a sprawling central Florida community, and a knack for wreaking havoc on a regular basis. Growing up in the eighties, he and his pals coast from adolescence thru high school, then on to young adulthood where they break into their city's violent and unpredictable underground music scene. The characters they encounter and the situations they find themselves in are not only shocking and hilarious, but very much a reflection of American culture. Life And Times chronicles their efforts as they make...

A collection of humorous, shocking, and surprising tales about touring from some of underground music's most celebrated musicians.

Junior "Junebug" Jacobs is the adopted child of a loving, God-fearing Midwestern couple. Life for him is simple, free, and easy, until things go awry at the church his adopted father works at and a flurry of lies, deceit, and faith healing ensues. After an unforeseen family tragedy, he finds himself thrust into the shady on-goings of the East St. Louis disco scene of the seventies, where he and his pal Mauricio jump start their dream of being in a famous rock-n-roll band. When the band flops, they enlist an aging street-smart pimp to handle their management duties, and the future begins to...