Sweet Benny and the Sanchez Penitentiary Band by BH Shepherd
Sweet Benny, a young hustler from New Orleans, just got out of prison. Looking for a new game, he starts a blues band with four fellow cons at a bar called Sue's in El Paso. Thanks to word of mouth and a sound that shoots from, and sometimes straight through, the heart, they are invited to play at Austin City Limits, the biggest live music festival in the South. Their ill-fated journey across Texas is narrated by James Creedence, a cynical one-hit wonder author who has finally found a reason to write again. As Benny takes the band on the road, they encounter many obstacles. Flat tires, voodoo curses, savage biker thugs and a crooked sheriff all threaten to cut short their quest to become rock n' roll legends. Wherever the Sanchez Penitentiary Band plays trouble is sure to follow, and Creedence is there to chronicle the hilarity and disaster that ensues.
The first novel from BH Shepherd, Sweet Benny and the Sanchez Penitentiary Band is a classic tale of bad men who make good music, and the stories that become songs.
Sweet Benny, a young hustler from New Orleans, just got out of prison. Looking for a new game, he starts a blues band with four fellow cons at a bar called Sue's in El Paso. Thanks to word of mouth and a sound that shoots from, and sometimes straight through, the heart, they are invited to play at Austin City Limits, the biggest live music festival in the South. Their ill-fated journey across Texas is narrated by James Creedence, a cynical one-hit wonder author who has finally found a reason to write again. As Benny takes the band on the road, they encounter many obstacles. Flat tires, voodoo curses, savage biker thugs and a crooked sheriff all threaten to cut short their quest to become rock n' roll legends. Wherever the Sanchez Penitentiary Band plays trouble is sure to follow, and Creedence is there to chronicle the hilarity and disaster that ensues.
The first novel from BH Shepherd, Sweet Benny and the Sanchez Penitentiary Band is a classic tale of bad men who make good music, and the stories that become songs.
Sweet Benny, a young hustler from New Orleans, just got out of prison. Looking for a new game, he starts a blues band with four fellow cons at a bar called Sue's in El Paso. Thanks to word of mouth and a sound that shoots from, and sometimes straight through, the heart, they are invited to play at Austin City Limits, the biggest live music festival in the South. Their ill-fated journey across Texas is narrated by James Creedence, a cynical one-hit wonder author who has finally found a reason to write again. As Benny takes the band on the road, they encounter many obstacles. Flat tires, voodoo curses, savage biker thugs and a crooked sheriff all threaten to cut short their quest to become rock n' roll legends. Wherever the Sanchez Penitentiary Band plays trouble is sure to follow, and Creedence is there to chronicle the hilarity and disaster that ensues.
The first novel from BH Shepherd, Sweet Benny and the Sanchez Penitentiary Band is a classic tale of bad men who make good music, and the stories that become songs.