down my guitar and walked over to where they were drumming. I fell to my knees and joined them, pounding one of their fangas with the flat of my palms. But they were too fast for me, and I soon picked up my guitar again. I strummed hard for a few more bars, stared gravely at the crowd, then did the only thing possible: I leaped off the stage, scissoring my legs and landing in a groin-stretching Townshendian pose at the feet of the crowd. The song tumbled to rest in a hail of laughter. Dave Bidini has made a terrific name for himself as a writer with the success of his previous books, The Best Game You Can Name , Baseballissimo , On a Cold Road , and Tropic of Hockey . Bidini wrote and hosted the Gemini Award-winning small-screen adaptation of Tropic of Hockey , called Hockey Nomad , which was first broadcast in January 2003. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Janet, and their two children. "This man was made for touring. Dave Bidini's willingness to see the unusual, to listen out for the noteworthy, even after months of dragging himself and his instrument of choice into far places previously untouched by Canadian rock and roll, makes this book a real treat. Bidini's enthusiasm, his love of the music and the world, hop off the page. I loved this book." -- Roddy Doyle About the Author Dave Bidini 's first book, published in 1998, was the