Nine chapters
The whole life, in order and at length — a longer read than the front page gives you. Go straight down, or jump to any chapter.
- Ilate 1950s
The Chevrons
A bedroom in Litchfield, a mandolin put down, and a band called the Chevrons.
- IIlate 1950s to mid 1960s
Country Rock
Lead guitar on the Connecticut circuit, a business degree, and a room called the Music Box.
- IIInine years and four months
The Badge
Plainville Police Department. Firearms instructor. Nine years and four months.
- IVthe corporate years
Kyoto
Vice president of sales for a Japanese ceramics company. Thirty nightclubs. Every one of them singing.
- Vthe road years
The Elvis Airstream
A 35-foot trailer Elvis Presley had turned into a recording studio, $25,000, and the night Bonnie walked up to the bandstand.
- VIAmerica's first full-time karaoke restaurant
Starstruck
Plainville, Connecticut. Three rooms, sixty road shows a week, and Elvis Presley's hairbrush in a glass case.
- VIINew England's Nashville showcase
The Cadillac Ranch Restaurant
Bonnie's dream, 5,000 square feet in Plainville, and a goal that was never to make money.
- VIIItwelve to fourteen years on the water
The Charter Years
A 200-ton licence, fifty-six feet of motor yacht, and fifty people at a time out of Stamford.
- IXnow
Still Playing
One guitar since 1974, and a sweatshirt that says the quiet part out loud.
Watch
The ship's-captain chapter, on film — a few minutes out on the water.