Almost Like a Professional: My life and career as a West Texas Musician

Almost Like a Professional is the story of West Texas musician songwriter and educator Cary C Banks. From his upbringing in the rigidly fundamentalist Church of Christ to his glorious discovery of devil rock and roll and the Beatles Cary Banks traces his long journey down the lost highway of the music business with stories that are often funny but many times poignant. From the stinging lows of endless rejection of his songs to the exhilarating highs of being inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame as a member of the Maines Brothers Band he gives the reader an authentic tell it like it is look at the life of a musician.