Sideman

<p>Sideman is a compelling fiction novel about a young man named Jason James who finds himself smack in the middle of a full-scale country music career!</p><p><br></p><p>Join Jason and his bandmates as they travel from town to town doing the most people dream of. He could be making money playing music!</p><p><br></p><p>The story begins atop an old storm cellar a hidy-hole used to protect folks from the vicious attacks that tornados would inflict on them.</p><p><br></p><p>Jason and Katy his cousin would use the cellar as the perfect Pseudo-Opry stage spending countless hours after school pretending they were on stage at the Grand Ole Opry playing before a packed house with an audience played by Jason's five-year-old brother Kevin. </p><p><br></p><p>Little did he know it would serve as part of a vast degree of training that would serve him well-as a SIDEMAN! </p><p><br></p><p>Join Jason and his bandmates as they ride the Silver Eagle to town after town. Experience the highs and lows heartaches and triumphs that can only come from being a Country Music SIDEMAN!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Jay D Lankford</strong> the author of SIDEMAN has been through quite a storm over the past few years.</p><p><br></p><p>It began in 2009 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Then in August 2021 he and his wife of over 43 years Patti was diagnosed with COVID-19 and were hospitalized. Jay survived. Patti did not.</p><p><br></p><p>Lankford has also written over 2000 songs which continues to be his fastball. He lives in a small town in OKLAHOMA called Bristow only 18 miles from his hometown of Stroud where he grew up.</p><p><br></p><p>He is widowed but has lately been seeing someone who is in his words the love of his life-Nicol Richards.</p><p><br></p><p>He has been keeping busy writing and having penned a western trilogy series about a man named Buck Davis an adventurous cowboy who goes through everything from a war to a battle with the KKK in a thrilling three-part series. If you like Westerns you will love them.</p><p><br></p>