White Noise & Lightning

<p>What happens when a group of music business refugees decide to take a different route and play music for the love of it?</p><p><br></p><p>They form a band called the Continental Drifters establish a dive-bar residency in Hollywood and eventually are joined by more biz survivors who adapt their laissez faire approach to the art form that initially drew them into their professions - rock and roll.</p><p><br></p><p>From Los Angeles to New Orleans <em>White Noise & Lightning: The Continental Drifters Story</em> covers the trials tribulations joy love heartbreak and surprising revival of an unlikely super group comprised of members of The Cowsills The Bangles R.E.M. The Dream Syndicate Hootie & the Blowfish The dB's and more as they navigate the difficult world of band life while juggling ambition ambivalence romance addiction and family.</p><p><br></p><p>Sean Kelly's authorized biography of the Drifters tells the band's story through extensive interviews with all ten of the musicians who were full-time members at various times as well as a myriad of their colorful friends and cohorts leaving no stone unturned in researching this rather extraordinary group of people and their quest for musical family during a journey one member likened to a locomotive going down a hill.</p>