There is nothing better than supporting your local bookstore, and I’m thrilled to be sending you to ONE GRAND BOOKS in Narrowsburg, New York (see link below), just up-river from Diamond Ranch. As you might know, copies of SYMPATHY FOR THE DRUMMER are getting harder to find — it is completely sold out and on back order in most venues (the Evil Empire is selling books from third party vendors, so you can still one-click, but stock is slim) and while I’m well-chuffed at the incredible reception for SYMPATHY FOR THE DRUMMER, and profoundly saddened that it was the death of Charlie Watts that torched a tsunami of renewed demand for the book, I am also very proud to have written this shot of love, not as a reaction to Charlie Watts sudden passing, but as a celebration of his massive contribution to the revolution that was, or maybe still is, rock’n’roll. Backbeat Books is reprinting as fast as possible, but with the Covid supply-chain crisis still a very real thing, and the Fall season mopping up resources for printing presses, it will be a few weeks before SYMPATHY is in better bookstores everywhere. In the meantime, I’ve personally delivered the books I had on hand to one of the best bookstores in the world –– my local, ONE GRAND — and believe me, I am a bookstore nerd, so I know from what I am talking. Please support them by ordering a book, or better yet, stopping in if you are in the neighborhood, and digging what is a very smart shoppe. Thanks everyone for your perfect enthusiasm and remember, it don’t mean a thing it if ain't got that swing. I love you all. Xo me.

https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/books/sympathy-for-the-drummer/