Waking up from a coma handcuffed to a Tokyo hospital bed is bad enough. But failing to remember his own songs is the final straw for Wood, stage name Driftwood. Stuck in Japan until the trial, he thinks of everything that brought him to that point. Wood traverses the rock scene of the late 1990s – the American South, Europe, and the former Soviet Union – with his bandmate, Jesse, their exhausted manager, Rachel, and a Bassett Hound named Margaret. Through hilarious bar brawls, cattle prods, voodoo rituals, and acid trips, the characters explore themes of race, sexuality, family, love, and death. And in the most frightening moment of his life, hope. Hope to connect with the absent father he so desperately wants to know and fill the terrible emptiness where his songs used to be. An engaging whirlwind of a novel – The Driftwood Tour is a love letter to musicians and music lovers across the globe. “Despite the train wreck that is Wood, he has this charm that you can’t help but be drawn to. Chaotically intoxicating, I could not look away and was completely mesmerized.” -Christi Flores, Library Thing Search for "Art of JP Lane" on YouTube to hear the accompanying music playlist.