Table of Contents
Foreword Darius Rucker xi
Prologue xiii
1 Naperville via Everywhere 1
2 Kick Ball, Kick Drum 6
3 An Ounce 12
4 The Beautiful (College) Game 17
5 Bachelors of Art 24
6 Fire 29
7 From Tootie to Hootie 35
8 On the Road 46
9 Carolyn 53
10 Kootchypop 59
11 Earthquakes 63
12 Earnie Stewart, Bill Clinton, Dave Letterman 77
13 Big Head 82
14 Back Here on the Riser 92
15 Neil, John, and Willie 97
16 Ol'Blue Eyes 101
17 Fairweather "Friends," and Friends 106
18 Can't Stay Put 116
19 The Ass of Alexi Lalas 119
20 Cameron Shay 128
21 All Those Missed Calls 135
22 The Truckee Bench 138
23 Was Not Was 144
24 Back to Naperville 152
25 Mason James and Mom 163
26 Lean on Me 168
27 Tiger's Wedding 178
28 Taking Stock 186
29 The Duffle Bag 196
30 I Can Only Imagine 203
31 Laura 210
32 Kneeling in the Sand 215
33 From Lost to Found 222
34 California Dreamin' 234
35 Getting the Band Back Together 237
36 On the Road Again 243
Acknowledgments 260
Index 265
About the Author 269