Scenes from the White Club

It’s late 1969. The Hounds, the hottest group in New York City hold the number five record in the country. They’ve just returned from a US Tour to rave reviews and are back in the City to headline at the Fillmore East. But why then is Hugh Morton, their extraordinary guitar player, spending his off night at The Half Note Jazz Club in Brooklyn, jamming with the legendary bassist Doc Wainwright and his band? When that jam session goes stratospheric, it begins changing the lives of all the musicians involved.Hugh leaves The Hounds, drawn to the port city of Vera Cruz, Mexico where a new band is forming with Doc and three other well-known musicians, at a place called The White Club. A club is like no other, with two unique club owners, and an almost mystical spirit of its own.Scenes from The White Club leads readers back to a golden time of musical and personal freedom. The story tells about the life that unfolds at The White Club, how Hugh Morton and the members of the band create a new style of music. They build a devoted following, and complex relationships develop, as the band takes Vera Cruz by storm, until a lethal situation threatens everyone’s future. Yet through it all a revolutionary band develops that is propelled towards the top rungs of the music business.