Publisher's Synopsis
From the early 1960s to the late 1990s Doug Carter lived the Blues, starting in one of Canada's first and finest Blues bands, The Chessmen featuring Richard "King Biscuit Boy" Newell.
Together they played the local clubs and high schools in Hamilton "The Hammer" Ontario, undertook an eye-popping, coming-of-age tour through northern Europe and eventually toured cross country and into the US supporting various recordings of their own and classic Blues.
This is Carter's recollection of those heady times, from the impassioned adolescent encountering the Blues for the first time, to the avid collector of the music still shaping the culture of North America and the world.
