Table of Contents

Introduction: "What's a guy like me doing in a place like this?" xv

1 How about a Gig at San Quentin State Prison? 1

2 The Land of Lunatics: H-Unit 41

3 The Band Performs in Prison 87

4 Back in North Block 97

5 H-Unit One More Time: Never Say Never 121

6 Billy the Drummer 129

7 Double Duty: Teaching Music at the Ranch and H-Unit 137

8 Back in North Block, Again 157

9 Crazy Times at the Q 163

10 Another Christmas in San Quentin 173

11 Time to Leave 177

12 Looking Back: What I Have Learned and what I want to Tell You 185

Behind the Walls of San Quentin State Prison 191