Table of Contents
1 Into The Abyss 1
2 Little Drummer Boy 7
3 Made In Fleetwood 17
4 Buster Boe Comes To Town 27
5 Finding My Voice 37
6 Backstage In Blackpool 47
7 Hard Graft And Heartache 57
8 Getting The Buzz 65
9 Off To The Opera 73
10 Learning The Rules, Breaking The Rules 79
11 The West London Karaoke Mafia 87
12 Climbing Out Of The Hole 97
13 Space Opera 105
14 Dad 111
15 On The Road 123
16 Back To The Drawing Board 137
17 Rocky Road To Broadway 145
18 Pinching Myself 155
19 Falling In Love In San Francisco 163
20 Singing On Broadway, Sleeping On Lilos 171
21 Discovering America With The Jazz Cats 181
22 Breaking In 189
23 Requiem For A Squeezebox 201
24 Boy Needs A Song 211
25 Golden Lights On Dark Days 221
26 French Convicts, American Cowboys 229
27 Valjean To The Rescue 237
28 Ruffling Feathers 249
29 My Little World 257
Acknowledgements 265
Index 269
