"I grew up in Vulture's Roost, South Dakota . " That's how my story begins, and it's a crazy one. A reclusive young man takes to becoming a pilgrim searching for sincerity in life and music and winds up on a free-wheeling stoner ranch in Arizona where the pace moves to a classic rock beat and experiences groove to the happily bizarre. Until a chilling encounter sends him running. Years later, he returns to his search and discovers modern Outlaw country music and the renegades rebelling against the Nashville sound. His entry into the world of these artists takes a horrific turn--a plunge into the darkest corners of human nature--and ends in the barroom murder of a talented Alabama musician, Wayne Mills. A tale of good and evil, of creative souls and vengeful demons, highlighted by paintings, literature and songs to propel an adventurous ride along the back roads of American culture.