Hard Times And Empty Pockets: A Rock And Roll Diary

by William Matthew McCarter

Hitting the road and playing music was a dream that Billy McCauley had since he became a teenager. More than that, he wanted to leave the Mina Sauk Valley and be somebody. Billy discovers a way for attaining the dreams when he creates the band Empty Pockets. As he soon discovers, getting out isn't as easy as he thinks, and the band continues to play local joints, including Hard Times. In a raunchy and rowdy tour of the underbelly of the Mina Sauk Valley, Billy wonders if local fame, and the ample supply of booze, drugs and women, can satisfy him or if life is meant to be hard times and empty pockets.

267 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 2006

About the author

William Matthew McCarter is a Pushcart nominee whose writing has been in numerous publications. McCarter’s youth in rural Southeast Missouri has informed both his creative and nonfiction writing. He lives in his childhood hometown in the Arcadia Valley with his wife, Melissa Miles McCarter, and son. He is currently a professor of Literature at Southwestern Illinois College. His recent novel, “Cornbread Voodoo” is a coming of age novel set in a small rural town. He is also the editor of Trash Told Tales: An Anthology of White Trash Literature.“ For more information: Http://Amazon.com/Author/McCarter