It is said that if you remember the 1960's, you weren't there. But they were there, and they would never forget.KEY WEST - June 1990Three months after the events of Band in the Wind, the "Journal of Johnny Cipp" has found its way to Maria Romano and Riet Carver. Its pages tell Johnny's heart-wrenching tale. It is a story of guilt for the mistakes he made, chronicling his descent into a decades long hell of drugs and alcohol. His final journal reveals his thoughts. "They beckon me. The band needs a bass player to give them a backbeat . . . and a friend to share their joy. I will join them, and again we will be complete. We will make music . . . and we will laugh . . . and the band will again be together . . . in the wind . . . forever."Now Maria and Riet have all the answers. . . or do they?Praise for the Band in the Wind Series"Real love for the music and the muses that...

1990 - On a moonlit evening in Key West, Florida, the "Journal of Johnny Cipp" is found on a secluded beach. It has been more than twenty-three years since the author disappeared from his home 1500 miles away. His opening journal entry is cryptic in its message."Unlike the lyrics to the rock classic, 'The Summer of '69,' the Jimmy in my band didn't quit, and my Joey didn't get married. In my life, they died. In fact, except for me, they all died . . . and I have never before told our story." Thus begins the saga of the lone survivor of a series of tragic events decades earlier.1967 - Southeast Queens, New York is in turmoil. Amid the escalating chaos, five young men form a band in hopes of escaping the mounting violence, poverty, and drugs surrounding them. Johnny Cipp, the driving force behind the group, wants to lead them to fame and fortune. Instead, he takes them down a path where one misstep can result in destruction.It is said that if you...