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Catching up on the Dave Fisher storyline. Looks like he's in the process of moving to San Francisco (1968). He's found a singer/songwriter with problems and recorded him and producing Sallie Rachel 2nd album. This story seems more interesting than the Cole storyline, maybe because this isn't as filled out yet, more mystery as to what happens with it.

Alex and Cole join The Other Side, a band that beat them at the battle of the bands, meet girlfriends in freshman year of H.S. Cole serious about Madelyn. Alex's sister Susan, who Cole has a crush on gets unhappily married over Christmas in Mexico. 1968 looms ahead.

Cole goes with Alex's family to Mexico for Christmas 66, a lot of mention of food (made me hungry!), gets a guitar, Cole and Alex an assignation with a couple of college girls and Cole feels guilty. Upon return to U.S. Cole and Alex's band have a gig at teenage nightclub, Cole hits on his girlfriends best friend.

Cole and Alex, getting the band together, a little tribulation, bigger conflict between Cole and his father.

The plot lines starting to pick-up and get interesting Dave Fisher discovers band tries to get his bosses at Columbia records to record and let him produce them. Cole sent to work on oil derrick for the summer meets Corrina, who sounds pretty hot.

Got my limited edition 4/27, hand packed by Paige! At least 4 story lines starting up. Starts in 1965, Jeff Cole and Alex Montoya in Dallas, as Jeff discovers Dylan. Hard to see where any one story line going, on page 44 out of 863, a long way to go! The writing seems smooth, effortless, elegant.