“Once he met her, it was and always would be Lyla.”
They were the gentlemen bad boys of rock. Forming in a garage in a small town in Indiana. Taking their licks on the road. Going balls to the wall until they made their big break. And then Preacher McCade and the Roadmasters redefined rock and roll. Guided by their tortured lead singer and songwriter, the Roadmasters changed the face of music in the 80s and 90s. And on their journey to becoming one of the most enduring bands in history—dogged by rumors and myth and fueled by drugs and booze—the Roadmasters had one touchstone. Lyla. Preacher’s muse, the love of his life, and the band’s moral compass, from the beginning, Lyla is along for the ride. But with fame and acclaim in their grasp, they’ve entered the fast lane. And they didn’t know it, but they were headed for a crash.
Preacher McCade met Lyla when she was only seventeen and he knew. He knew that she was the one. Waiting for her should have been simple but when you’re trying to make it in the music business – not all that glitters is gold.
Lyla always knew exactly who Preacher really was. It didn’t matter how famous the band got or what the press splashed across the front page. She knew the truth. All she ever wanted was the band’s success and Preacher’s love. She ended up with more than her share of sex, drugs and rock and roll. It was true love caught in the middle of a hurricane called fame. And no one will ever be the same. “But man, I gotta tell you, when Preach got a serious dose of Lyla, he had no idea what hit him.
With Fast Lane, Kristen gives us the good, the bad and the ugly side of stardom as lived by the members of Preacher McCade and the Roadmasters. She chronicles the meteoric rise and heartbreaking end of the band in journalistic fashion that’s brand new to Kristen’s books.
She lets each of the members tell their tale but it’s the chemistry between Lyla and Preacher that made this story so memorable. It was the one thing that held everyone together and now it will live on in the pages of this groundbreaking book… “The thing is, we’d entered the fast lane. An Excerpt From Fast Lane ~Jesse: Get The Book!
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