By Bill See

Paperback: 276 pages
Published: April 2011
Ebook ISBN: 9781935841494

Paperback ISBN: 9780557758814

For 33 days in the summer of 1987, Divine Weeks toured in a beat up old Ford Econoline Van, sleeping on strangers' floors, never sure they'd make enough gas money to get them to the next town. This deeply personal, coming of age, on the road memoir follows critically acclaimed 80s indie alt rock band Divine Weeks' first tour. Liberated from alcoholic upbringings and rigid cultural constraints, all they have is their music and each other's friendship. The road is filled with yuppies, brothels, riots, sleeping on floors, spiked drinks, DJs with no pants, and battles with racism. They set out on the road to discovery to drink in all they could and maybe sell a few records. They grew up instead.
 

About The Author

Bill See was the lead singer for critically acclaimed Los Angeles band Divine Weeks for the duration of the band's lifespan from 1984-1992. Divine Weeks was signed to the Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn's Down There label in 1987 and released their debut Through & Through that May before embarking on their first national tour that summer. The journals Bill kept on tour are the source of the majority of 33 Days. Divine Weeks released one more full length album on First Warning Records called Never Get Used To It released in September 1991.Bill has released five solo records. "I've always maintained that I'm no author," he says. "I'm just a guy in a band who was blessed with one of the most extraordinary and eye opening journeys a band at our level can have. I've just been trying the last 12 years to weave all these remarkable experiences into the most compelling book possible. Hopefully I've succeeded." 33 Days is Bill's first book. Bill lives with his daughter Maeve, girlfriend Cindy and her two children Emma and Alex in Los Angeles, California.