Chapter Two The Return to Toad’s Place — and a Second Chance at Love
Toad’s Place had always been sacred ground for me.
It was one of the first venues I ever dreamed of playing — a legendary stage in New Haven that had hosted everyone from Bowie to The Rolling Stones. The kind of place where a young musician could feel like something bigger than himself, even just for a night.
And now, after everything — the failed marriage, the breakdowns, the morass of self-destruction, the fog of addiction — I was back.
Toad’s Place had always been sacred ground for me.
It was one of the first venues I ever dreamed of playing — a legendary stage in New Haven that had hosted everyone from Bowie to The Rolling Stones. The kind of place where a young musician could feel like something bigger than himself, even just for a night.
And now, after everything — the failed marriage, the breakdowns, the morass of self-destruction, the fog of addiction — I was back.
