Scenes from the
White Club
A NEW NOVEL BY PETER D. GENOVESE
NEW YORK CITY, 1969 → VERA CRUZ, MEXICO
A novel of music, ambition, freedom—and the night that changes everything.
For lovers of music and musicians, a story set at the threshold of the 1970s, when personal freedom felt paramount and anything seemed possible.
1969
It is late 1969. The Hounds, the hottest group in New York City, hold the number five record in the country. They have just returned from a U.S. tour to rave reviews and are back in the city to headline at the Fillmore East.
THE STORY
One jam session changes every life in the room.
But their exceptional guitarist, Hugh Morton, spends his night off at the Half Note Jazz Club in Brooklyn, jamming with legendary bassist Doc Wainwright and his band. When the session goes stratospheric, it begins changing the lives of every musician involved.
FROM BROOKLYN TO VERA CRUZFrom the Half Note to the White Club
THE HALF NOTE
One extraordinary Brooklyn jam session.
THE WHITE CLUB
A new sound takes shape in Vera Cruz.
THE HOUNDS
The number five record in the country.
INSIDE THE NOVEL
A band, a city, and a club unlike any other.
A golden time
of musical and
personal freedom.
Hugh leaves The Hounds for the port city of Vera Cruz, where a new band is forming with Doc and three other well-known musicians at a place called The White Club.
The club has two unique owners and an almost mystical spirit of its own. It is a club like no other. As the musicians create a new style of music, they build a devoted following and complex relationships begin to develop.
The band takes Vera Cruz by storm—but a dangerous situation threatens their future just as they are being propelled toward the top ranks of the music business.
PEOPLE AND PLACES
At the center of the story.
HUGH MORTON
The Hounds’ idolized exceptional guitarist, pulled toward a new and different sound.
CLAUDIA GUITTIEREZ
And the beautiful Mexican artist, married to a wealthy plantation owner, who falls
hopelessly in love with Jared’s creative spirit and style.
DOC WAINWRIGHT
A legendary jazz bassist whose Brooklyn jam session changes everything.
JARED AIRO’
The mysterious club owner and brilliant percussionist who helped create the White Club
Step inside The White Club
THE BOOK
Music, freedom, danger, and the making of a revolutionary band.
Peter D. Genovese · Novelist · Poet · Musician
