One of four younger brothers of a world-renowned jazz pianist, Grant Jarrett begins his peculiar journey of discovery at the age of seventeen, leaving his home in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains to travel with a laughably bad, self-contained show band. As he travels back and forth across the continent with a series of mostly unremarkable bands, he encounters a world wherein talent is far less essential than a charming smile and the willingness to wear a ruffled polyester shirt, a world wherein getting laid is far more enjoyable, and a hell of a lot easier, than learning to play his instrument or sustaining a meaningful relationship. Beautiful young women and angry husbands litter his voyage; there are violent assaults and hilarious confrontations, and through it all, as he searches desperately for something or someone to believe in, he shares his intensely cynical view of himself and the world around him. Though more humorous than many memoirs, More Towels is a serious and often touching coming-of-age story, a story of growth and acceptance and all the battles along the way.
