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Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock's Greatest Robbery

Jason Burhmester
Three Rivers Press, April 2009
ISBN: 978-0307451811

The last thing nineteen-year-old Patrick Sullivan needed was a new scam. Just months earlier, he had left a trail of broken friendships and new enemies in Baltimore for a fresh start in New York City after a bothched robbery attempt landed one of his best friends in jail. But when he spies a briefcase full of cash backstage at a Led Zeppelin concert, Patrick makes plans for one last crazy mission - one he hopes will redeem him in the eyes of everyone he left behind.

To pull it off, Patrick will have to return to his hometown to round up his crew: Alex, the one who did time for Patrick's last crime; Frenchy, the neurotic musician who still lives with mom; and dim-witted but endearing Keith, the greasy-haired loner who excels at installing car stereos and then uninstalling them, all in the same day.

When the unlikely team's plan goes horribly wrong, the boys find themselves mixed up with Backwoods Billy, the psychotic leader of the Holy Ghosts Christian motorcycle gang. They need some help, and they find it in some unlikely places: by crossing paths and making deals with a pill-popping DA, a safe-cracking funk band called the New York Giants, and the Maryland chapter of the Misty Mountain Led Zeppelin Fan Club. Sporting a rare 1958 Les Paul guitar and a complicated plan that could either go wonderfully right or horribly wrong, the guys - fueled by beer and egos - make a desperate attempt at robbing the world's coolest rock band - to hilarious result.

Black Dogs brings to life one of the infamously unsolved rock 'n' roll mysteries and introduces us to a lovable bunch of knuckleheads who may have just pulled off the greatest heist in rock 'n' roll history.

Author Bio

Former editor at Playboy and current editor of Inked, Jason Buhrmeister has been published in Maxim, Spin, Wired, the Village Voice, and other publications. Currently working on his second novel, he also hopes to one day scout quarterbacks for the Chicago Bears. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.