The scene: a hotel room in St. Louis the night before Thanksgiving. Dash Rip Rock's new, fresh-faced young drummer, Kyle Melancon, is kicking back on a rare night off. He still hadn't quite gotten over his good fortune. Just a few weeks ago, he was managing a record store in a shopping mall in New Orleans East. Then, out of the blue he was invited to join Dash Rip Rock, a band he had rocked to for years. Now, for the first time in his life, he was living his dream existence: on the road with ...