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Title: Midnight at the Oasis
Author: Mark Huffman
Narrator: Mark Huffman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-17
Publisher: 26th Street Media
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Love affairs from long ago are often quickly forgotten, dead, and buried. We all move on with our lives, after all.
But one day a shocking bit of news brought memories of one long-forgotten affair flooding to the surface, and those memories were as fresh and alive as though they happened yesterday. But they didn't. They happened more than 40 years ago.
It was 1974. A president faced impeachment, gas had surged to 60 cents a gallon, and women were burning their bras.
Chris Pugley and Travis Buckner were young disk jockeys who moved from small market to small market in the first two years of their careers, then suddenly had a chance to go to New Orleans to help KSLM, a stodgy old radio station, launch a rock music format. That's when their lives changed in a whirlwind.
Sandi Kelso was a sexy and streetwise twenty-four-year-old New Yorker who moved to New Orleans on a whim and wound up at KSLM, doing mind-numbing office work. But events presented her with new opportunities to advance both her career and her love life.
Maria Muldaur's sexy hit song that dominated the charts in 1974 provides part of the musical soundtrack to this Baby Boomer "coming of age" tale, as Chris, Travis, and Sandi find excitement, romance, and themselves in New Orleans. Their year in the Crescent City brought them closer together and changed the course of their lives in the process.
If you're a Baby Boomer and can still remember being young, this book may make you smile. If you're Gen X or a Millennial, you might be shocked to learn what your parents were up to when they were your age. Midnight at the Oasis perfectly captures New Orleans in the polyester era, much the way Mad Men nailed the '60s.
Members Reviews:
a relaxing and pleasant read
I chose five stars since I enjoyed the book as much as I have any of John Grisham's books. The places Mark mention are real parts of New Orleans. You can see yourself following those footsteps.
It's only rock and roll, but I LOVED it!
Having jocked from the mid-60s into the 70's (I think), I can vouch for the feel of the times that Huffman has evoked. A fun read, to say the least.
Some moments are hotter and steamier than cafe au lait!
Being a child of the Sixties and Seventies -- and still fond of those times, if not a little surprised how I got through 'em (!) -- this is a fabulous throwback.
If you're a Baby Boomer, you'll visualize everything that goes on in this book, from the music to culture to politics. And, if you've still got a romantic heartbeat or two left, there are a few seductive moments in here that are as hot and steamy as New Orleans can be.
This is a fascinating romp -- crisp, colorful, and a reminder of just how free we all used to be.
The Way We Were
It's hard to say whether this is a romance, a coming-of-age novel or a memoir of the way radio used to be but whatever genre you want to put it in, it's a great read. Local radio used to be a rather madcap collection of nomadic creative types thrown together in a constantly changing stew. Friendships, romances and assorted lash-ups were intense but often short-lived. This book will make you nostalgic for rock 'n roll radio, New Orleans and young love, not necessarily in that order. Highly recommend it.
A baby boomer must!
I think most baby boomers have a coming of age story or two, maybe just not as wild and crazy as this one.
