iOut of the Blue Life on the Road with Muddy Watersi begins with a moment lifted from a young musician's dreams. Brian Bisesi, a guitarist barely out of his teens, is invited on stage to fill in for a missing member of the band backing blues legend Muddy Waters. This life-changing quirk of fate opens the door into a world of challenges and opportunities that Bisesi, an Italian American reared in the comforts of a New York City suburb, can barely imagine. Despite their differences, Bisesi and Waters hit it off, and what might have been a one-night stand turns into a career. From 1978-1980, Bisesi works for Waters as his road manager, bean-counter, and at times his confidant, while often sitting in with the band. p Bisesi's years with the band take him to Europe, Japan, Canada, and across the United States as Waters tours--and parties--with rock gods like Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, a Beatle, and the gamut of musicians who came of age with Waters and introduced a younger generation