Resurrection Blues by Mike Tanner

This young adult novel was just what the cover promised--a gritty, realistic look at a Canadian teenager in a band. Flynn is a guitar player, and a darn good one. He drops out of school to tour with the Sawyers, a local band that is trying to make it big. He's the youngest in the band and has to face a lot of problems while on tour. The other guys in the band are typical bad band members--selfish, drug and alcohol addicted, and lacking in morals. Flynn gets caught up in the whirlwind and ends up losing his high school girlfriend AND a woman he wanted. Flynn isn't sure he wants to grow up, and idolizes his Uncle Ray who drops in occasionally and teaches Flynn some basic guitar moves. But Uncle Ray isn't what Flynn thought. And neither is his girlfriend. And neither are the other band members. This is quite the coming of age story.