Updated copy and new working title: LOOK BACK IN LOVE, Memoir of A Naked Car Thief. Drop by for a look, and if you’re not already, join the mailing list. Announcement of excerpt being published by Inlandia Literary Journal, and new first chapter rewrite coming later this week. Once again, thanks for all the support. http://ANakedCarThief.com.

THE LIFE-CYCLE OF A PUBLISHED BOOK. From a a New Yorker Magazine cover. It’s nice to know that at the end, it at least kept somebody warm for a while.

MY LAS VEGAS SHERIFF’S CARD SIGNED BY SHERIFF RALPH LAMB. To work in the gaming business in Las Vegas, you had to get a permit, called a Sheriff’s card. We got our first ones in 1966 when we played the Pussycat A’ Go Go. I sitll have this one signed by Sheriff Ralph Lamb, now portrayed on VEGAS by Dennis Quaid, from 1969 when we became the house band at the Flamingo Hotel’s Skyroom.

Thank you for the Like, Mary. Nice to have you along for the ride. And congrats on winning that singing contest!

The first ten pages are what an agent will request if they show interest in a manuscript. Here’s a link to mine. Also, Part One of the book is off to first readers, a preview of Part Two, and Sheriff Ralph Lamb who was the Law when we played in the night clubs and casinos, portrayed by Dennis Quaid on the the CBS series, “Vegas”. Newsletter to mailing list. Please join if you’d like to get updates. Thanks.

SHERIFF RALPH LAMB was the Law in Las Vegas during the years Stark Naked and the Car Thieves played in Las Vegas (1966 to 1971). Starting in a few days on CBS is a show called “Vegas”, Dennis Quaid will portray Sheriff Ralph. Like everyone who played in Vegas, we had our Sheriff’s work card signed by him. I’m hoping the series will get it right, especially when they get to the mid-sixties when we began at Caesars Palace and the Pussycat before long stays at the Flamingo Hotel and the interesting months at the Hilton International, sharing the 30th floor with Elvis. Though we had several adventures with Sheriff Lamb’s younger brother, Larry, I never had the pleasure of meeting him personally. Here’s a recent article from the LA Times about ‘rough ‘n ready’ Sheriff Ralph.

Hi Brian, thanks for the Like. I have Part One, the first 12 chapters out to first readers. The journey continues. I’ll have some excerpts available very soon from the mailing list, you can sign up here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Life-as-A-Naked-Car-Thief-by-Larry-J-Dunlap/195240843890069?sk=app_100265896690345

THE PUSSYCAT A ‘GO GO AND REQUEL WELCH – 1969
Thanks to evan marshall, who found this, we’re looking up this movie because the Las Vegas nightclub scenes were supposedly shot in the Pussycat A ‘Go Go. It would be great to see the place if it was. Anyone out there ever been to the Pussycat in Las Vegas before it closed in 1972? Love to have some comments, and better yet, photos.

Part One – The first twelve chapters of LOOK BACK IN LOVE – My Life as A Naked Car Thief, have been revised and sent out to first readers. I’m now revising the next section. Many thanks to the people who’ve given of their time to help me with this process.

New Bio
Larry Dunlap was born in Brooklyn New York, raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up the hard way in California. He worked for many years in the music, film and video industry including founding the first cable television network to use digital broadcasting. He has developed online games, and been a technical writer for Fortune 100 companies. He writes fiction and non-fiction from his home in Southern California where he lives with his wife, Laurie and Chili Dog.