Great Falls, MT : fast times, post-punk weirdos, and a tale of coming home again
(Book - Regular Print)

Growing up as the only biracial kid in Great Falls, Montana, the comedian, musician and band leader takes us through his story, hitting upon the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to Montana--a place he needed to leave, but is ultimately drawn back to.

Watts grew up in Great Falls, Montana in the '80s: half French, half American, half white, half Black, speaking a bunch of different languages and slipping between the orchestra geeks and the football jocks until he finally found a squad of fellow misfits with an affinity for trouble. All this helped him become the uniquely strange creative voice he is today. Here he explores the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to the heart of America, where he was called racial slurs by neighbors but wasn't Black enough for his father's extended family. Drawn back to his hometown after the deaths of his parents, he has drafted a love letter to the town that made him. Like love itself, it is messy and complicated and dirty and beautiful--- and as weird and wonderful as Watts himself. -- adapted from jacket