When a small-town musician from North Carolina decides to try his luck on the biggest stage of all—New York City—he hits the jackpot. Mere months into his NYC gambit, Jeffrey Lee Campbell is catapulted, literally overnight, from selling candy in Broadway theaters to playing guitar with rock legend Sting. Do Stand So Close is a layered, coming-of-age memoir based on Jeffrey Lee Campbell’s yearlong stint as guitarist on Sting’s Nothing Like the Sun World Tour. Written in a breezy, journal-esque format, this seductive page-turner recounts Jeffrey’s twenty-five-country, six-continent trial by fire—and it’s humbling aftermath. Through it all, Jeffrey’s insider’s perspective provides the reader with both humorous anecdotes and poignant revelations.