Welcome!

This is the new "official" site of the people, events, and concepts as shown in the book The Buddy Wayne Chronicles by Desmond Hobson. It is, as mentioned above, their continuing story.

For more information or to order the book, visit the Amazon.com page.

There is also buddywaynebarefoot.com, which is the original publicity site for the book. It also contains additional content on selected characters, and a supplemental blog maintained by the author, called "The Reality Check Blog." That blog is not affiliated with Blogger.


If you are not familiar with the book, here's the story:
Buddy Wayne Barefoot is a typical Southern country boy who loved NASCAR racing and country music, among other things. In an unprecedented career, he wins both the NASCAR championship and a number of music awards. But his life becomes burdened and he looks for an escape.

One night, after a TV show he hosts, called My Ideal World, he boards a charter plane. It is involved in a bizarre accident and Buddy lands amidst the clouds in a section of Heaven called Idealia. (In fact, this was to be idealia.blogspot.com, but that was already taken.) There he discovers a strange land of rural living and pre-modern technology. However, Buddy realizes that this is where he wanted to be all along! The reasons are, among other things, the relaxed pace and timeless family values.

The rest of the book includes a visit with his best friend, Bubba Ray Lumpkin, a romance with a bluegrass singer curiously named Brittany Spears, cousin Bunky and his plans to remake Idealia with the help of a real-estate mogul; and one final auto race in which all his dreams may well come true.