Smokin' & Cryin‪'‬

August 27, 1972. Robin Chelsea, teenage lead singer of Smoky Topaz, disappears into the Atlantic Ocean mere weeks before the group's double album, Smokin' & Cryin', is released. Recorded over one blistering Savannah summer in the dungeon of an antebellum mansion, it's threaded with candid snippets of the band members' dirty secrets, bitter arguments, and deepest fears.In the wake of Robin's disappearance, Smokin' & Cryin' flies off store shelves and dominates radio airwaves to become the obsession of a generation of music lovers. But what really happened to Robin Chelsea? More than four decades later, the discovery of Robin's candid writings-juxtaposed with news clippings, legal documents, reviews, letters, personal notes, and interviews-make it possible to finally piece together the tangled truth behind this mysterious rock and roll legend.