Sam Barry

Ellen Harper

Always a Song is a collection of stories from singer and songwriter Ellen Harper—folk matriarch and mother to the Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper. Harper shares vivid memories of growing up in Los Angeles through the 1960s among famous and small-town musicians, raising Ben, and the historic Folk Music Center. This beautifully written memoir includes stories of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The New Lost City Ramblers, Doc Watson, and many more. • Harper takes readers on an intimate journey through the folk music revival. • The book spans a transformational time in music, history, and American culture. • Covers historical events from the love-ins, women's rights protests, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the popularization of the sitar and the ukulele. • Includes full-color photo insert. "Growing up, an endless stream of musicians and artists came from across the country to my family's music store. Bess Lomax Hawes, Joan Baez, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGee—all the singers, organizers, guitar and banjo pickers and players, songwriters, painters, dancers, their husbands, wives, and children—we were all in it together. And we believed singing could change the world."—Ellen Harper Music lovers and history buffs will enjoy this rare invitation into a world of stories and song that inspired folk music today. • A must-read for lovers of music, history, and those nostalgic for the acoustic echo of the original folk music that influenced a generation • Harper's parents opened the legendary Folk Music Center in Claremont, California, as well as the revered folk music venue The Golden Ring. • A perfect book for people who are obsessed with folk music, all things 1960s, learning about musical movements, or California history • Great for those who loved Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns; and Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller.

Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints – My Story of the Folk Music Revival

Always a Song

Dom Next Door is book 2 of the Forbidden Nights Trilogy. Book 3, Dom's Desires is available everywhere now! He left me broken. But now he’s back. The last time I saw Dom, I was moaning his name. I haven’t said it since. Once upon a time, he was my best friend. The star of the high school baseball team, Dom lived next door and made me feel like I was the luckiest teacher’s pet who ever lived. I was quiet, normal, and studious — completely the opposite of the bad boy with a smile that could drop a thousand panties. But for some reason, we clicked. And the sex was on another level. I was sure we’d be together forever. Dom and Michelle, sitting in a tree…you know how that goes. I was wrong, though. He left me without so much as a goodbye. But just when I thought he was gone for good, he comes hurtling back into my life like a ninety-mile-an-hour fastball, bent on wrecking everything. It shouldn’t matter. I plan on never talking to the S.O.B. again. But when I hear the latest news, my heart drops. Dear old Dom is going to be living much closer than I expected.

A Dark Bad Boy Romance

Dom Next Door

Bad Boy Dom is book 1 of the Forbidden Nights Trilogy. Books 2 and 3, Dom Next Door and Dom's Desires are available everywhere now! He left me broken. But now he’s back. The last time I saw Dom, I was moaning his name. I haven’t said it since. Once upon a time, he was my best friend. The star of the high school baseball team, Dom lived next door and made me feel like I was the luckiest teacher’s pet who ever lived. I was quiet, normal, and studious — completely the opposite of the bad boy with a smile that could drop a thousand panties. But for some reason, we clicked. And the sex was on another level. I was sure we’d be together forever. Dom and Michelle, sitting in a tree…you know how that goes. I was wrong, though. He left me without so much as a goodbye. But just when I thought he was gone for good, he comes hurtling back into my life like a ninety-mile-an-hour fastball, bent on wrecking everything. It shouldn’t matter. I plan on never talking to the S.O.B. again. But when I hear the latest news, my heart drops. Dear old Dom is going to be living much closer than I expected.

Ellen Harper

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