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Always a song : singers, songwriters, sinners, and saints : my story of the folk music revival  Cover Image Book Book

Always a song : singers, songwriters, sinners, and saints : my story of the folk music revival / Ellen Harper with Sam Barry ; foreword by Ben Harper.

Harper, Ellen, (author.). Barry, Sam, (author.). Harper, Ben, 1969- (writer of foreword.). Chronicle Prism, (publisher.).

Summary:

"Folk matriarch and mother to Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper, singer and songwriter Ellen Harper crafts a vivid image of the early beginnings of folk music in California, coming of age in Los Angeles during the 60's and the historic Folk Music Center"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781452184241
  • ISBN: 1452184240
  • ISBN: 9781797201603
  • ISBN: 1797201603
  • Physical Description: xiii, 242 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
  • Edition: [1st.].
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Prism, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
16 unnumbered pages of plates.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Peace through music -- The blacklist -- Sweet home California -- The house on Seventh Street -- East meets West -- Revelations -- Gravy, grapefruit, and the big green chair -- Freight train, freight train -- The cat's pajamas -- Tuned in, dropped out -- Looking for Jimi -- Demon rum -- Single mom -- I walk into the rising sun -- City of dreams.
Subject: Harper, Ellen.
Folk singers > United States > Biography.
Folk Music Center (Claremont, Calif.)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Monroe County Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Clymer Library System.

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Clymer Library B HARPER (Text) 32596000465418 Adult Biography Available -

Summary: "Folk matriarch and mother to Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper, singer and songwriter Ellen Harper crafts a vivid image of the early beginnings of folk music in California, coming of age in Los Angeles during the 60's and the historic Folk Music Center"--

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