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NIGHT PEOPLE, Book 1 - Things We Lost in the Night: A Memoir of Love and Music in the 60s with Stark Naked and the Car Thieves (Volume 1)

by Larry J Dunlap

Published: 2015-06-10
Paperback : 460 pages

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IMAGINE YOU LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA in the early 60s and you love singing with your buddies just for fun until you are suddenly dropped into thechaotic, exhilarating San Francisco music scene just before the summer of 1965. You can stay if you can find a way to turn your singing group into a rock and roll band in less than a week! And if you're willing to sacrifice and leave everything else you love behind!

NIGHT PEOPLE, the first book of Things We Lost in the Night, A memoir of Love and Music in the 60s with Stark Naked and the Car Thieves, an intimate literary memoir, follows the first three, of six, years in the life of a young singer and three vocalist friends as they strive for success in a coming-of-age music and romance-filled journey in mid-60s California and Las Vegas. As Larry and his friends survive their first challenge they begin to rise toward unexpected highs and plunge into spirit-breaking lows that will make them the model for Three Dog Night, take them to dangerous mob-run nightclubs, Las Vegas showrooms and back rooms, and famous Hollywood nightclubs. Ahead for them are celebrity managers, famous recording studios, and passionate romance. Everything Larry thought he knew about life will be challenged, as he tries to adapt to a new way of life, a new companion and lover, and the things he finds, and loses, in the tumultuous nights he now inhabits.

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All sixties era food and drinks served! Decorate with old album covers!

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Sixties costume party would be fantastic!

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"Night People"by Vicki D. (see profile) 09/25/15

I highly recommend this book. It is so rich in musical history, life experiences, love, loss, and the up and down journey of pursuing your dreams. It is a memoir that moved me deeply, and ha... (read more)

"Night People"by Dorene J. (see profile) 09/25/15

I have always enjoyed reading memoirs and this book is no exception. It is not only well written but rich in musical and sixties era history. Being a fellow Hoosier was a delightful bonus fo... (read more)

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