GREG ANTON AND PETER COYOTE

SEBASTOPOL --

Copperfield’s Books is thrilled to welcome Greg Anton and Peter Coyote to Sebastopol for a musical celebration featuring Greg's riveting new book - .

Take a hazy trip to the 1970's with Greg and Peter - where rock and roll reigns supreme!

This event will include a reading, memorable conversation and harmonious tunes. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow the discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration required for seating.

It's About Time is a story of love, jealousy, and the spiritual power of music.

Woody Harper, a talented but troubled singer-songwriter, thought his life was finally on track after writing his first hit song. But the pressure mounts along with his fame. Woody, now living with his wife Stephanie and their baby daughter, struggles to write and record new music, tour with a dysfunctional band, and keep his cocaine habit under control.

When Woody loses his daughter in a reckless moment, his life spirals out of control. Meanwhile, Ray Bell, the singer who once stole his song, sues for co-writing credit, igniting a bitter courtroom battle. As their personal and professional lives collide, both men are forced to confront their pasts-and each other--in an explosive finale.

"Greg exposes the insularity of the pop-music business with stunning veracity. It's an insider's look at its highs, lows, and a whiff of the steaming guts, delivered with style and verve. . .not incidentally featuring an unforgettable leading lady. Good sh*t!" -Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead lyricist

"At the heart of Greg Anton's gripping novel of music, law and love, It's About Time is a song, a song you never have to hear to witness its effect on the lives of the people who sang it, wrote it and inspired it. Jealousy, backstabbing, lawsuits, dreams and deceits, plus a cameo from Marlon Brando - this is the music business, babe, real, gritty and heartful. Just like a song." --Joel Selvin, author, San Francisco Chronicle and Rolling Stone award-winning music critic

Author: Greg Anton is best known as the founder of the band Zero with guitarist Steve Kimock. Anton is also a practicing attorney and has been a champion of medical marijuana rights. In 2015, he achieved a landmark Federal Court decision which allowed medical marijuana to be distributed in California free of Federal interference. Anton has also published over fifty original songs, many co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter as well as composing music for film, television, and theater. He has performed on forty-five-plus albums and performed live with John Cipollina, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and many others. It’s About Time is his second novel and a continuation of his first novel Face the Music.

Peter Coyote is an award-winning actor, author, director, screenwriter, and narrator who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers. Recognized for his narration work, he narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century, winning an Emmy award, as well as eight Ken Burns documentaries, including The Roosevelts, for which he won a second Emmy. In 2011 he was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest and in 2015 received “transmission” from his teacher, making him an independent Zen teacher. The author of several books, he lives in northern California.

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