Sam Barry

Sam Barry is an author, musician, and publishing professional. He is the author of How to Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons (Gibbs-Smith, 2009). He coauthored Always a Song: Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints—My Story of the Folk Music Revival with Ellen Harper (Chronicle Books, 2021), which includes a foreword by her son, Grammy-Award winning musician Ben Harper; and Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now (Adams Media, 2010) with his late wife, Kathi Kamen Goldmark. Sam is editor of and a contributor to Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All (Coliloquy, 2013), by Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, Roy Blount Jr., Matt Groening, Ted Habte-Gabr, Greg Iles, Stephen King, James McBride, Roger McGuinn, Ridley Pearson, Amy Tan & Scott Turow. Sam is a contributing editor at the literary magazine Zyzzyva, serves on the board of San Francisco’s literary festival, Litquake, and is a member of the literary council of the Bay Area Book Festival. Although he has played harmonica, piano, and sung with the world's most famous mediocre rock band for many years, Sam really is a great musician. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the proud father of Daniel and Laura and stepfather of Tony Goldmark. You can also find Sam on Facebook and Twitter @sambarry. Interview on Jim Foster's Conversations on the Coast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFZQ_gwhnY