I recently read a review for the novel Love and War in California: A Novel by Oakley Hall and thought that the name rang a bell, so I did a little research. Who is Oakley Hall?
Oakley Hall is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, including Warlock, Separations, and the Ambrose Bierce mystery series. Hall is best known for The Downhill Racer, basis for the 1969 Robert Redford film of the same name. Hall was the Director of Programs in Writing at the University of California at Irvine for twenty years. He is also director of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and, in 1998, received a PEN Center USA/West Award for lifetime literary achievement. He lives in San Francisco.
Oakley Hall is an American folk rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. The group was founded in 2002 and is named for Oakley Hall, an American novelist. The group's songs combine elements of rock, bluegrass, and old-time music, prominently featuring the male-female vocal harmonies of lead vocalists Patrick Sullivan and Rachel Cox.
I actually had the privilege of seeing them open for two amazing bands
(Shooter Jennings and the Watson Twins) this past Fall @ Irving Plaza in NYC.
http://www.oakleyhall.net/site/
