Jemima James tells her own story best: “I grew up in Colorado and went to the Boston Museum School to study illustration. I joined a band, dropped out of art school and moved to N.Y.C. in the early 70’s with my partner, Michael Mason. He and I became staff songwriters for Famous Music, the music publishing arm of Paramount. I’ve been on and off writing, playing, and recording ever since, and now I’m 65. I’ve been a prep cook, preschool teacher, maid, caterer, counter girl, and have taken care of old people, which I still do. I had the privilege of recording with the great guitarist Michael Bloomfield who liked my songs. The composer-pianist-producer Jack Nitzsche planned to start a record label and produce a group of artists me included, but he couldn’t see eye to eye with the music business establishment. I recorded an album at beautiful Long View Farm - a residential recording studio in western MA - where I lived and paid my way for three years cleaning, cooking, mucking, milking. I enjoyed serving the J. Geils Band, Tim Curry, Arlo Guthrie, Pat Matheny, John Belushi, Paul Winter, the Rolling Stones, Bill Graham, others. In the mid 80’s Michael Mason and I joined forces again and had two boys, Willy and Sam Mason. We raised them on Martha’s Vineyard. Both have grown to become highly accomplished artists, musicians, writers, delightful humans. In the fall of 2016, Team Love Records will release two of my records in a double album, the 1979 Long View record, and one I recorded in October 2015 at Old Soul Studio in Catskill, NY with my band, also known as Good Night Louise. William James, the philosopher, was my great grandfather. His brother was Henry James, the novelist.”