Dragonfly Summers, A Dream Before Tomorrow
Coming June 22nd, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – June 12, 2022 – Musician, author, Maurice Johnson speaks of childhood growing up in a small Oklahoma town throughout the 1960s and 70s in an autobiographical journey. “Dragonfly Summers, A Dream Before Tomorrow.”
Dragonfly Summers, A Dream Before Tomorrow is a historical narrative of childhood summers that spans from Milwaukee Wisconsin’s West Vliet Street, to the red clay dirt roads of El Reno Oklahoma. Maurice Johnson chronicles stories of ancestry, kinship and coming of age, documenting the transformative years and unanswered questions of youth, growing up as young Timmy Johnson, throughout the 1960s and 70s. Both dramatic and heartwarming, the summer of 1964 was a pivotal point that changed life forever.
Life changed in an instant
“Having arrived to El Reno, Oklahoma in 1964 at age five, the experience growing up was my own, viewed solely from my childhood lens. As a young boy, I took comfort in the familiar surroundings that so long defined my part of the world, there, on the street where we lived among friends neighbors and community.”
About Maurice Johnson
Maurice Johnson is known to many as a jazz guitarist, performing artist, and author. of several books and software music as a business, as well as success and motivation and business management software. with publishers Mel Bay, Mix Books, Artist Pro Press and Thomson Course Technology.
Early music related works include, The New Working Musician’s One Year Organizer; Build and Manage Your Music Career and Gigorama. Maurice also developed Gigorama business management software for musicians.
He has also been published in Realtor Magazine with an article titled, Let the Music Play, highlighting the use of live music in luxury home open house markets.
