and guitarist Tom Kusian he started 17th Street Records with two releases in November 2009 distributed by City Hall Records: Positively 17th Street by the 17th Street Band and El Regalo, the Gift by Francisco Gonzalez. Brooks and his wife Bonnie moved to Israel on August 4, 2009, living in Jerusalem writing his memoir "View From The Bottom" , and teaching, performing and recording in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. He was featured in a cover story at Bass Musician magazine, March 2011. Brooks finished his memoir in 2020 and six months later in 2021 released his first solo album of original vocal and instrumental music entitled, Harvey Brooks "Elegant Geezer,Jerusalem Sessions", featuring Oren Fried, Yehuda Ashash, Steve Peskoff, Ioram Linker, Jamie Saft, Daniel Neiman, Ehud Banai and Danny Sanderson. References Notes Bibliography Harvey Brooks Biography 2020 View From The Bottom Harvey Brooks Children's book written by Bonnie Brooks 2020 Gramps Has A Ponytail American jazz bass guitarists American rock bass guitarists American session musicians Jefferson Starship members Jewish American musicians Musicians from Queens, New York 1944 births Living people Jewish jazz musicians The Electric Flag members American rhythm and blues bass guitarists American expatriates in Israel Guitarists from New York City American male bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists Jazz musicians from New York (state) 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians 21st-century American Jews