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This story begins with a teenager in London who loved Pop, Soul and Rock & Roll. The photo career began with someone outside the theatre ( Tooting Granada, south of London ) in 1962 where I had been to see Little Richard and Sam Cooke (I don't remember seeing Sam Cooke - one of my favourite artists), asking for a copy of photos I had snapped there.This is the original photo that started it all.
Soon after that (1963)came the BEATLES.....
My Beatles autograph page says this
photo was April 17th, 1963, but all the lists put it as the 18th, at
the Royal Albert Hall in London, at a BBC "Swinging Sound 63:
TV show though I've always thought it was POP PROMS.
I was lucky to start at the beginning of the most exciting and interesting era in pop music, especially in the UK, where on one side we had Beatles, Stones, Walker Brothers and all the other pop bands of the time, we had Jimi Hendix, Cream and other heavier bands and we had had something the UK has always loved, and still does, soul music. We got to see Otis and James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner, and Motown.
Before we go to the next years I have to pay tribute to England's
three biggest pop idols when I grew up. Adam Faith , made a lot of
terrific pop records, later managing Leo Sayer and becoming an actor,
Billy Fury .. find his greatest hits and see how good his rock
ballads were, and of course (Sir)
Cliff Richard. The most successful pop
star ever, at least130 + hits, 64 top 20 and 14 #1's, and still doing
it.
.
.Beatles
.. Dave
Clark 5 .. Kinks..
billy fury ..PJ
Proby is one of the great voices, and
showmen of pop, really gained mass fame in the UK when he split the
knees of his trousers on stage! ..Roy
Orbison.. Ronettes
1965 [back to top]
..Righteous
Brothers 
-
"probably best single of all time"
..Beatles
while at a Top Of The Pops taping
..
... Tom
Jones 
... Hollies
... Walker
Brothers..
..Donovan ... Yardbirds ... Who ... Doris Troy
..Byrds..
in Londons Hyde Park at time of Mr Tambourine Man
1966 [back to top]
..Cliff Richard..
Spencer
Davis Group ..Beach
Boys ..Small
Faces 
.. Troggs
.. Manfred Mann James
Brown. 
"Live
at the Apollo" still considered one of the most exciting live albums
ever........... Jimi
Hendrix .. 
.. 
LEN BARRY
Then Soul Music really arrived.
Suddenly we had an an invasion of one of the greatest music styles,
which has remained hugely popular in the UK ever since.
.. Ike
& Tina Turner .. ..
Stevie
Wonder .. .. Wilson
Pickett .. .. Otis
Redding .. .. Percy
Sledge .. .. Lee
Dorsey .. .. Four
Tops ..
The BEATLES were on Top Of The Pops again
1967 [back to top]
..Monkees..BEATLES
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
..Engelbert
Humperdinck .. The
Tremeloes ..Procol Harum ..scott
mckenzie .. Bee
Gees ..
Cream
..
Four Tops .. Beach Boys with good vibrations.. Jimi Hendrix ..The Move ..Cat Stevens ..Rascals ..Beatles all you need is love ..
Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett ...Traffic .. The Herd ..Neil Diamond ..Doors
.. Ten
Years After .. 
1968 [back to top]
Rolling
Stones .. Fleetwood
Mac 
Janis
Joplin..
..Cliff
Richard .. Equals .. Dave Dee
Scott
Walker who, other than Elvis, has been
my all time favourite singer. Scott came to England as part of the
Walker Brothers who during their three years of group success were as
big as the Beatles. When they split Scott went on to solo success. He
always had an incredible talent for finding great songs, and an
artist I am proud to have worked with, both as the Walker Brothers
and solo, including the Scott 3 album sleeve. He is still a huge cult
figure.The 30 Century Man docu-film is out in 2009 and is very worth
seeing, in theatre or on the DVD
Johnny
Nash .. Jose
Feliciano .. Fleetwood
Mac .. Eric
Clapton
Amen Corner had a string of hits in the
late 1960's. They all lived in a large house in Harrow, just outside
London. Singer Andy Fairweather Low amazingly had a Cobra in the
front yard , but many a time for a London gig he and Neil would jump
into my MGB and have me take them, a lot of fun. Andy has spent the
recent years touring with such people as Pete Townsend and with Eric
Clapton (including "Unplugged") and Roger Waters . Blue Weaver and
Dennis Byron went on to the Bee Gees for years, Alan Jones went into
management, Clive Taylor became a recording engineer and Neil Jones
became the chief photographer for his home city of Cardiff (after
assisting me for a while !!).
Tommy Roe .. Rolling
Stones .. Zager + Evans ..
Fleetwood
Mac .. 
Joe
Cocker .. 
The
Move
Creedence Clearwater Revival came to
London .. Stevie
Wonder ..The late Steve Marriott in
Humble
Pie 
..David
Bowie
John
Lennon and Yoko Ono were in the
headlines, from holding bed-ins to concerts to appearing on Top Of
The Pops promoting their Plasic Ono Band record.
1970 [back to top]
The big Rock bands that had started to grow in
late '69 began to take over the world. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath
and The Moody Blues were some.Led
Zeppelin 
norman greenbaum .. moody blues .. Free .. Status Quo .. Fairweather .. Three Dog Night .. Carpenters .. T Rex .. Jimi Hendrix .. Dave Edmunds .. Mungo Jerry .. Jethro Tull .. Chicago
1971 [back to top]
In 1971 in England was the start of the Glam
movement with Slade,
The
Sweet and Elton
John and Marc
Bolan all dressing in a whole different
way!
... Even
Rod Stewart 
Paul and Linda McCartney started Wings
.. Lobo
1972 [back to top]
Michael
Jackson and Jackson 5 came to London
and appeared at The London Palladium for Royalty .. 1972 was also the
hit year for Don
Mclean while Slade
got more successful. David
Cassidy came over to England as a huge
teenybop idol and Chuck
Berry was still duck walking.
1973 [back to top]
Mud
.. Slade
.. Osmonds
..Gary
Glitter ..
.. Faces
.. .. Harry
Nilsson .. .. Tim
Hardin .. .. David
Cassidy .. .. Chuck
Berry .. .. ELO
.. .. Cat
Stevens .. .. Deep
Purple .. .. Todd
Rundgren .. .. Uriah
Heep .. .. 10CC
.. .. Elton
John ..
1974 [back to top]
Slade
.. Mud
.. Abba
.. Carl
Douglas .. David
Essex .. Barry
White .. New
York Golls .. Johnny
Winter .. Rick
Nelson .. Lobo
.. Osmonds
.. Bryan
Ferry .. Joan
Baez .. Alex
Harvey .. Black
Sabbath
.. 
1975[back to top]
Cockney
Rebel .. Hall
& Oates .. 10cc
.. Todd
Rundgren
Queen 
Late in 1975 during one of my US visits I got
to shoot what at the time seemed the big hype. But it was no hype.
The show was Bruce
Springsteen and the E Street Band at
UC Santa Barbara. That was one of the shows you left as a
believer, and Bruce is one artist that the same still applies 30 plus
years later.
1976 [back to top]
Abba
.. New
Seekers .. Wings
.. Neil
Young .. Peter
Frampton .. Kiss
As a working music photographer with already a long history, the punk
audiences in the UK really got to me and so on a whim I decided this
time to spend more time in the US. In Los Angeles we were
representing Sounds (and later Kerrang) from the UK plus magazines
from Europe and Japan. Although straight away I started shooting a
lot of other people, some of the first live shows I shot in
California were the Clash and the Sex Pistols, and the other punk/new
wave acts that came west. So much for escaping punk!
In the UK we had always tried to shoot any musical artist in any
genre, which we made a point of doing also once in Los Angeles. I had
the advantage, in some ways, of wanting to shoot for International
publications, which got me access to acts the local record company
people could not get me. The combination of local and international
press people made this next few years very busy and
productive.
1977 [back to top]
Sex
Pistols...Mink
DeVille 
BLONDIE
1978[back to top]
Devo..
..Boomtown
Rats ..Dusty
Springfield .. Heart
.. Kate
Bush .. Japan
.. David
Bowie .. The
Cars .. Talking
Heads .. Todd
Rundgren .. Jacksons
.. Judas
Priest .. Bob
Marley .. Bruce
Springsteen .. Van
Halen .. 
1979[back to top]
The Tourists who became The Eurythmics
Village
People .. Clash
.. Journey
1980 [back to top]
ZZ Top
.. Christopher
Cross .. Beach
Boys .. Joan
Armatrading .. Genesis
.. Irene
Cara .. Willie
Nelson .. David
Johansen .. PIL
.. AC/DC
.. Billy Burnette
1981 [back to top]
Montrose .. Alice Cooper .. Michael Jackson .. Blue Oyster Cult .. Joe Jackson .. ELO .. Stray Cats .. Sparks .. Cliff Richard .. Madness .. Sammy Hagar ..Stevie Nicks .. Hall & Oates .. Journey .. Earth Wind & Fire .. Emmylou Harris .. OMD .. Tubes .. George Thorogood .. Michael Schenker ..Tom Robinson .. Motley Crue .. Motels .. Joe Ely .. Garland Jeffreys.. Juice Newton .. Devo .. Adam Ant .. Ozzy Osbourne .. Jeff Beck .. Gary US Bonds .. Joan Jett .. Bruce Springsteen
1982 [back to top]
Tom Petty
Asia .. David Bowie .. James Brown .. Rolling Stones .. The Who .. Cheap Trick .. Blue Oyster Cult .. Huey Lewis ..Quarterflash .. Simon & Garfunkel .. Scorpions .. Donna SUMMER .. Survivor .. Jefferson Starship .. Chubby Checker .. Heart .. Girlschool .. Ted Nugent .. Journey .. Adam Ant .. Billy Idol .. Flock Of Seagulls .. Grandmaster Flash .. J Geils Band .. Rod Stewart .. Dexy's Midnight Runners .. Gary US Bonds .. Luther Vandross
1983 [back to top]
Animals .. REM .. Pretenders .. David Bowie .. Frank Zappa .. Robert Plant .. Rod Stewart .. Michael Jackson .. Fixx .. Alarm .. Bryan Adams .. AC/DC .. Cramps .. Styx .. Lene Lovich .. Ratt .. The Clash .. Bow Wow Wow .. Toto .. Girlschool .. Marvin Gave .. Stevie Nicks .. Journey .. Quiet Riot .. Rickie Lee Jones .. Twisted Sister .. Talking Heads .. Saga .. Motley Crue .. Mary Jane Girls .. Night Ranger .. Eurythmics .. Dio .. Alcatrazz .. Michael Bolton .. English Beat .. Jeff Beck .. X ..Ozzy Osbourne
1984 [back to top]
Nick
Lowe .. Stevie
Ray Vaughan
Tina Turner .. Yngwie Malmsteen .. Judas Priest .. David Bowie .. Aerosmith .. Yes .. AC/DC .. Scorpions .. Accept .. Gary Moore .. The Clash .. Steve Miller .. Moody Blues .. Bad Company .. Cyndi Lauper ..Van Halen .. Rick James .. Dio .. Armoured Saint .. John Waite .. Michael Jackson .. Bruce Springsteen
1985 [back to top]
Julian Lennon .. Black Sabbath .. Lita Ford.. Van Halen .. Stevie Wonder .. David Lee Roth .. John Parr .. Billy Ocean .. Dio .. John Waite .. Bruce Springsteen
1986[back to top]
Neil Young Graham Nash .. Judas Priest .. Richie Havens .. James Brown .. Bon Jovi .. ELP .. Peter Frampton .. Slayer .. Kris Kristofferson .. Rush .. Robert Palmer .. Stevie Wonder .. Van Halen .. Country Joe .. Buffy St Marie .. Megadeth .. Ozzy Osbourne .. Michael Jackson .. Deniece Williams
1987 [back to top]
Janet Jackson .. Sammy Hagar .. BB King .. Iron Maiden .. Megadeth
1988[back to top]
1989 to NOW[back to top]
1988 was the end of the first 25 years. Shooting music photography in these earlier years was a lot of fun as well as a lot of hard work and long hours. In later years, until the present, it became much more corporate with more artist control and far fewer creative pictures because of those restrictions.
The material from 1989 to the present time can all be found on the Photofeatures site.
But a great bookend
is here for this career. In January 2008 I get to shoot Ringo Starr
in LA. Noon on a wet January day, but a lot of fun and just a month
short of 45 years from the start of this photographic journey.
The new Ringo photos are here.
'Taking Aim"
Unforgettable Rock 'N' Roll Photographs selected by Graham Nash. The
exhibition and book including our Bruce Springsteen photo is first in
Seattle
and then San
Diego from
June 2010. and the East Coast from October.
Jimi
Hendrix Limited Edition Fiber Print
Current
Limited Edition Giclee Photos
Current
Beatles Limited Edition Giclee Photos
Links
The
Who Limited Edition Giclee Photo
George
Harrison Limited Edition Giclee Print
Jimi
Hendrix Limited Edition Fiber Photo
;
Bruce
Springsteen Limited Edition Giclee Photo
Stevie
Ray Vaughan Limited Edition Giclee Photo
