Here are some of the photos I’ve taken for the past 45 years or so at clubs, festivals and concerts, in no particular order. Many of the dates are approximate, since I had yet to imagine the Blues Roadhouse Photo Gallery. Some of them reveal my inexperience with a film camera (you remember them!) and stage lighting. I’ll be adding more as time goes passing by.
All of them, however, are filled with the memories of great music.
Albert Collins at Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa., circa 1980.Muddy Waters (autographed) at Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa., circa 1980.Albert King, Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa., circa 1980.T Model Ford, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008.Big Walter Horton< Evergreen Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., circa 1980.Buckwheat Zydeco (unknown)Willie Dixon, Fat City, Swissvale, Pa., circa 1980.John Hammond, Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2009.John Lee Hooker, Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa., circa 1980.Eddie Kirkland, Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin, Fla., Feb. 26, 2011, the night before he died in a car accident.Little Willie Littlefield, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008.Koko Taylor, Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa.., circa 1980.Rory Block, Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, 2010.Mighty Joe Young, Mancini’s Lounge, McKees Rocks, Pa., circa 1980.Chris Smither, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, 2005Ana Popovic and Jason Ricci, Moondog’s, Blawnox, Pa., 2009Sam Lay, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008James Cotton, Hagerstown, Md., Blues Fest, 2007Chris Cain, Moondog’s, Blawnox, Pa., 2008Annie Raines, Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, 2009Sterling Magee (Mr. Satan), Peninsula Inn, Gulfport, Fla., 2009Magic Slim (Morris Holt), Moondog’s, Blawnox, Pa., 2008Koko Taylor, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008Anne Harris, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008Barbara Lynn, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Chicago Blues Fest, 2008Peter Karp andd Sue Foley, Pittsburgh Blues Festival, 2010Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Hagerstown, Md., Blues Fest, 2009Liz Pennock and Bob SeeleyAnnie Raines and Paul RischellCandye Kane and Gaye AdegbalolaGaye Adegbalola, 2011 Wheeling blues festivalBob Margolin, 2011 Wheeling blues festival