1960s

Bill Kreutzmann, drummer for the Grateful Dead, taps on his cymbal. The Dead gave a free Sunday concert in West Park, Ann Arbor, following their so...

B. B. King, King of the Blues, holds forth from the stage during the first Ann Arbor Blues Festival, in August, 1969.

Bob Weir, of the Grateful Dead, shows how they do it during a free concert at West Park in Ann Arbor.

Frank Zappa, pictured playing drums, also played guitar, percussion, piano, etc. He once "played" a bicycle on the old Steve Allen TV show. A true ...

Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters chill out backstage prior to the opening of the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. The Festival was a gathering of many n...

Howlin' Wolf, an old-school blues shouter, shown in extreme closeup while performing at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

Joan Baez was on top of the folk music world in 1967, when she appeared at the Newport Folk Festival, and seeing her "live in concert" was a real t...

John Entwhistle was the Who bassist until the day he died. In this photo he waits to play onstage at Cobo Arena in Detroit, 1970.

Mitch Mitchell was one of the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience when he came to play in Ann Arbor, in 1967.

Muddy Waters, one of the most popular blues guitarists in recorded history, performs at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival. It was "the summer of love....

Noel Redding played bass alongside Jimi Hendrix in the Jimi Hendrix Experience; he's pictured here in 1967, at a date in Ann Arbor's Fifth Dimensio...

Phil Lesh, with beads, performing during a free concert in Ann Arbor's West Park back in 1967. As a founding member of the Grateful Dead, Phil has ...

Ron McKernon, affectionately known as "Pigpen," was a harmonica and keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, with whom he appeared in this photo, tak...

Young, beautiful, vivacious, musically talented Tammy Terrell appeared to have a bright future in the music business in 1967, when she appeared at ...

Wes Montgomery worked for bandleader Lionel Hampton early in his career, and later worked with his musical brothers, Buddy and Monk. In the mid-six...