John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Thomas Copi
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, a benefit concert held in Crisler Arena in 1971. Radical activist Sinclair ha...
View full detailsJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, a benefit concert held in Crisler Arena in 1971. Radical activist Sinclair ha...
View full detailsYoung, beautiful, vivacious, musically talented Tammy Terrell appeared to have a bright future in the music business in 1967, when she appeared at ...
View full detailsWes Montgomery worked for bandleader Lionel Hampton early in his career, and later worked with his musical brothers, Buddy and Monk. In the mid-six...
View full detailsTony Bennett, also known as Tony Benefit, because of all his charitable causes, came to San Francisco in 1978, where he had left his heart many yea...
View full detailsStevie Wonder came to Ann Arbor to play in the 1971 benefit to Free John Sinclair. He only played a few tunes, but it gave us a chance to see one o...
View full detailsSmokey Robinson appeared as a solo act at this 1975 R&B Revue, held in the Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland A's baseball team. It was only...
View full detailsRon McKernon, affectionately known as "Pigpen," was a harmonica and keyboard player for the Grateful Dead, with whom he appeared in this photo, tak...
View full detailsRoger Daltrey, singer and founding member of The Who, relaxing backstage before the group's performance in Detroit, in July of 1970.
Roger McGuinn gained popularity as a founding member of the Byrds, for whom he wrote many songs. His association with the Byrds led to his inductio...
View full detailsRoberta Flack was already a popular singer when she appeared at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival. She went on to win Record Of The Year Grammies in 1...
View full detailsThe Pointer Sisters brought their infectious Oaktown rhythms and sounds to New York City's famous Carnegie Hall for the 1977 Newport Jazz Festival,...
View full detailsPhil 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 ...
View full detailsPaul Kantner, guitarist, singer, composer, was recruited by Marty Balin to be in his new band, The Jefferson Airplane. Here he is in 1970 at a one-...
View full detailsNoel 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...
View full detailsNeil Young's solo career began before he joined up with Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1969. Here he is pictured in Detroit with CSN&Y. His singing...
View full detailsMuddy Waters, one of the most popular blues guitarists in recorded history, performs at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival. It was "the summer of love....
View full detailsMitch Mitchell was one of the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience when he came to play in Ann Arbor, in 1967.
Mel Schacter was bassist for the hit-making Grand Funk Railroad, back in 1970, when the group appeared at the Cincinnati Rock Festival.
Maynard Ferguson loved sharing his ebullience with his audience, and they loved it, too. This photo, fettered on the back of his "Conquistador" alb...
View full detailsMarty Balin, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Jefferson Airplane, appeared with that group at an outdoor Rock Festival on the grounds ...
View full detailsMark Farner was the lead guitar and singer for Grand Funk Railroad. It was a hot, muggy day in Cincinnati, so Mark took off his shirt and thrilled ...
View full detailsLittle Richard Penniman grew up in a household so religious that he was not allowed to listen to or sing R&B music. But after leaving home and ...
View full detailsLeon Russell appeared at the Wadena, Iowa, Rock Festival in August of 1970, on the strength of his eponymous debut album, which contained his renow...
View full detailsKeith Moon was one of the most influential drummers in Rock history. His flashy style of play helped to establish The Who as one of the world's gre...
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