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latest
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WHITEY
JOHNSON -
photography and design
WHITEY
JOHNSON promo album -
photography and design
Whitey's
Worry Be Gone Aromatherapy
-
design
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COLIN
LINDEN "Southern Jumbo" ADVANCE SAMPLER
photograph/design
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VINYL
KINGS "Time Machine" - album
photography
and design
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Current
Gallery Exhibit
Snap
Galleries
16
Gibb Square
The Custard Factory
Birmingham B9 4AA
0121 224 7345
www.snapgalleries.com
England
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November 2004 to 22 January 2005
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new
page additions
PHOTO
GALLERY 4
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WILLIE
NELSON
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STEVIE
RAY VAUGHAN
has
a special issue (# 75) which features four of my photographs
of SRV.
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MICHAEL
MESSER
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JOHN
WAITE
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FLOWERS
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John,
Paul, George and Ringo
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ALAN
MESSER (self pix)
December
3rd marks
my 37th year as a professional photographer
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William
Lee Golden
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July
31 WAS
A BLUE MOON
Did
you do something SPECIAL?
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Recent
Publications & Broadcasts
2
of my photographs of Johnny Cash
in current issue number 132
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my
photograph of
Johnny
and June Cash
in current (fall/winter) Fox FanFare newsletter about the
upcoming movie "Walk The Line"
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Guitar
World Legends features 4
of my photographs of Stevie
Ray Vaughan
in
the current issue # 75
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a
new book about The Oak Ridge Boys
An
American Journey
pub.
New
Leaf Press (October
2004)
features
twenty four of my photographs.
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September
14/15/16
Johnny
+ June Cash Estate Sale Catalogue
featured
several
of my photographs
My
photograph of
John and June
was in the auction, raising $1680 for the family.
This
picture (Lot 252) was my gift to John and June on their 25th
wedding anniversary.
Madison Square Garden, NYC, October
16, 1992
during rehearsals for the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert
Celebration.
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Johnny
Cash 2005 Calendar; published by BrownTrout,
features four of my photographs.
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Johnny
Cash
I
STILL MISS SOMEONE
pub.
Cumberland House (spring) 2005
back cover / interior pictures + personal chapter
This
is a great new book compiled by Hugh Waddell, who was Johnny's
personal assistant during the mid eighties and who introduced
my photography to Cash.
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Johnny
Cash The
Man Called CASH
pub.
Thomas
Nelson, (Sept) 2004
book
jacket cover and some interior photos
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FEB
27th
BBC TV broadcast _ Johnny Cash; The Last Great American
This
great documentary includes some of my Jamaica and recording
studio video footage
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Recent
CD packages
Kimmie
Rhodes WINDBLOWN
(Sunbird Records,Oct 2004)
front cover photography
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John
Waite THE HARD WAY (No Brakes Records,
Sept 2004)
photography/art direction/design
click
CD cover to view John Waite pictures
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Heinrich
Muller FOOTSTEPS (Samstag/EF, Switzerland,
2004)
photography
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Troy
Olsen TROY OLSEN (Old
Pueblo Sounds,
March 2004)
photography/design/art direction
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JOE
ELY / Millennium Collection (UMG, March 2004)
photography
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I
am compiling two books of my photographs for future publication:
1]
BBC TV's "Old Grey Whistle Test"
(the mid 70s)
(text by "Whispering" Bob Harris)
2]
25 Years of
NASHVILLE
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Enjoy
Every Sandwich
Warren
Zevon 1947-2003
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Johann
Sebastian Bach
could
have been a great guitarist!t
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ARE
YOU TIRED OF BAD GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION?
If you hate sloppy emails or simply find them
tiresome, I suggest reading,
Eats,
Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by
Lynne Truss
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THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
Aoccdrnig
to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, bcuseae the huamn mnid
deos not raed ervey lteter, but the wrod as a wlohe. It is
olny iprmoatnt taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses so one can raed a scentene
wouthit a porbelm.
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I
want you to be first in love. I want you to be first in moral
excellence.
I
want you to be first in generosity.
Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Ralph finds
the best seat in the house during a National Debt show
The Bell pub, Waltham St Lawrence, England
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Speak
Out For Animals They
would if they could!
Nashville's
SOFA is helping
to
help fight animal abuse,
to save them from hardship and pain.
Nashville turn
your despair in to action.
Join SOFA 's
E Action List by sending a blank email to:
speakoutforanimals-subscribe@topica.com
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GNAW
Greater
Nashville Animal Welfare
is committed to educating Nashville about the dangers of chaining
dogs outside for long periods of time.
They also strive to promote the humane treatment of all animals
in Middle Tennessee and beyond.
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I
started as a professional photographer on December 3rd
1967
when I joined Dezo Hoffmann's London Studio at
sixteen.
I shot my first magazine cover a few days later.
My second cover was the Beatles.
click
on PRESS PASS 1973 for access
Below
is one of my early photographs published in 1968
The Small Faces
are posing on the roof of Immediate Records,
New Oxford Street, London.
L-R:
Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, Ian MacLagen, Kenny Jones,
Steve Marriott
photography
by Alan Messer 1968 ©
Rex Features Ltd.
I
have lived and worked in Nashville since May 1978. Johnny
Cash was one of the first artists I photographed when
I arrived two years earlier on a magazine assignment.
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Keith
Richards "UNCUT" (front cover)
January
2004 -
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December
8th Remembering
John
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December
3rd
Today is my 37th year as a professional
photographer.
I
started work in London on December 3rd 1967 at Dezo
Hoffmann's studio.
I shot my first magazine cover a few days later. My
second cover was the Beatles.
Thirty-seven years ago this morning I couldn't wait
to get started, I was sixteen and totally excited by
photography. I still am. This morning all these years
later I am excited to get to work in my own studio.
click
on PRESS PASS for access
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November
19
Jim
Lauderdale, songwriter, singer and Southern troubadour,
brought his brand of "Rhinestone" country
music to Nashville's "3rd and Lindsley".
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October
29
Davy
Crockett and Pioneer friend
Bill Maddox
(Rick Revel and Bill Maddox) photographed
in Nashville wearing authentic period clothes.Rick has
a period muzzle loader rifle. Bill is smoking an original
period pipe with homegrown natural tobacco.
These men are historians who maintain
and celebrate traditional American history and pioneer
values.
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October
26
Sadly
veteran BBC broadcaster John Peel has died at 65.
Peel was an icon of British radio, who remained uniquely
modern, loved music and helped many obscure and alternative
bands and artists get a start. He blazed a trail in
British broadcasting. John Peel will be sadly missed
by all who knew him and loved him and of course his
large listening audience many of whom, like myself,
grew up listening to him on the radio.
John
Peel _ Harrow, Middlesex 1972
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October
15-17
Fab Four @Nashville's
Belcourt Theatre, film
and stage extravaganza was a "Fab Gear"
succes.
For three days archived Beatle films were screened
and there was some great live music to boot.
1964 The Tribute on stage
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October
9
John
would have been sixty four today
it's
not too late to give peace a chance.
Vote wisely!
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Dog
Day_October 2
Vote
this guy for president!
He
is better looking than the other two candidates and
unconditionally loyal.
His
Name is "Freedom", a rescue pug who was
to be put to sleep on 911 and was given a new life
and loving home.
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September
25
Saturday
Night in Nashville
DRIVE IN movie @ THE
BELCOURT THEATRE
Caddillac
belongs to fellow Englishman, Tim
Hinkley
and
at
The
Mercy Lounge
Ray
Benson performed with Asleep At The Wheel
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SepTember
12
One
year ago the world lost an American Icon and
a
great fishermen.
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August
11
Rob Ickes (Dobro) with Andy Leftwich (Fiddle/Mandolin) and
Dave Pomeroy (Bass) on stage at Nashville's Station Inn. These
acclaimed instrumentalists perform high energy instrumental
music that crosses musical boundaries. They are currently
recording their debut album
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July
3
Buddy
Miller on stage at Nashville's 3rd and Lindsley
with
his guest, Emmylou
Harris.
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June
16
John Waite previewed
his HARD WAY tour at a club in Birmingham
Alabama, to
a devoted audience.
For more information about tour dates
and the new album:
www.johnwaiteonline.com
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11
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In
memory of
©
Alan Messer
Ray
Charles
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Tony Berzon.
We both worked at Dezo
Hoffmann's studio during the mid 70's.
Tony joined my London studio in 1977. Although
a talented photographer, he pursued a career
in contract building and roofing instead. We
shared many stories about photography and had
running jokes and catch phrases that lasted
thirty years. I will always miss Tony.
Old
Grey Whistle Test Crew 1975
photographed by Tony Berzon
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June
5 Michael
Messer and The Second Mind Trio
playing
at The Barbican Centre, London
with
Ed Genis (guitar) and Louie (scratching) Genis
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May
30
I spent the past three days in
Cornwall soaking up some great British sunshine, enjoying
good walks and photographing flowers and landscapes.
The
West Country is gorgeous and most wonderfully English.
Calstock
Viaduct, Cornwall
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May
28th Today
is my 26th anniversary of living and working in Nashville.
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May
11
Troy Olsen
has a new
website featuring many of my photographs from the various
album photo sessions for his self titled CD. Troy claims he
is not just another "hat act" because he wears his
cowboy hat as a family tradition. He drives a pick-up truck,
plays country music "Cheatin'" songs from experience
and has many female fans.
Kid
Rock and Troy Olsen ROCKIN' IN THE (semi) FREE WORLD
Blackbird
Studio Nashville Tennessee
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May
10
Swiss
TV personality Heinrich "Heiri" Muller who recently
recorded an album
"Footsteps"
in Nashville, produced by Tim
Hinkley, is featured in Blick
this week.
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May
7
Whitey Johnson played
at Nashville's
3rd & Lindsley.
Colin
Linden
(Whitey's producer)
is on slide guitar.
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MAY
5th
I
have been on a trip to
the Baja Peninsular in Mexico.
I t is a gorgeous
place with great
food, spirituality, art, cold beer and
some of the friendliest people
on earth.
 
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April
23 Buzz
Cason on stage to celebrate the launch of his book
"Living
the Rock 'n' Roll Dream".
One
of the pioneers of rock n' roll, his history includes joining
The Crickets in 1964.
Cason's first band,
The Casuals were the first Nashville rock / r&b group
to have records released on a major label.
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April
17
Tony
Joe White and Michael McDonald, two
local musicians,
treated their
local community Liepers
Fork to
a free matinee concert.
The weather was perfect!
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May
15 British
keyboard player Brian
Auger brought
his Oblivion Express Band to Nashville,
featuring his gorgeous daughter Savannah on vocals, talented
son Karma on drums and Chris Golden on bass. I first met Brian
Auger when I photographed him at his flat in London for a
magazine feature in 1968!
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April
11
Nashville
Fire Fighter tends to a house fire on South Street
All
praise to our new fire chief, Stephen Halford
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March
19 Whitey
Johnson
played his brand of blues at BB King's in Nashville
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March
16
Michael
Messer has won Best Blues Guitar Album
International
Guitar Federation Awards BLUES
GUITAR ALBUM 2003
for SECOND MIND
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February
26 Johnny Cash would have been 72 today.
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FEBruary
23 Chris
Rea
previewed his new album over three days
to a small audience at London's Bush Hall, which is a really
wonderful setting for such a fine artist.
Chris, with his superb band, gave us all a
treat before the real tour kicked off.
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FEBruary
7/8
Bob Harris
rocks out as he spins discs on his weekly BBC Radio 2 Saturday
night show. Here is a man who thoroughly enjoys his job and
so does his listening audience.
This
show was no exception. Emails were coming in thick and fast
from all over England and worldwide as the show is broadcast
simultaneously over the net. For Bob's playlists
or to replay a show click
here.
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JANuary
25
Rodney
Crowell
rocks
out at Nashville's 3rd & Lindsley Bar
Rodney's
band featuring Will Kimbrough, gave us the best of The Houston
Kid and Fate's Right Hand.
Rodney was later joined on stage by Vince
Gill
and friends.
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