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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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.

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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