Peter Messer

28 May 1918 - 12 August 2006
 Dearly loved and forever missed.
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December 31 2006
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JAMES BROWN

 1933-2006

DEC 8

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remembering John 26 years on
and still the bloody gun is legal!


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photograph/graphix ©1968/2003 Alan Messer

On December 8th, 1980 my dreams were shattered. The innocence of us "baby boomers" youth and rock 'n' roll revolution
were silenced by an assassin's gun. An unimaginable image!
 Play music. Do not play with guns.


Wage Peace

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LUCINDA and MILLER WILLIAMS
perform in Los Angeles read story

November 3 + 5

SPARKLE & TWANG

Manuel the tailor to the country stars loves his rhinestones and women!


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SPARKLE & TWANG is a new exhibition at the Tennessee State Museum

current

projects

photo sessions

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recent

CD/DVD

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Johnny CASH - In Ireland (DVD)
(photography)


Mercury/Universal
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WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, Country Music in America
This is a great new book,


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 I contributed the photograph of Willie Nelson, next to his foreword.
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LUCINDA WILLIAMS
(photography on location - Los Angeles
Client: Lost Highway Records


for more information: lucindawilliams.com
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TANYA TUCKER - The Definitive Collection
(photography)


HIP-O/Universal

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OAK RIDGE BOYS -The Definitive Collection
(photography)


MCA/Universal

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TOMPALL GLASER
(photography + design )


Miller Music, CA
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WAYLON JENNINGS - Sings Hank Williams
(photography)


HIP-O/Universal

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WAYLON JENNINGS - Nashville Rebel
boxed set

(photography - partial book contribution)
RCA/Legacy

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STEVE EARLE - The Definitive Collection 1983-1987
(2 interior booklet photographs)

HIP-O/Universal
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SENATOR DON McLEARY
(campaign photographs)


Jackson Tennessee

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In Memoriam

Peter Messer

28 May 1918 - 12 August 2006
 Dearly loved and forever missed.
R.I.P.
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In Memoriam

 

Saturday, October 14

Freddy Fender
Before The Next Teardrop Falls
I really enjoyed meeting Freddy. He was always great fun and soulful.
 This picture was the first photo session I did in my first London studio on December 6th 1976
The last conversation I had with him was in Nashville, about travel and missing home.

R.I.P.
Oct9

John would have been 66 today


It's never too late to give peace a chance.

Enjoy every sandwich and Tandoori fish!
Sept 1
Solomon Burke

performing at The Belcourt Theatre with "NASHVILLE" producer (and cool musician), Buddy Miller
Special Guests Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch and others

recent

CD

releases

 

 

 

CARLENE CARTER
(photography + CD/poster design)


Carlene Carter FanClub.com
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BOBBY BARE - The Moon Was Blue
(photography)


Dualtone Records
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CANDI STATON - "HIS HANDS"
(photography)


Honest Jon's Records-UK
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JERRY CLOWER - “CLOWER POWER”
(photography for CD and DVD albums)


MCA/Universal Records
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ROSANNE CASH - "Kings Record Store"
(CD reissue from Legacy Recordings/Sony - interior photography)
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April 21

Oxfordshire

England

 

BOB HARRIS 60th Birthday

more party pix


Robert Plant performing a few songs with Bernie Marsden at Bob's party.
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MARCH 25
 MOTHER'S DAY (England)
Mothering Sunday is celebrated in the UK on the 4th Sunday of Lent
The history of Mother's Day
MARCH 20/22
 Lucinda and her father, Miller Williams performed two rare concerts at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre, treating their audience to two hours of music and poetry, interlaced with social rhetoric and family values. Lucinda is accompanied by guitarist, Doug Pettibone.

TUESDAY MARCH 7


 

JESSE "Guitar" TAYLOR, in memoriam.
April 10th 1950 - March 7th 2006

Jesse was one of the kindest most loved men, one could ever have the pleasure to meet.
He was a well read, wise gentle giant, packaged into one powerhouse West Texas, guitar-slinger, shit kicker.
Jesse had a wild side, a keen eye for the ladies and the written word. He loved his family and his friends passionately and embraced life in a way that some may never experience in four score and ten (and then some). Whenever, I think of my friend, Jesse, it is and will be with a smile.
 His guitar volume knob was a gamblers dice and was always turned up high.

Jesse was one of a kind.

R.I.P.
www.virtualubbock.com is a wonderful memorial page for Jesse Taylor. Please share your memories, Condolences and photographs.
click dice for more Jesse pictures


We live in a time of war and mass tragedies, both political and natural. Jesse "Guitar" Taylor played it his way, loud and proud.

SUNDAY MARCH 5
 REBA CASH HANCOCK (Johnny's sister) died today. Reba was General Manager of the House Of Cash office in Hendersonville for about forty years, devoting the much of her adult life to her brother's business affairs. Reba was a wonderful lady with an unbounding sprit, who lived her life well. Reba will be missed by many . R.I.P.

 

FEBRUARY 24


Michael Messer featured in British local paper. Photograph by Alan Messer

New + UPdated gallery pages

 

 


Albums/ CDs/ DVDs & Videos

TONY JOE WHITE

OAK RIDGE BOYS

JESSE "Guitar" TAYLOR

STUBBS
photo sessions

 

 

Michael Messer_ Slough, England
LUCKY CHARMS media support

Lone Official_ Nashville,Tennessee

 

 
JANUARY 19

 

I attended the London opening of the Mojo/Q Johnny Cash photographs exhibit at
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I have two prints in this show.

January 20th - February 18th.

Sorry, the gallery has never posted any mention of this Johnny Cash show on their website.

 

Michael, David and Alan Messer
at the opening

photo by Tabatha Fireman

ALSO

special feature

published some of my Johnny Cash photographs

+ Lucinda Williams in the February edition, which has been their biggest selling issue.

Sadly, Emap Publishers have discontinued these 'Q' Specials, but at least it went out out on an upswing. I am pleased to have been a contributor.
JANUARY 6

 

BE HERE TO LOVE ME opened in Nashville at The Belcourt Theatre

See this film.
click logo to buy DVD and for theatre schedule

This is a superb film. Of all the current biopics and artist documentaries, this film excels. Produced, directed and conceived by Margaret Brown, embellished by the cinematography of Lee Daniels, the movie moves in a style that is enticing and compelling. This is film great making and editing. If directors get Oscars, then Margaret Brown should be nominated in the director category.

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Steve and Justin Earle singing a Townes song
during a musical tribute preceding the film.

JANUARY 2

 

2006 has taken off like a speeding rocket, with hardly enough time to digest the holiday fare or to recover from the seasonal flu!

Or the road trip to Austin, Texas.

The year ended with a photo session with Nashville's Lone Official for Honest Jon's Records in London and the non stop roller coaster of Johnny Cash merchandise and magazine requests. The CASHBASH2005 DVD package was also finalised and shipped. My back Catalogue library is constantly in demand. The last week of 2005 found me reaching for Oak Ridge Boys files for an upcoming greatest hits album package, designing a CD package and the on-line Gallery orders were busy for Christmas.

I am preparing two prints of Johnny Cash to go into a gallery exhibit, which opens in London at Blink Gallery on January 19th. I shall be attending the opening.
Also, negotiations are under way to publish a book of my Johnny Cash archives. (Thank you everybody for the e.mails!) 

Alan

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Please come back and visit again soon.
Imagine. Dream. Keep moving forward and please be kind to one another.
Art nourishes the roots of our culture.
Love, Truth and Compassion, Conquers All.
Wage PEACE!

Please don't chew when speaking of world hunger.

Alan

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