Performers page 1

All my mom's family either played a musical
instrument or sang. I started taking accordion
lessons at the age of seven. I played organ in a
band in high school. I can fake playing a guitar for
brief periods of time. All of this gave me a good
background for photographing performers. My
musical background gives me a good sense of
timing, which allows me to anticipate the peak
moments of action and emotion in a musical
performance. The first concert I photographed was
B.B. King for the student newspaper at MTSU. I
went on from there to spend eight years
photographing concerts in Nashville. I was lucky to
work with some great people from Sound Seventy,
WLAC radio, and a lot of other music businesses in
the area. Almost all my images are from l970-1980.