Tammy Faye Starlight released
a new CD on Diesel Only records. Titled "Used Country
Female" it's very funny and features my photos of Tammy
on the cover.
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Jayne County gets close to Tammy
Faye Starlight. They shared the bill for two days of shows
at Joe's Pub in New York.
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Legendary guitar inspiration Link
Wray played a rare show in New York at the Village Underground
and proved that he's still got that twang.
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Lou Reed put out two CDs this
Spring. I went to photograph him for the French magazine Rock
& Folk and Lou posed with his dog Lolabelle
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Craig of the Vines after their
sold out show at Roseland.
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My friend Mick Jones of the
Clash told me he produced a CD for the Libertines so I went
to see them when they played at CBGB. They were great and
I bought the CD, which is now my new favorite
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Sam Moore led a real soulful show
at BB King's Blues Club after the opening of the new film
"Only the Strong Survive".
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The Chi-Lights also appeared at
the "Only the Strong Survive" party and sang their
hit song "Have You Seen Her"
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David Johansen had an opening
in New York at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery featuring his paintings
of
"Saints & Sinners"
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David was also celebrating 17
years of marriage to photographer Kate Simon.
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Billie Joe of Greenday came to
see Jesse Malin's show at the Bowery Ballroom and joined him
for an encore
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Later in the week, Billie Joe
met up with Ryan Adams and jammed with him in a small studio
on the Lower East Side
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The Star Spangles appeared at the Irving Plaza opening for the
Datsons. The Star Spangles are getting very popular this Summer
and are touring Europe and Japan |
Multi-platinum recording artist
Jewel came to the FYE store on 6th Avenue in New York to sign
copies of her new CD "0304"
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 David
Johansen appeared with his band the Harry Smiths at the Bottom
Line and played a set of acoustic blues |
 Sylvain
Sylvain came to town and played at Don Hill's club to promote
his new CD "Sleep Baby Doll" |
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Jimmy Page arrived at the opening
for the release of the Led Zeppelin movie "The Song Remains
The Same" on a DVD
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 Robert
Plant arrived and instead of posing for a photo he danced a
few steps with his publicist |
 Blondie
played at the Tradewinds club in Seabright NJ to warm up for
their summer tour of Japan and Australia. It was cool to see
them in a small club when the rest of the Summer they will be
appearing mostly at Festivals |
After the Blondie show my wife
Elizabeth took a photo of me with drummer Clem Burke. Clem
was feeling great and looking forward to a long tour with
Blondie
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Avant-Guarde French band Magma
played in New York for only the third time in their more than
30 year history. They can't be described, as they sing in
a made up language with a very varied musical background
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 Singers
Dirty Harry of England and Caroline Taucher of Finland find
inspiration at the Patti Smith show at the World Financial Center |
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The Patti Smith Group appeared
in the Belly of the Beast at the World Financial Center across
from Ground Zero
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It was quite a moment to see Patti
sing "Free Money" and "People Have the Power"
surrounded there by the buildings and people of Wall Street
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Chris Robinson opened the show
at Central Park's Summerstage July 11 and the fans cheered
as he kept playing through a thunderstorm. His beautiful wife
Kate Hudson was there with him, lookin' good and expecting
their baby next January
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Elvis Costello followed Chris
at Summerstage and played a long set of jazzy new songs and
crowd pleasing hits
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rocked
at the Coral Room in New York. The club was packed as the
band played a long loud set while mermaids swam in the giant
fish tank behind the bar
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Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders
founded the Fugs in 1964 and were the inspiration for all
of the underground, irreverent rock bands that followed. They
have just released their first CD in 16 years "The Fugs
Final Album, Part 1" and they played at the Village Underground
in New York to celebrate. They were great, still questioning
the powers that be with a set that mixed new songs with their
old favorites.
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