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Just a short note after another birthday for me this week. (I'm not feeling my age this week, so I won't tell you how old I really am.) The photo of Arthur and Johnny of Love further down this page can also be seen in the December issue of Mojo Magazine. The editor had to point out to me that it may well be the first published pic of the two together in 35 years. Whoa. New issues of the Big Takeover, Harp, Amplifier and a couple others also feature my handiwork.

The Deep Purple bio (which features two of my pics) is now available through ecwpress.com. I do promise to put a pic of that Weezer bio up on the site soon. We've also just completed the photos to the upcoming Avett Brothers live album, as well as recent new work with Chris Stamey, Roman Candle, the Sammies (a rockin' band out of Charlotte), and a few others.

Thanks to everyone who checked my Down From The Mountain tour photo show last month. And yes, another show of Cash photos will be back in the coming months. Love to all, God bless John Peel, Carl Wayne (the Move), Greg Shaw, and my cat Seth. Take care,
-Daniel
12.3.2004


The Spongetones	Teitur


Mac McCaughan	Kelly Joe Phelps	Seth


Al Stewart	Al Jourgensen of Ministry

Hey Everybody-
Some of you have asked when I was going to do another show of my photos. Well, funny you ask that. To help out a fellow photographer, I will be taking his space, and exhibiting at Queen's Beans Coffeehouse (site of July's Cash photo show) in November. While the Cash exhibition will appear again at a time and venue to be determined, I have decided for this show to exhibit my mostly unpublished work from the Down From The Mountain tour in 2002. As some of you already know, I did much of that tour's press photos, and I'm glad to finally have the chance to exhibit some of these works.

The photos should be up sometime next week, with an official opening on gallery crawl night, Friday, Nov. 5. Tell your friends, bring your best Louvin Brothers records, and nudge your rich friends into buying some photos. (Or think of it as a birthday gift for me- my birthday's at the end of November.)

More photos coming soon to the website. Love to all, and take care.
-Daniel


The Zombies	Fairport Convention	Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols founding members, Love


Garth Hudson	Ken Stringfellow


Tift Merritt	Jack Lawrence (left) and John McEuen

Whoa, where did the summer go? Too much, too fast, too soon. Greetings again from Photoland, where we now reside with a new address and server! Hoo-ha! Much love and respect to webguru Laurie for keeping my punk ass online.

Where to start, wow....The first-ever showing (held here in Charlotte in July) of my Johnny Cash photos was a rousing success. Thanks to all that came and saw my photos, bought my photos, or told their friends about my photos. This show may appear again, either in town or elsewhere. It's hard to believe it's been a year since we lost The Man.

My stuff is in books and CDs! (But not Books On Tape, thankfully.) Look for my photos of Weezer on the cover and inside a recent bio by ECW Press, out of Canada. You can also see my photos in a new book by Mark Kemp, chroncling the Southern music scene, and a forthcoming biography of Lucinda Williams. On a non-music note, you can see 16 of my photos in a new coffeetable book on our fair city of Charlotte. (Yes, we do lots more than them rock folks.)

You can also see my photos all over a new best-of by Deke Dickerson, out this month via the fancy-schmancy Hightone Records. It's very cool, so check it out. You can also see my photos in new CDs by Roman Candle, Les Dirt Clods, Nicole Atkins, Tyre Fyre, Sonny Sonnenstein, and possibly a couple more that I don't know about yet. Put this on top of recent publications by Harp, Amplifier, Revolver, several UK papers, Rolling Stone, and a few others. Sadly, my Rockrgrrl cover got wiped off the front when the mag ran behind in publishing, and they decided to put somebody else all hip to the kids on the cover, instead. However, my photos of the Butchies are still featured inside the magazine, so show some love to the Butchies and check out the article.

Highlights this summer...the Little Steven Underground Garage festival, where I met Pete Best, Bo Diddley, and Nancy Sinatra, and got to see the NY Dolls, Stooges, Creation and many more rock it out. More photos and a story of this day will come soon. Riding in my car with Garth Hudson of the Band, and Sneaky Pete Kleinow of the Flying Burrito Brothers, taking them to a restaurant after a show. Doing photos with the Dillards., as well as recent shoots with Chris Stamey, and Ken Stringfellow. And meeting the surviving members of the MC5, Mark Arm and others was a frickin' blast.

Love to all. Godspeed, John Van Dam and Carl Wayne. Take care,
-Daniel
Sept. 3, 2004
Pete Best

Dirtbombs

A few Big Items to report. Yes, the rumors are true- I will be exhibiting a
selection of my Johnny Cash photos at Queen's Beans Coffeehouse, on Camden
Road in Charlotte (across from the Charlotte Art League) throughout the
month on July, with an official opening o Friday, July 2. July will mark
the one-year anniversery of Mr. Cash's final show at the Carter Fold, and
with a rush of attention coming later this year to Cash's final months, I
wanted to exhibit these photos without pretense, and let the photos stand
on their own. Hope you'll come out to the show, and tell your rich friends
to buy some photos.

Speaking of the Carter Fold, I spent May 29 back at the Fold, as A.P.
Carter's birthplace was re-dedicated and opened to the public. Much of the
Carter and Cash families turned out for the event, including John Carter
Cash (whose picture you can see if you scroll down), Carlene Carter, and
Janette and Joe Carter (children of A.P. and Sara Carter), as well as
legendary songwriter Tom T. Hall and Marty Stuart, who performed a benefit
concert for the Fold that evening. It really was an amazing day, and all of
my love goes out to Rita Forrester and the Carter family for being so good
to me.

My Butchies photo on the cover of Rockrgrl Magazine should be out shortly,
as well as the Weezer book from ECW Press in Canada that features several
of my photos. You can also currently see my Int'l Noise Conspiracy photo in
the current issue of Spin Magazine. Recent work (several of which you can
now view on this page- thanks, Laurie) includes work with Chris Stamey, Int'l
Orange, Immortal Lee County Killers, Arlo Guthrie and family (thanks Johnny
and Sara Lee), and recent encounters with artists such as the Darkness,
Rush, Roger McGuinn, Janis Ian, and many more. There's a Roman Candle EP
with my photos that's in the works, as well as projects here and there that
I'll update in the near future.

Hope to see you all at my show in July. Happy birthday, Sandra. Love to
all, and take care.
-Daniel


John Carter Cash	Chris Stamey	Janis Ian	Roger McGuinn


Arlo Guthrie	Marah


Ben Kweller	Pinetop Perkins

Well, I keep meaning to be better about reporting back about my recent
exploits, but until I do, thanks for checking back with my website. You may
have noticed that we've got a bunch of new photos on the site, both with
brand new shots in this section, and in our expanded version of the "People
That Rock" section. Thanks to Laurie and to Jay for kicking this website
into high gear. There's more photos to come, so let me know what you think
of the new stuff.

Possibly the biggest highlight recently was my trip to Austin in March for
the SXSW festival, which again allowed me to stumble into some pretty
awesome shows and experiences. In a day's time, I met and photographed Roky
Erickson, John Cale and Alex Chilton. Damn. Cale's surprise appearance at a
private benefit for Alejandro Escovedo was just fantastic, and I can't tell
you how good it was to see Alejandro again. And folks, Big Star rocked the
house. Also on my fave list for that week was Little Richard, Mission Of
Burma, Von Bondies, Hives, Cynics, Rockfour and Bob Neuwirth, among .

We've also just returned from a day at Merlefest, and will have photos to
show you soon. Other recent photo highlights was Pinetop Perkins, who was
Muddy Waters' longtime keyboardist, Marah, Metallica, and the achievement
of photographing Clay Aiken and Hank Williams III on the same day, and on
the same rolls of film. Try that sometime. Those of you in Charlotte also
got to see me make my singing debut, as I sang "Old Brown Show" with
Poprocket at a recent Beatles tribute night. Reports suggest that I was
relatively on key, and had the place rockin', so we're hoping to have photo
evidence of all of this soon.

Back on a cover! Check out my photos of the Butchies (taken in 15 minutes
during SXSW) on the cover of Rockrgrrl Magazine this month. One of my Thad
Cockerell photos is also currently featured on the front of Country Music
People, an old-school country mag out of the UK. I also have a photo of
Jeff Tweedy in the current issue of Rolling Stone (get well soon, Jeff, we
miss you). You can also currently see photos of mine in Rockpile, DIW
Magazine, Amplifier and the Big Takeover, among others. (FYI, the upcoming
issue of the Big Takeover also features my interview with Colin Blunstone &
Rod Argent of the Zombies. Awww yeah.) You can also see my photos in the
new CD and single by the Avett Brothers, which I can honestly say has been
one of the best projects I've ever been involved with.

There's more in the works for May, as well as an upcoming photo show this
summer, so check this website back often, and tell your friends to buy my
photos. They'll thank you for it later. Love to all. Talk to you soon, and
take care.
-Daniel
P.S. Thank you, Paul Atkinson. Godspeed.
May 2, 2004


Pinetop Perkins	Strokes	Mission Of Burma

Colin Blunstone The Zombies	Roky Erickson	John Cale and Alejandro Escovedo

Alex Chilton, Big Star	Jody Stevens and Andy Hummel, Big Star	International Noise Conspiracy

Ozomati	Hank Williams III	Tobin Sprout (sx-GbV) and band

Little Richard

Hey Everybody-

I just got word that the Rusty Evans/Johnny Cash tribute show scheduled for
Feb. 26th at the Great Aunt Stella Center in Charlotte, and hence my exhibit
of my Cash photos, has been cancelled. I will still exhibit some of my Cash
photos here in town either in March or April, and I will let you know when that
happens. Sorry about this, and take care,
-Daniel

Hello-

Yes, I've slacked on writing an update for a while now. I just didn't think
it would be 2004 before I did so. It was a busy October and November, while
December only had a few gigs, as I tried to catch up on printing photos,
sleeping, and visiting family. Here's a rundown of the highlights....

The big gig, in many ways, was covering the Johnny Cash memorial concert in
Nashville on November 10. What a crazy day (days, actually, as I didn't get
to sleep til far into the next day). Kris Kristofferson, Hank Jr., the Cash
and Carter families. You'll see some photos from this event soon. On a
related note, my photo of Johnny with step-daughter Rosie Adams appeared in
several publications last month, after her tragic passing in October. All
my love goes out to the Cash and Carter families, and I hope that 2004 will
bring you peace in these crazy times.

On another related note, I am putting together what has been my most
frequently requested showing. I'll be exhibiting my photos of Johnny Cash
here in Charlotte on Thursday, February 26, at the Great Aunt Stella
Center. In conjunction with singer Rusty Evans, who will be performing a
Cash tribute show that night, I'll have 20 of my photos on display, with
comments from myself about those amazing few weeks. Doors should be open at
7pm, so come on out. There'll be more about this exhibtion, as well, in the
weeks to come.

Some of my recent gigs include photos for the Shazam, Boss Martians, Avett
Brothers, Arthur Smith (Dueling Banjos, heck yeah) and several other
artists. I've also gotten to shoot some fantastic shows, including Arthur
Lee and Love, Rocket From The Tombs, Black Keys, Gillian Welch, Tell Us The
Truth tour (with Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Lester Chambers, Mike Mills and
more), the Association and Chip Taylor. I also did photos for the recent
Raleigh benefit concert for Alejandro Escovedo, which featured the original
Backsliders, Superchunk, Six String Drag and Marah, and was just simply an
amazing day.

Hope you got to see my photo of Jack White in the year-end edition of Time
Magazine. Recent publications also include Rolling Stone, Harp, Celebrity
Justice (it's a long story), and a new Good Charlotte biography. You can
also see my interview with My Morning Jacket, as well as other reviews and
photos in the new issue of the Big Takeover. (And yes, that's my Left Banke
story that Belle & Sebastian discuss over half of their own interview. Drop
me a line sometime, Stuart, and I'll give you the full lowdown on the LB.)

And once again, I'll be at SXSW in Austin, Texas next month, enjoying Ian
McLagan's free show at Mother Egan's on the 18th, among other things. Come
say hi, if you're around. Hope you all are doing well. Many, many, and many
more thanks to Laurie Koster for updating my website, and for putting many
of the new photos on the site. Love to all, drop me a line and take care.
-Daniel