JUKEBOX: 1967-2023 Photographs BOOK

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San Francisco rockn roll bleeds through Michael Goldberg an innovative, inspiring figure who always has been quietly pioneering something interesting for the past 50+ years. Hozac Books is thrilled to present the first-ever collection of his photographs inJUKEBOX, featuring an impressive array of underground figures and outcast luminaries captured in their natural habitat, most seen here for the first time anywhere. Also the author of our critically acclaimedWICKED GAMEbook, Michaels body of work extends farther out than wed ever imagined, and were so excited to get his first major photography collection out into the world. Bridging the gaps between the late 60s psychedelic era, primitive first-wave 70s punk and soul & reggae, as well as never-before seen images of country & folk iconoclasts and rule-breakers across the spectrum of all that is captivating, and even including some modern artists still making waves,JUKEBOXis a riveting photography collection that truly feels as good as it looks.

Addicted To Noise founder and formerRolling Stonesenior writer Michael Goldbergs new book,JUKEBOX, is a book of distinctive, full-page photographs of musicians taken between 1967 and 2023. Goldberg is best known as a writer, but for over 50 years hes also been photographing musicians and the photos inJUKEBOXare drawn from the thousands hes taken over the years. Included are photos of the Sex Pistols, Crime, the Ramones, the Avengers, Devo, the Nuns, the Clash, Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed, John Cale and the Dils as well as Tom Waits, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Janis Joplin, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Muddy Waters, Toots and the Maytals, Patti Smith, Bettye LaVette, the Who, Neil Young, Jonathan Richman, Townes Van Zandt, the Flamin Groovies, and many many more.

The books Foreword is written by acclaimed music book author Joel Selvin. Most of the photos here have never been seen before, including rare 1970 photos of Jerry Garcia in his Larkspur home months before recording began for the groups crowning achievement,American Beauty. Some of the photographs of Frank Zappa, Commander Cody, Michael Bloomfield, Professor Longhair, Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, Toots and the Maytals, Willy DeVille, and John Cale were taken at their homes or in their hotel rooms. The Ramones photograph was shot from the doorway of Goldbergs room at the Tropicana in L.A.

Photos fromJUKEBOXwill be on display from July 25 through September 22, 2024 at the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco, where the exhibition,We Are the One: San Francisco Punk 1970s & 1980s,curated by Goldberg, will also be featured during those two months.

An opening party celebrating both shows will take place on AUGUST 2nd.JUKEBOXbooks will be available and Goldberg will be attending the opening event.

Good photographs are designed to make you feel like you are there, and those are the kind of photographs Michael Goldberg takes. His live shots make you feel like part of the audience, while his audience shots make you a member of the band, basking in the adulation. His best portraits make you feel like youve just shared a secret with the subject. This is a wonderful overview of 50 years of great musicians from rock, blues, and folk and should be in your library right now!
Roberta Bayley,
formerly chief photographer forPunkmagazine;
photographer for her book,Blondie Unseen;
photographer for the first Ramones album cover

Who knew intrepidRolling Stoneinterviewer Michael Goldberg was a shutterbug? Heres the abundant evidence fifty years of snapping candid backstage moments and dramatic live performances from his privileged behind-the-scenes access. Who didnt he shoot? Come for the big names Stones, Dead, Van, The Band; stay for the beautiful faces from the distant past Tim Buckley, Professor Longhair, Sal Valentino. An extraordinary portfolio from any shooter, let alone one we know primarily as a writer.
Joel Selvin,
author of numerous books includingHollywood Edenand
The Haight: Love, Rock, and Revolution The Photography of Jim Marshall

A visual encyclopedic history of rock & roll and pop culture as it really was. Michael Goldberg was there and documented it as it happened. A behind the scenes and real look at icons through the ages.
Laurie Kratochvil,
award winning Director of Photography atRolling Stone(1982-1994)
and editor of more than a dozen photo books including
20 Years of Rolling Stone What A Long, Strange Trip Its Been

Hippies, punks and rockers, Michael Goldberg has seen them all. And by the joy in his pictures they were happy to have seen him too. The luminous portraits of John Lydon and Captain Beefheart, not typically known for their warmth in front of the camera, are wonderful examples of the rapport Michael has had with his subjects.
Charles Peterson,
Seattle grunge photographer, whose photo books include
Screaming LifeandTouch Me Im Sick

Of a piece with his brilliant and comprehensive writing about rock & roll, Michaels photos are their own authoritative history of the music, vivid, true and rare. What a thrill.
Roni Hoffman,
artist and photographer

Michael Goldberg writes: If you flip through this book, you will see that the photos are not just of rock musicians. Artists typically stuck in such genres as folk, reggae, soul, blues, R&B, and pop are included. Theres even a rock critic, a movie director, a record company president, a poster artist and a concert promoter.

I grew up on Top 40 AM radio and underground freeform FM radio. Listening to Top 40 in the mid 60s, I heard James Brown, the Beatles, Buck Owens and Dusty Springfield all within a half hour or so. Beginning in early 1967, on the original underground free form FM station, San Franciscos KMPX, I heard Janis Joplin, John Lee Hooker, Ravi Shankar, Buffy Sainte-Marie, J.B. Lenoir, and John Mayall a totally eclectic mix of artists, along with some classical recordings on occasion.

In my world, Ramblin Jack Elliott and the Blue yster Cult, the Avengers and Professor Longhair, Townes Van Zandt and Muddy Waters, The Band and Crime, the Dils and Sandy Bull, Ravi Shankar and Igor Stravinsky all go together. So the artists in this book are not divided by genre. The two photos on each two-page spread are there because I think they complement each other. This is a book of musicians Ive dug over the years, musicians whose recordings moved me (and still move me), musicians I was lucky enough to photograph. I think these particular photos are my best, and I hope you find them unique, and at times mysterious; there are many excellent photographers of musicians, but none of them took these photographs.