San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall, who snapped this iconic shot of Johnny Cash, has fired off the legal equivalent of the Man In Black's one-finger salute to the owner of Bill Graham Archives.After a man's shot his thousandth musician, you'd figure he'd see some time in court. That's the case for Jim Marshall -- but he's the plaintiff. The veteran San Francisco music photographer last week filed suit in the city's federal court against Wolfgang's Press, the owner of the Bill Graham Archiv
Late last month, we wrote about how San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall -- whose cry of "Hey, Johnny, how 'bout one for the warden?" resulted in the above iconic shot of the Man in Black -- filed suit in S.F. federal court against Bill Graham Archives to recover 656 of his prints of rock and jazz legends. The photographer claimed the collection has an assessed value of $1,000,500. Marshall now tells SF Weekly that he's reached a settlement with Wolfgang's Press, the company that owns Bill Gr
Scott LaRockwellThe Shootist: Trevor Traynor
Just as classic rock shutterbugs from Jim Marshall to Jay Blakesberg have added visual impact to that genre's iconographic landscape, so too have hip-hop's photographic chroniclers, people such as Jamal Shabazz and Ernie Pannicioli. Add to that list Trevor Traynor, whose new gallery show of hip-hop photography, "I Shoot People," opens May 1st at D-Structure on Haight and Fillmore. In addition to Traynor's masterful portraits and t-shirts, the evening
Jim MarshallCountry Joe at Woodstock, 1969
Who owns the name Woodstock? That's the central issue in the brouhaha between the promoters of San Francisco's Free Woodstock 40th Anniversary concert and New York-based Woodstock Ventures.
Today at 1 pm at John's Grill, a group of Summer of Love survivors, er, veterans, including former Maritime Hall honcho Boots Houghston, former SF DA Terrence Hallinan, legendary acid-folksters Country Joe McDonald and Barry Melton, Lester Chambers of The Chambers
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