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January 26, 2009
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll -- and It's MINE. S.F. Photographer Sues Bill Graham Archives to Get Back His Famed Shots
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 ... More >>
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February 23, 2009
Illustrious S.F. Rock Photographer Profoundly -- and Profanely -- Glad to Settle Lawsuit Over Million-Dollar Archive
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 jaz ... More >>
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December 28, 2005
Our critics weigh in on local exhibits
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 jaz ... More >>
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April 29, 2009
Trevor Traynor Shoots People
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 Trev ... More >>
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May 27, 2009
SF, NY Fight Over Woodstock Name
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 survivo ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
San Francisco Star Photographer Jim Marshall Dies
Few photographers become as legendary as the performers they capture, but Jim Marshall was a different breed of camera man. He was San Francisco's portal into a classic era of jazz and rock 'n' roll, his portraits of Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, and, perhaps most famously, Joh ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview
Jim Marshall -- used with permissionSan Francisco's Jim Marshall is a man who, literally, shot thousands of rock stars. And it wasn't a good thing -- it was a great thing. He caught Janis Joplin backstage with that little bottle of SoCo. He was the chief photographer at Woodstock. He shot Bill Ev ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Deceased S.F. Rock Photographer Jim Marshall: A Great F**king Interview
Hendrix photo by Jim Marshall, from MarshallPhoto.comAs All Shook Down reported yesterday, legendary San Francisco photographer Jim Marshall died on Tuesday at age 74. Your humble narrator spoke to Marshall several times last year regarding a lawsuit he filed against the owner of the Bill Graham ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Memorial For Legendary Photographer Jim Marshall Monday
Jim Marshall, giving the Johnny Cash saluteHanging in the living room of Jim Marshall's Castro flat is a photograph of Obama standing in the White House, pointing to a picture of John Coltrane on the wall. Marshall took that Coltrane photo more than 40 years ago in San Francisco Chronicle columni ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Democratic Candidate Portrays San Francisco as Haven of Dirty Hippies
Dirty hippies! It's a bit odd for a Democratic candidate to use, as a selling point, how little he has in common with the Democratic Party. But, if that's the chosen route to electoral success, it's not very surprising that said candidate should portray San Francisco as a den of bizarre, gyrating ... More >>