Early Rock Photos From The Georgia Straight Underground Newspaper


During the early 1970s I reviewed most of the rock shows that came to Vancouver... I enjoyed this cool gig because from 1970 to 1972 I was the Entertainment Editor and Rock Critic of The Georgia Straight, a real, radical underground newspaper. Most of my substance-enhanced reviews are pretty bad, but the pix are still interesting in a sort of try to scan off yellowing cheap paper kind of way. This group of pix came from my Georgia Straight files. Most of these pix were taken either by me, or my then spousal unit.

If you'd like to learn more about the original Georgia Straight, a few of us have compiled a listing of everyone who worked there from 1967 to 1972. It can be found here.












Double exposure of Alvin Lee




Bill Henderson of Chilliwack




Collage of Chicago Transit Authority. Read my 1970 interview with them here.




Terry Kath of Chicago




Chuck Berry




Claire Lawrence of Chilliwack




Country Joe McDonald




Dash Crofts




Jimmy Seals




Donovan




Edgar Winter




Elton John. Read my 1971 interview with him here.





Elton John




Elton John




Gary Brooker




Initial Greenpeace fundraiser, with Joni Mitchell & James Taylor. This pix was taken by Allan Katowitz.




Ian Anderson




Ian Anderson




Ian Anderson




Jefferson Airplane




John Hammond




John Lee Hooker




Robin Trower




Robin Trower




Keith Emerson




Johnny Winter & Mississippi Fred McDowell




Johnny Winter




Johnny Winter




Neil Young




Neil Young




Jimmy Page




Robert Plant (on the night of his 23rd birthday). Read my 1971 interview with him here.







Robert Plant




Robert Plant




Robert Plant




Justin Hayward and Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues




Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues




Little Richard




Frank Zappa




Van Morrison. Read my 1971 interview with him here.




Eric Andersen




Eric Andersen




Rod Stewart




More Pix:

Van Morrison
Bob Dylan & The Band
Tim Buckley
Sade
John Fahey
Paul Butterfield
Larry Coryell
The Tubes
Georgia Straight Rock Pix