Pigs on the Wing @ Rogue Theatre (Grants Pass, Oregon – December 11, 2021)

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Posted on December 11th, 2022 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, pigs on the wing, rogue theatre. Comments Off on One year ago today…

Jason Baker of Pigs on the Wing @ The Rogue Theatre (May 2019)

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Posted on December 7th, 2022 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, Nikon AF‑S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens, Nikon D750, pigs on the wing, rogue theatre. Comments Off on Jason Baker of Pigs on the Wing

Brynna Dean of The Shaky Harlots (March 18, 2022)

Posted on December 3rd, 2022 under only in ashland, people. Tags: black sheep, concert photography, NIKKOR Z 24mm f/1.8 S lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, The Shaky Harlots. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Brynna Dean!

Michael Ian Brisbane of Living Loving Led @ The Ashland Armory (November 20, 2021)

Posted on November 30th, 2022 under only in ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, Historic Ashland Armory, living loving led, NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, the brisbane project. Comments Off on Dazed and Confused

Hillstomp @ The Rogue Theatre (November 4, 2022)

Almost exactly one year since their last performance in the Rogue Theatre, Hillstomp returned this past Friday evening. Fortunately, they brought some of their own lighting (as the stage lighting in the Rogue Theatre is really bad–I wish bands wouldn’t use the house red lights as they don’t look good or photograph well).

Speaking of poor lighting, the exterior of the Rogue Theatre used to be the highlight of a nighttime drive through Grants Pass. Now it looks pretty neglected.

Hillstomp and Tommy Emmanuel on Rogue Theatre marqueE

Posted on November 11th, 2022 under outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: concert photography, hillstomp, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, rogue theatre, signs. Comments Off on Hillstomp @ Rogue Theatre

From the November 20, 2021 Living Loving Led @ Ashland Armory show

I was only three years old when Led Zeppelin IV came out. A few years later, when I was in second or third grade, I was walking home from school and found a cassette of Led Zeppelin IV on the sidewalk. Several years passed before I had any more music in my collection so that cassette got played a lot! I was intrigued by it. No lyrics were included and the internet was decades away from being invented, but I wanted to know the lyrics. So I listened to it over and over again, stopping the tape and rewinding countless times in order to write down the lyrics myself. I probably got many of them wrong, but somewhere there was once the lyrics to Led Zeppelin IV in my third- or fourth-grade handwriting.

I was still passionate about Led Zeppelin in high school. I read Hammer of the Gods by Stephen Davis between innings at A’s games in 1985. Although the book has been criticized for its errors and inaccuracies, it only increased my fascination with the band.

Posted on November 8th, 2022 under only in ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, living loving led, NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii. Comments Off on Happy 51st birthday to Led Zeppelin IV

Hillstomp @ The Historic Rogue Theatre (November 5, 2021)

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Tickets available here or at the door.

Posted on November 3rd, 2022 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, hillstomp, Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens for Z Mount, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, rogue theatre. Comments Off on Hillstomp in Grants Pass tomorrow night

Philip Reed of The Brothers Reed @ The English Lavender Farm (June 26, 2022)

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Posted on October 31st, 2022 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR Lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera z6ii, The Brothers Reed. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Philip Reed!

Posted on October 16th, 2022 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, brume, club 66, concert photography, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Seven years ago…