Excellent coverage from the Louder Than War and Best Classic Bands websites of my new book, “Jukebox: Photographs 1967 – 2023.”
Louder Than War critic Robin Boardman writes, “It soon becomes clear as you turn the pages of this Aladdin’s cave of photographs that Goldberg not only knows how to hold a camera, but he also has an instinctive eye for what makes a good shot, born of his wonderment at the world of icons and wannabes in which he operates. … it’s a cornucopia of musical delights celebrating the broad church of rock music in all its forms with treats at every turn.”
Meanwhile, the folks at Best Classic Bands note, “Music journalist and former Rolling Stone senior writer Michael Goldberg has published a new book, “Jukebox—Photographs 1967-2023,” featuring distinctive, full-page photographs of musicians taken between 1967 and 2023. Goldberg is best known as a writer, but for over 50 years he’s also been photographing musicians and the photos in Jukebox are drawn from the thousands he’s taken over the years.”
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Included are photos of the Sex Pistols, Crime, the Ramones, the Avengers, Debbie Harry, 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, David Byrne, Eno, Townes Van Zant, the Flamin’ Groovies, and many many more.
“Text is kept to a minimum, restricted primarily to artist name, date and location,” writes Boardman, “allowing the photographs to do the talking, and that’s something they do very eloquently indeed. Jukebox is a thrill ride through the golden age of rock n roll which no fan will want to miss.”
Please note that the book can be purchased directly from the publisher, HoZac Records and Books. I will be doing an event at Grace Cathedral’s Forum on Sunday, August 11 starting at 9:30 am. Books will be available at The Forum and I’ll be around to sign them.
I will also be doing a presentation on “Jukebox” at Book Passage in Corte Madera on August 24 beginning at 4 pm and books will also be available there. And, nearly 40 photos from the book will be on display beginning July 25 through September 22 at the Haight Street Art Center, which you can also see “We Are the One: San Francisco Punk 1970s – 1980s,” an art exhibit that I’m curating. Books will be available there and there will be an opening party on August 2 from 6 pm to 9 pm.