Chuck Berry
in the late 1930's
1933
Hank Williams
1953
Eddie Cochran Age 15
Eddie Cochran & Chuck Foreman - Rockin' It 1953
1953
Edgar & Johnny Winter after winning a radio music contest!
1959
Mac Rebennack later to become Dr. John
1960
Syd Barrett with his monkey
1960
Brian Eno
1960
David Crosby
A member of the folk music combo Les Baxter's Balladeers
1961
The Beatles perform for 18 people in a modest club
in the town of Aldershot, December 1961
The Beatles - Money (With Pete Best) At The Cavern Club (1961)
1961
Jimi Hendrix: a member of the US Army
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
1961
A young Brian Wilson in the studio
The Beach Boys "Surfin" Home Recording 1961
1962
Keith Moon
Drummer for The Beachcombers
(A surf music combo)
The Beachcombers - Mad Goose
1962
Here's a clean cut band called the Rolling Stones
Dig those neat haircuts!
The Rolling Stones - Johnny B. Goode 1962
1962
A young folksinger named Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills - Travelin' 1962
1963
Jerry Garcia
Susan Ruppenthal and Jerry Garcia 1963
1963
Here's a 16 year old David Bowie
Saxophonist & Lead Singer for The Kon-rads
The Konrads (with David Bowie)
Baby It's Too Late Now / I'm Over You
1963
Jim Morrison (before he became the Lizard King)
1963
The Rolling Stones officially begin their career in Show Business
1964
The High Numbers (early version of The Who)
1964
Neil Young when he was a member of
The Squires, a Canadian rock & roll band
I'll Love You Forever - Neil Young & the Squires
1964
Lou Reed & John Cale
In 1964, Lou Reed came up with a parody single, titled, ‘The Ostrich’. He composed and sang the song along with future ‘Velvet Underground’ mate, John Cale. The song caught on as a popular number with the masses and his talent as a songwriter and a singer, captured the attention of critics.
A Young Iggy Pop circa 1965
Iggy Pop (on drums) 1965
He was a member of a band called The Iguanas
1965
Davy Jones before changing his name to David Bowie
1965
Stevie Nicks
1965
The Mynah Birds
Bruce Palmer (Bass Guitar)
Rick James (Lead Vocalist)
Neil Young (Lead Guitar)
Ricky James Matthews had this group in 1965 bouncing around Toronto, and it seems he couldn't keep guitar players. Late winter '65, Bassist Bruce Palmer sees Neil Young on the street with his guitar case, and suggests he join up. Neil, the struggling folk singer agrees, and history is made.
Rick James gets a deal with Motown, and 16 tracks supposedly were done in Feb. '66. This was to have been the first single from a scheduled album. Ricky gets caught AWOL from the Navy, busted, and the record deal falls apart. I guess then more history is made.
Neil and Bruce sell the Mynah's equipment, and head west looking for a couple of other folkies, Steve Stills and Richie Furay. More history is made. Ricky James Matthews did OK for himself too. He became a super freak, and a superstar. Enjoy a little bit of music history. On Motown, from Hitsville USA --Ricky James, Neil Young,and Bruce Palmer. The Mynah Birds.
1966
Tom Petty playing Bass Guitar @ Gainesville High School
1966
Jimi Hendrix as lead guitarist in Wilson Pickett's band
1967
Todd Rundgren (a member of The Nazz)
1967
Jeffrey Hyman (aka Joey Ramone) playing drums
with a band called The Intruders
1968
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
Jimi Hendrix with Moving Sidewalks,
a psychedelic rock band from Houston, TX
which included a young Billy Gibbons
1968
Debbie Harry aka a Playboy Bunny
Debbie Harry - Djini Judy (1968)
1968
John William Cummings aka Johnny Ramone
1968
A pre-Ramones Joey
1968
Sid Vicious
1971
Bruce Springsteen
(a member of a band called Steel Mill)
Steel Mill @ The Upstage, Asbury Park, NJ
1975
Joe Strummer
(a member of the pub rock combo, The 101ers)
1975
Tom Petty (a member of a band called Mudcrutch)
1975
Tina Weymouth (the early days of the Talking Heads)
Live at CBGB, New York, NY, 1975
Introduction by Seymour Stein, Sire Records
1977
Prince when he was just starting out in the music biz
This is Prince at age 19 , and he is funky as hell! The musicians are PRINCE (Keyboards and Guitar), Andre Cymone (Bass) and Bobby Z (Drums). They recorded instrumentals demos in the rehearsal room of Owen Husney's Loring Park office.
1977
Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh & Jerry Casale
perfecting their musical act in their apartment
Devo Live in NYC 1977
1990
Bo Diddley & a four year old Trombone Shorty
Someone in the celebratory chaos Jazz Fest inspires, lifted Shorty up, trombone and all. Hundreds of hands passed him overhead and towards Bo until he arrived, shell-shocked, on stage. Shorty was already a local prodigy. He marched through the streets of Tremé with musicians twice his height and ten times his age regularly. Once Shorty arrived on stage, Bo hunched over, looked Shorty dead in the eye, and said, "Blow! Blow the horn!"
