Younger Than Yesterday: Early Photos of Rock & Roll Stars

 

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

Mick Jagger on stage with Blues Incorporated

 

 

1961

Eric Clapton

 

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

The Monarchs 

(Van Morrison second from the left)

 

 

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 

Vincent Damon Furnier aka Alice Cooper 

when he was a member of The Earwigs 

(a Beatles parody band)

 

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." (unknown writer on YouTube)

 

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 

Steven Tyler (before Aerosmith)

 

 

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

 

 

1971 

Hippie John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten

 

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 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. They sound like well-crafted compositions.

 

 

1977

Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh & Jerry Casale 

perfecting their musical act in their apartment

 

Devo Live in NYC 1977

 

 

1982

an 18 year old Slash 

performing with a band called Titus Sloan

 

1981 

Kurt Cobain in his pre-Nirvana days

 

 

1988

A 14 year old Billie Armstrong (Green Day)

in a band called Sweet Children 

with his childhood friend Mike Dirnt

 

 

 

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.'" (gonola.com)


 

 

 


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