Michael Goldberg (that’s me) will be talking about being a music photographer, a rock journalist, his new book “Jukebox: Photographs 1967 – 2024” and showing photos from the book at Book Passage in Corte Madera (that’s in Marin) on Saturday August 24 beginning at 4 PM. Book Passage is located at 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, Ca.

I spent over a year and a half putting the book together, drawing from 1000s of photographs of musicians I’ve taken over the years. The book begins with the first photograph I took of a musician, of Jim Morrison leading The Doors on Mount Tamalpias at the Mountain Theater in late June of 1967. The Doors headlined the first day of the two-day KFRC Magic Mountain Fantasy Fair and Music Festival, the first U.S. rock music festival. A week later the Monterey Pop Festival was held.

There are photos of Phil Lesh, Sam Andrew of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin and Peter Kraemer of the Sopwith Camel, also taken in 1967. There are also photos I took when I was 17 of Jerry Garcia at his home in Larkspur, as well as photos of members of the Grateful Dead performing in Marin.

At Book Passage I’ll show photos and talk about many other musicians, probably including Toots and the Maytals, Professor Longhair, the Flaming Groovies, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Neil Young, Alice Cooper, Michael Bloomfield and others.

Hope to see you at Book Passage, where the book is currently available for purchase. Or you can order it direct from the publisher , HoZac Records and Books.

Hard cover: https://hozacrecords.com/product/pre-order-jukebox-1967-2023-photographs-hardcover-book-by-michael-goldberg/

Soft cover: https://hozacrecords.com/product/pre-order-jukebox-1967-2023-photographs-book-by-michael-goldberg/

Great feature in the San Francisco Chronicle on my new book, “Jukebox: Photographs 1967 – 2023.” Brandon Yu writes, “’Jukebox pulls from his vast photo archive and mostly from this period [1970s and 1980s], capturing an eclectic range of musicians — from Patti Smith and Neil Young to Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits — in hotel rooms, in dressing rooms and live onstage. …

“The book is also a panorama of San Francisco at that time as a vibrant hub for music and where the ‘countercultural bohemian’ ethos from the decade prior had a longer shelf life than the rest of the country,” writes Yu, who quotes me saying, “There were all these great (venues), all these great musicians coming through constantly back then, and the scene — basically, it took quite a while for the ’60s to kind of end,” Goldberg says. 

You can read the whole feature here.

Please note that the book can be purchased directly from the publisher, HoZac Records and Books or if you are in San Francisco, at the Haight Street Art Center and they have books at Book Passage in Corte Madera too because I got an early shipment of books. In addition to getting a book filled with unique photos, if you buy one you are supporting independent publishing (HoZac is a small independent press that has been releasing great records for over 15 years and publishing unique books for about five years) and indie writers and photographers like myself.

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 are on on display through September 22 at the Haight Street Art Center, where you can also see “We Are the One: San Francisco Punk 1970s – 1980s,” an art exhibit that I curated. Books are available there and there will be an opening party on August 2 from 6 pm to 9 pm. If you are in the Bay Area, please come to the party.