Bob Minkin Launches Kickstarter for Restricted Version Photography E book Celebrating New York’s Live Music Scene (Nineteen Seventies-80s)

Photo Credit: Bob Minkin

Bob Minkin stepped on the scene with a digital camera in hand at age 15, taking pictures New Riders of the Purple Sage throughout their 1974 appearances at New York’s Academy of Music. The expertise had a major impression on his trajectory, resulting in the Senior Photographer title at Relix [1970s-90s] and a stockpile of Big Apple live performance pictures spanning B.B. King, the Grateful Dead and extra. Now, Minkin has launched a Kickstarter marketing campaign, the place of us assist the mission by pre-ordering a replica of New York Rocked!

The limited-edition hardback picture e book showcases musicians, venues, and scenes that remember New York’s vivacious live-music scene throughout the Nineteen Seventies-90s. The new e book succeeds Minkin’s beforehand launched tasks associated to the Grateful Dead, together with Live Dead, Just Jerry, Just Bobby, and Just Phil, which join followers with their favourite band members utilizing a novel picture focus. These books have been additionally launched on Kickstarter. 

Whereas the Dead have been a major focus for Minkin, he additionally explored different artists and genres, capturing the enduring blues greats, the delivery of punk, and rock and roll legends who filtered out and in of town’s golf equipment, theaters, and arenas throughout the aforementioned eras. 

According to Minkin, “This 224-page hardcover will feature a comprehensive collection of my work, including many rare and never-before-published images. From the punk era, to the packed arenas where classic rock reigned, to the smoky blues joints where legends kept the roots alive — this book will span it all.”

Beyond the earlier topics, New York Rocked! additionally compiles photos of Hot Tuna, Santana, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, Talking Heads, Ramones, Muddy Waters, Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Frank Zappa, Johnny Winter, Grace Slick, Peter Tosh, Albert King, Al DiMeola, Weather Report, Jethro Tull, The Who, and Paul Simon. 

In addition to musicians, the e book provides a glimpse inside venues like The Palladium, Bottom Line, Lone Star Café, Central Park, Madison Square Garden, Beacon Theatre, Capitol Theatre (Passaic), Radio City, Wetlands, Bond’s International Casino, The Ritz, My Father’s Place, and extra. 

Learn extra and participate in Minkin’s New York Rocked! Kickstarter.