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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (13 Nov 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0224072714
ISBN-13: 978-0224072717
Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 25.2 x 3 cm

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Annie Leibovitz' extraordinary career took off in San Francisco in 1970 when she first submitted a portfolio to "Rolling Stone" magazine. By 1973, she was the magazine's chief photographer. Since 1983, Annie Leibovitz has worked closely with Vanity Fair, who will be producing a special music issue to coincide with the book. Her subjects include Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Dolly Parton, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry and even Philip Glass. She has created a body of new work for the book, covering the landscape of American music - the juke joints of the Delta, Graceland, B. B. King at his hometown of Indianola in Mississippi and the Carter family in Virginia. The book is a tribute to a great culture in its widest form by the photographer who has understood more than anybody the power of the iconic image.

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A survey of the American musicians photographed over a thirty-year career by the most celebrated photographer in America.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Annie Leibovitz's Images of and Notes about American Popular Musicians, 12 Dec 2008

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

The title of this volume can mislead people who don't remember that Annie Leibovitz started out as the lead photographer for Rolling Stone. The result of her life's photographic work with these subjects is portrayed here along with some very fine notes at the end that explain who the subjects are for those you don't know. I liked the notes as much as the photographs. You will, too, unless you have an encyclopedic knowledge of American popular musicians. Those offerings are boosted in value by the essays authored by Patti Smith, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Mos Def, Beck, Ryan Adams, and Annie Leibovitz.

The work cries for a companion CD tucked into the back of the book so you could match the music to the images and words. Perhaps it was just too much work to put the permissions together for such a project . . . or the publishers just assumed that we know all the music (I certainly don't).

The photography is often breathtaking in capturing musicians who have had a lasting effect on tens of millions of lives. In many cases, you are treated to large, two-page spreads where the center line doesn't interrupt your ability to focus on the image. The printing is very fine in the copy I read, and I hope it is also on yours.

Here are a few of my many favorites:

Pete Seeger, Clearwater Revival, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 2001 (color)
Fisk Jubilee Singers, New York City, 2003
Eddie Cotton, Jr. with Jan Hobson, Jackson, Mississippi, 2000
Po' Monkey's Lounge, Merigold, Mississippi, 2000
B.B. King, New York City, 2000

Emmylou Harris, Franklin, Tennessee, 2001
Johnny Cash with his grandchildren and daughter, Rosanne Cash, Hiltons, Virginia, 2001
Dolly Parton, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 2002
Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Odetta, New York City, 2000
Willie Nelson, Spicewood, Texas, 2001

Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, 2001
Duane Eddy and Les Paul, Mahwah, New Jersey, 2000
Aretha Franklin, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1993
John Lee Hooker, Los Altos, California, 2000
Willie Foster, Greenville, Mississippi, 2000

Rakim, Eminem, and Dr. Dre, Los Angeles, 2002
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs with sons, Bridgehampton, New York, 1998
Nelly, New York City, 2002
Mary J. Blige, New York City, 1999
Bonnie Raitt, New York City, 2003

Jon Bon Jovi, Rumson, New Jersey, 2000
The White Stripes, New York City, 2003
Iggy Pop, Miami, Florida, 2000
Mike Ness and family, Santa Ana, California, 2003
Ardoin Family, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, 2002

Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 2002
Neville Family, New Orleans, 2002
New Birth Brass Band, New Orleans, 2003
Jazz Funeral for Placide Adams, New Orleans, 2003
Miles Davis, New York City, 1989

Dave Brubeck, Wilton, Connecticut, 2002
Etta James, Riverside, California, 2003
Tony Bennett and Ralph Sharon, San Francisco, 2001
Anita O'Day, Los Angeles, 2001
Louis Armstrong, Queens, New York, 1971

Joan Baez, Big Sur, California, 1971
Bob Dylan, Los Angeles, 1977
Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, San Francisco, 1972
Tina Turner, San Francisco, 1971
Ray Charles, Los Angeles, 1972

James Taylor, Lenox, Massachusetts, 2002
Joni Mitchell, Bel Air, California, 1999
Bruce Springsteen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999
Patti Smith, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, 1996

May these marvelous images strum your heart strings for lovely moments of old!

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