RollingStone Cover Series RockPaperPhoto
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Michael Jackson, July 2009
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Kevin MazurWhen Michael Jackson suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and died on June 25, 2009, the stunned Read more…
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Tina Turner, November 1967
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Baron WolmanTina Turner was appearing at the "hungry-I" in San Francisco when Baron Wolman took the shot that Read more…
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Jim Morrison, February 1968
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Baron WolmanUnusual for somebody who had an "all-access" pass, Baron Wolman was in the audience in Winterland Read more…
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Janis Joplin, February 1968
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Baron WolmanFor the photo of Janis Joplin in RS 6, Baron Wolman recalled, "I walked with my cameras to her Read more…
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Jimi Hendrix, March 1968
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Baron WolmanBaron Wolman considered the photos he shot of Jimi Hendrix at San Francisco's Fillmore West and at Read more…
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Rock Fashion, May 1968
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Baron WolmanFor RS 11, Baron Wolman said, "I had made some lovely photos of Johnny Cash and B.B. King, both of Read more…
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Tiny Tim, July 1968
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Baron WolmanBaron Wolman felt "somewhat concerned" when he went to L.A. to photograph Tiny Tim for RS 13. "He Read more…
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Frank Zappa, July 1968
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Baron WolmanBaron Wolman traveled with writer Jerry Hopkins to Laurel Canyon to photograph Frank Zappa at his Read more…
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Doug and Shawn Sahm, December 1968
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Baron WolmanDoug Sahm, founder and leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet, showed up for his portrait session with Read more…
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Jimi Hendrix, February 1969
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Baron Wolman"It was impossible to take a bad photo of Hendrix; he was the most photogenic musician I ever Read more…
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Groupie, February 1969
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Baron Wolman"As concert promoter Bill Graham had given me all-access to any of the concerts he produced, I Read more…
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Sun Ra, April 1969
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Baron WolmanWhen Baron Wolman went to Berkeley to photograph Sun Ra for RS 31, "I had no idea who he was or Read more…
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Joni Mitchell, May 1969
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Baron WolmanFor the cover shoot of RS 33, Baron Wolman "spent a delightful afternoon drinking tea with Joni Read more…
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Mick Jagger, May 1969
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Baron WolmanAt a New York press conference captured for the cover of RS 49 in November 1969, Mick Jagger Read more…
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Chuck Berry, June 1969
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Baron WolmanBaron Wolman admitted, "It's a bit strange that the only time I photographed Chuck Berry was not Read more…
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Nudie Cahn, June 1969
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Baron WolmanNudie Cahn, pictured on the cover of RS 36, was a tailor to celebrities. His signature suits were Read more…
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Jerry Garcia, August 1969
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Baron WolmanEven though most San Franciscans considered the Grateful Dead to be hometown musical heroes, it Read more…
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Woodstock, September 1969
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Baron Wolman"There's not much more left to say about the Woodstock Music & Art Fair" celebrated in the pages of Read more…
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David Crosby, October 1969
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Robert AltmanThe occasion was the sixth annual Big Sur Folk Festival, held just a few weeks after Woodstock at Read more…
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Tina Turner, November 1969
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Robert AltmanRobert Altman captured sex-on-heels dynamo Tina Turner unleashing her primal rock intensity in a Read more…
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James Taylor and Carly Simon, January 1973
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Peter SimonThe intermarriage of rock & roll royalty is a tantalizing subject: Read more…
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Paul Simon, July 1972
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Peter SimonIt’s spring of 72 and folks want the inside scoop on why Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel split up Read more…
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Rod Stewart, June 1973
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Charles Gatewood“ I feel like an old hooker,” twenty-seven-year-old Rod Stewart muttered during this photo Read more…
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Little Richard, May 1970
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Baron WolmanIn December 1967, Little Richard and his band played a concert in the TV studios of San Francisco's Read more…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, February 1970
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Baron Wolman"Early on a January 1970 day, the men of Creedence Clearwater Revival Read more…
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James Taylor, February 1971
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Baron WolmanIn the summer of 1969, Baron Wolman recalled, "the 'other' San Francisco music photographer – the Read more…
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Doug Sahm, July 1971
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Baron WolmanBaron Wolman's final cover for Rolling Stone featured Doug Sahm, this time as an individual Read more…
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Keith Richards, August 1971
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Robert AltmanIn October 1969, the Stones were recording the seminal Let It Bleed, their last album to feature Read more…
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Stevie Wonder, April 1986
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Mark HanauerThe occasion was the release of Stevie Wonder's In Square Circle, the long-anticipated Read more…
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Michael Keaton, June 1989
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Bonnie SchiffmanThe deck was stacked against Michael Keaton when he donned the cape, but director Tim Burton’s Read more…
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Eddie Murphy, August 1989
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Bonnie SchiffmanBill Zehme's feature on Eddie Murphy opens with the actor-comedian driving up to Paramount Pictures Read more…
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James Taylor, June 1981
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Aaron RapoportAlthough the title of the album he was promoting was Davd Loves His Work and the profile is titled Read more…
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Tom Petty, July 1981
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Aaron RapoportAlthough Tom Petty initially complained about being put in a suit and tie for Aaron Rapoport’s Read more…
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E.T., July 1982
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Aaron RapoportAaron Rapoport’s image of the lovable alien shows the ingenuity of the extraterrestrial’s Read more…
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Men at Work, June 1983
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Aaron RapoportMen at Work lead singer/guitarist Colin Hay’s wandering eye - the result of a congenital Read more…
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Star Wars, July 1983
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Aaron RapoportFor Rolling Stone’s 1983 summer double issue, Aaron Rapoport staged a lighthearted beach romp Read more…
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Jackson Browne, September 1983
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Aaron Rapoport“I began by writing about myself,” Jackson Browne told Rolling Stone in 1983, “but after a Read more…
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Mick Jagger, November 1983
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William CouponIn the early ‘80s, punk had fizzled, and amongst the new wave upstarts, the torch of Big Ambition Read more…
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Bruce Springsteen, December 1984
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Aaron RapoportSix months into the hit album and tour that was Born In The USA, newly buff everyman Bruce Read more…
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Phil Collins, May 1985
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Aaron RapoportIn the Eighties, Phil Collins, likened to a Cabbage Patch doll in this Rolling Stone cover story, Read more…
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David Letterman, June 1985
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Deborah FeingoldThree years into Late Night, David Letterman tells Lynn Hirschberg of his youthful days Read more…
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Mark Knopfler, November 1985
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Deborah Feingold"I remember once," Mark Knopfler told Rolling Stone in 1985, "hitchhiking home to Newcastle on Read more…
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Bruce Springsteen, February 1986
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Aaron RapoportAfter a grueling 15-month tour that made him an international superstar, Bruce Springsteen should Read more…
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Tom Petty and Bob Dylan, July 1986
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Aaron RapoportThe shot by Aaron Rapaport to promote Dylan’s True Confessions tour, which featured Tom Petty and Read more…
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Van Halen, July 1986
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Deborah FeingoldDavid Fricke's Van Halen 2.0 profile finds the band riding high on hit album 5150 – their first Read more…
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Talking Heads, January 1987
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Richard CormanFor a band that prided itself on originality, the process that led to its dissolution was textbook Read more…
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Michael J. Fox, March 1987
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Deborah FeingoldNot quite a decade into his acting career, Michael J. Fox was testing his limits, pushing himself Read more…
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Miami Vice, March 1985
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Deborah FeingoldMTV cops: this was the legendary – and likely apocryphal – brainstorming memo that Read more…
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Robert Cray, June 1987
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Deborah FeingoldThirty-three-year-old bluesman Robert Cray had every reason to smile and embrace his Stratocaster Read more…
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George Harrison, October 1987
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William CouponAlthough William Coupon’s cover shot shows a pensive, monkish George Harrison, the occasion of Read more…
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Neil Young, June 1988
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William CouponThe Eighties were the most challenging decade for Neil Young, but he poses for William Coupon with Read more…
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Jerry Garcia, November 1989
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William CouponOn the release of their 13th studio album, the appropriately titled Built to Last, the Read more…
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