Rock Musician — Painting by kenne
— kenne
Fiddle Player — Image by kenne
Plaid skirt above her knees,
cap pulled low above her eyes—
she lifts the fiddle,
electric hum alive in the wires.
The bow strikes,
and sound uncoils like lightning,
notes tumbling fast,
braided with heat and pulse.
Her feet moving to the beat,
each chord a declaration—
plaid, cap, and storm-song
woven into one fierce figure
of music and light.
Memphis Beale Street — Image by kenne
Hallucinations (07/14/01) — Photo-artistry by kenne
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Mark May at the Old Rhythm Room In Houston (09/13/03) — Collage by kenne
B.B. King and Band (08/08/10) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
What? What? What? — Fred Imus Cap
“A full moon really affects me,” Fred told his brother Don.
“I get nervous and irritable. Does that ever happen to you?”
Only on days that end in Y.
For Christmas in 1999, Joy gave me a “coffee table” book, Two Guys Four Corners — Great Photographs, Great Times, and a Million Laughs by Don Imus and Fred Imus. The Imus brothers grew up on a cattle ranch in northern Arizona, a thirty-five-thousand-acre ranch between Kingmen and Seligman called the Willows. The main ranch house was on a dirt road fifty miles old, Route 66.
We first learned about Don Imus, a ‘shock joc’ nationally syndicated Imus In The Morning radio and TV program out of New York. His younger brother, Fred, also had a radio show and would frequently appear on the Imus program. Fred was the irascible brother of the far even more irascible Don Imus. He was also an entrepreneur, owning and operating the Auto Body Express in Santa Fe.
I didn’t grow up in the Southwest, but I fell in love with Arizona and the Four Corners when I finished my service in the Army in the late ’60s. If you love photography as much as I do, the Southwest provides a photo opportunity at every turn. The gift of the Imus brothers’ book set me on a path that would take me full circle back to Arizona in 2010. Since then, we have photographed almost all the venues in the Imus book.
Speaking of full circle, the Imas program was primarily a talk show. However, he occasionally played Americana music, and one of his favorite groups was The Mervicks. The lead singer is Raul Malo, whose voice is exceptional. They have a new album, Moon and Starts. This past Sunday, Raul, who is 58, was interviewed on NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, during which we learned that he has cancer.
Tucson Folk Festival (2013) — Photo-artistry by kenne
— from Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott
West Texas Wind Turbines — Photo-artistry by kenne
Say Hello In There — John Prine
Gruene Hall, Gruene, TX (07/24/08) — Image by kenne
Come Blow Your Horn — Image by kenne
— from Come Blow Your Horn by Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen
Tucson Folk Festival (2013) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Love Is Time — Image by kenne
Turning Time Around
— from Turning Time Around by Lou Reed
Whammer Bar Image by kenne
