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In September of 1985, I attended and photographed a concert by Cocteau Twins, in San Francisco, on their first US tour. My photos can be found here: #cocteautwins #lizfraser #robinguthrie #simonraymonde #michaelconen #35mm #photography #canonae1 michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2012/12/02/t...
“Where Were You?” – The Cocteau Twins at Wolfgang’s, in San Francisco [September 17,1985]
***NOTE: Custom prints from this performance are available for purchase; see the link in the main menu above, or go here: A photograph from this performance would be one of my first images publishe…
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September 24, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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In the month of September, 1978, I was seeing & photographing Savoy Brown, at a stop in Cincy, OH. Photos and recollections, at the following link: #savoybrown #kimsimmonds #michaelconen #canonae1 #35mm #photography #wherewereyou michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2018/05/30/w...
“Where Were You?” – Savoy Brown at Bogart’s, in Cincinnati, Ohio [September 17, 1978]
Today’s post features a band that has been a favorite of mine, for many, many years.  In fact, the first long-playing album [LP] that I ever bought with my own pocket money, was Savoy Brown&#…
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September 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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In September of 1978, I was attending a concert by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Photographs taken by me, can be seen at this link: #tompetty #mikecampbell #stanlynch #ronblair #benmonttench #michaelconen #35mm #photography michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2012/11/17/t...
“Where Were You?” – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, at Louisville Memorial Auditorium – Louisville, Kentucky [September 20, 1978]
***NOTE: Custom prints from this performance are available for purchase; see the link in the above main menu, or go here for more details: From the stadium/arena shows of my previous post of The Wh…
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September 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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On this date in 1977, I was attending & photographing Fleetwood Mac. For more images & recollections, see here:
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“Where Were You?” – Fleetwood Mac at Freedom Hall, in Louisville, Kentucky [September 21, 1977]
One of the first handful of concerts that I attempted to capture images with, using my new Canon AE-1 camera. Taken from the audience, at quite a distance from the stage, with mixed results. Four o…
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September 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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That time I photographed Talking Heads, just weeks before they filmed "Stop Making Sense". One of my earliest California concerts to shoot.
#talkingheads #davidbyrne #tinaweymouth #chrisfrantz #jerryharrison #ednaholt #lynnmabry #michaelconen #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Talking Heads at San Francisco Civic Center [December 6, 1983]
Photos from the “Speaking in Tongues” tour, 1983
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March 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Just published my photos of peter gabriel, from the "Security" tour, over on my blog. Turned out nicely, after much-needed touch up editing.
#petergabriel #michaelconen #tonylevin #davidrhodes #larryfast #wherewereyou #photography #liveconcerts
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“Where Were You?” – peter gabriel at Greek Theatre, in Berkeley, California [August 12th, 1983]
It has been a long time coming; these negatives suffered some slight damage, over the course of many moves in my life, and required detailed attention – and since I refuse to use Ai to do suc…
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March 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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In July of 1986, I was attending the show and photographing The Cramps, in San Francisco CA. Memorable, to say the least:
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“Where Were You?” – The Cramps at The I-Beam, San Francisco [July 1986]
The above Poster/flyer, courtesy of Cary [December 2017] These photos were taken on an incredibly hot night, to begin with, and with a possibly over-sold crowd, it only became stifling.  Lucki…
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July 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Photos I took of Patti Smith Group, performing in Louisville, KY, forty-eight years ago:
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“Where Were You?” – The Patti Smith Group at Louisville Memorial Auditorium, in Louisville, KY [April 26, 1978]
***Note: Custom prints from this show are now available; click the link above, in the main menu for more details, or here: A personal “Odyssey” – and turning point – of sort…
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April 30, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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This past weekend was the anniversary of my attending a very memorable concert by The Kinks, in 1981, which included several encores: #thekinks #raydavies #davedavies #jimrodford #iangibbons #mickavory #michaelconen #photography #35mm michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2019/02/15/w...
“Where Were You?” – The Kinks perform in Louisville, Kentucky [1980 & 1982]
Another lengthy post today, partly because I have held off on publishing these photographs for a number of reasons – mostly due to time constraints – but also because I wanted to make t…
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August 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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On this date in 1980, I was seeing & photographing The Pretenders in Louisville, KY : #pretenders #chrissiehynde #petefarndon #jameshoneymanscott #martinchambers #michaelconen #canonae1 #photography #35mm michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2012/11/23/t...
“Where Were You?” – The Pretenders, at Louisville Memorial Auditorium, Louisville Kentucky [September 4, 1980] “The Preface”
This appearance, I call “The Preface”, because this show would lead to a longer story, much of which takes place on the next U.S. tour, in 1981.  More on that, in another post&#823…
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September 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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On this date in 1984, I was attending & photographing the key songwriters for Squeeze, in SF: #chrisdifford #glenntilbrook #squeeze #thestone #michaelconen #canonae1 #photography #35mm #wherewereyou #keithwilkinson #donsnow #johnsavannah michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2021/05/29/w...
“Where Were You?” – Difford & Tilbrook at The Stone in San Francisco, California [August 1984]
These frames were from the second concert I photographed in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it was the first time I attended a show at The Stone [I would perform on this stage, as a member of The B…
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August 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Photos of mine, of Peter Murphy on a solo release tour. Never saw Bauhaus, but these images turned out pretty well.
#petermurphy #theibeam #wherewereyou #michaelconen #canonae1 #photogrpahy #bauhaus
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“Where Were You?” – Peter Murphy at the I-Beam, San Francisco CA [3-3-87]
Another evening called to cover a show at the I-Beam, with pleasure, found me at my fave spot again: stage left.  It was crowded, as expected, but not too difficult to move around a bit, to sna…
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March 3, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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On this date in 1982; my pix from this music festival in Louisville KY: #babylondanceband #jilthorp #erectorset #then #nervousmelvin #trainable #canonae1 #michaelconen #wherewereyou #35mm #photography #swisspark michaelconen.wpcomstaging.com/2017/08/20/t...
“Where Were You?” – The New Music Festival at Swiss Park in Louisville, Kentucky [August 7th, 1982]
Today’s post features a summer ‘new music’ music festival, held during the summer of ’82, in Louisville, Kentucky.   This was to be considered the first such festival o…
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August 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Another day, and another post regarding concert photos I took, decades ago. This time, Muddy Waters & band, during his later years. Lucky to be old enough to catch him then:
#muddywaters #bogart's #cincinnati #michaelconen #wherewereyou #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Muddy Waters at Bogart’s, in Cincinnati, Ohio [December 17th, 1977]
Photos taken of Muddy Waters and band, in December of 1977, at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the first year of owning my camera gear.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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On this date in 1986, I photographed The Church, at The I-Beam, in SF, CA. Images can be found, here:
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“Where Were You? – The Church at the I-Beam, San Francisco CA [August 5, 1986]
Photos of The Church, in San Francisco, from 1986
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August 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Back on this date in 1977, I was seeing and photographing Weather Report. A valuable object lesson about using a flash occurred due to low light
#weatherreport #jacopastorius #wayneshorter #joezawinul #manolobadrena #alexacuna #michaelconen #photography
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“Where Were You?” – Weather Report at Memorial Auditorium, Louisville KY [June 4th, 1977]
A brief post about a show that I attended, less than two months after initially purchasing my camera gear [a Canon AE-1, and a Komuranon 80 – 200mm telephoto zoom lens, whose fastest f-stop s…
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June 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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From July of 1978: that time I attempted to photograph the Stones, in Cleveland OH. Very rowdy crowd meant only a few frames were captured:
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“Where Were You?” – The Rolling Stones at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, in Cleveland, Ohio [July 1st, 1978]
Today’s post is quite brief, due to the simple fact that although I had brought along several rolls of film, with the intention of taking as many photos as I could – that would not work…
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July 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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That time I had a roll of film confiscated while shooting The Police. Still managed to get a few decent snaps, in the end.
#thepolice #andysummers #sting #stewartcopeland #michaelconen #wherewereyou #canonae1 #concertphotography #photography
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“Where Were You?” – The Police at Rupp Arena – Lexington, Kentucky [April 4, 1982]
This show stands out for two particular reasons:  it was one of the very few times in my life that I was able to secure front row reserved seats to a major concert; and it was one of the very …
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May 30, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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It is the anniversary of this performance, from 1982, taken on their only US tour; a number of my pix were used for a box-set of cds a few years back:
#richardthompson #lindathompson #michaelconen #wherewereyou #fairportconvention #andrewbatt #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Richard and Linda Thompson, at The Second Story – Bloomington, Indiana [May 29, 1982]
***NOTE: Custom prints from these performances are now available; see the link in the above menu for more details, or here: Finally managed the time to uncover and edit the remaining photographs fr…
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May 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Photos captured on this date, in 1986, by me. For more on that, check the link:
#einsturzendeneubauten #blixabargeld #markchung #nuunruh #fmeinheit #alexhacke #michaelconen #wherewereyou #canonae1 #clubdv8 #concertphotography #photography
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“Where Were You?” – Einsturzende Neubauten at Club DV8, San Francisco CA [June 6, 1986]
Just after Club DV8 in San Francisco opened, they hosted Einsturzende Neubauten, and these are the majority of my photos from that evening, in June of 1986.
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June 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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On this date in 1981, I was photographing a show by Rosanne Cash, at one of my fave venues, Bogart's, in Cincinnati OH:
#rosannecash #albertlee #hankdevito #emorygordyjr #rosemarybutler #michaelconen #concertphotography #canonae1 #photography
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“Where Were You?” – Rosanne Cash at Bogart’s, in Cincinnati, Ohio [June 2, 1981]
Hello, and welcome to my concert photography blog site. Today is a quick one, to remedy an oversight: I had originally posted these images and recollections on another website, about a dozen years …
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June 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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On this date in 1980, I was seeing The Who, and taking photos:
#petetownshend #rogerdaltry #johnentwhistle #kennyjones #johnbundrick #thewho #michaelconen #wherewereyou #35mm #canonae1 #photography #concertphotography
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“Where Were You?” – The Who, Live at Rupp Arena [Lexington, Kentucky – July 11, 1980]
Well, it is about time to jump back to some earlier concerts, where I began to “hone” my skills….. When the major rock acts would perform in Kentucky, in the 60’s through mo…
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July 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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From July of 1978; first time Foreigner headlined in Lexington KY, with Head East opening. Photos & recollections, found here:
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“Where Were You?” – Foreigner, with Head East opening, at Rupp Arena, Lexington KY [July 14, 1978]
Another show from Rupp Arena, which featured a major band hitting their stride, Foreigner, and a regional favorite, Head East, from the summer of 1978…. “Where Were You?”
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July 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Photos of mine, early on in my attempts to capture live concert shots. This time, The Who, in 1980, and, yes, again with watermarks:
#thewho #michaelconen #wherewereyou #photography #canonae1 #petetownshend #rogerdaltry
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“Where Were You?” – The Who, Live at Rupp Arena [Lexington, Kentucky – July 11, 1980]
Well, it is about time to jump back to some earlier concerts, where I began to “hone” my skills….. When the major rock acts would perform in Kentucky, in the 60’s through mo…
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February 27, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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Another evening, many years ago, when I covered a fund-raising event for UC Berkeley's KALX-FM radio station. These pix were taken at The Omni, in Oakland, CA:
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“Where Were You?” – Rain Parade at The Omni, Oakland CA [May 17th, 1986]
Rain Parade, as they appeared in the mid-80’s at a benefit show on behalf of KALX-FM, Berkeley, at The Omni, in Oakland, California
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May 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM