Led Zeppelin were in San Francisco on their first American tour, opening for Country Joe and The Fish at the Fillmore West for four nights in early 1969. "I knew about the Yardbirds,"... "I knew nothing about this new band with Jimmy Page. But they booked a session because they wanted some 8-by-10 glossies, as they used to say in the trade."
"I didn't give them much direction," he says. "These guys were on the road and really didn't want to be there. I had 40 minutes, so I took individual portraits and a group shot. They were looking down at the parking lot of an abandoned grocery store. This was a neighborhood full of buildings that were later torn down. There were junk shops and places full of windows and banisters, great for shooting photos."
-- Herb Greene (to Rolling Stone Magazine)
The Acid Age of San Francisco Rock Series
This photograph is part of a portfolio of 39 images that Herb Greene curated to capture the local music scene that launched the Summer of Love.
Release Notes:
Herb Greene's museum-quality photographs were produced as signed, limited edition silver gelatin prints in several sizes from 11" x 14" (open edition in this size) to 30" x 40".
Collector's Notes:
Herb Greene's beautiful hand-signed photographs were printed to order. At the time of his death a very small quantity had been pre-printed and signed for exhibition and/or sale. These pieces are what now make up his estate archive.
We do not yet have news about the potential for estate-authorized/postumous prints.
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Buyers will receive a certificate of authenticity following delivery of the artwork.