Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Matyfield photos, Charlotte, NC, March 10, 2015

Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield
sing Elliott Smith
McGlohon Theater
Charlotte, NC
March 10, 2015
all photos copyright 2015 Daniel Coston

British Invasion Tour photos, Kent Theater, Kent, Ohio, March 4, 2015

British Invasion Tour photos

Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon)

Chad & Jeremy

Billy J. Kramer

Denny Laine

Mike Pender of the Searchers

Terry Sylvester

Kent Stage

Kent, Ohio 

March 4, 2015

all photos copyright 2015 Daniel Coston

Update From My Wesbite

Hello All-

Here we are, smack in the middle of 2015. My apologies for having gone so long without an update. There’s been a lot going on. Here’s a few of the highlights.

I have three photos in the new Wilco best-ofs. Two photos (including one spread over pages 2 & 3) in the two-CD collection, and one photo in the four-CD rarities set. Check them out, and check out all the great music, again. There’s a few CDs/DVDs coming soon with my photos, which I’ll update soon.

Recent work with bands includes the legendary Jayhawks, Big Star Third, British Invasion Tour (see them on tour again soon), Carolina Chocolate Drops, Chita Rivera, Sommore, Dollar Past Sunset, and others. There’s been lots of work with the Charlotte Obsever, and many other print and web magazines. I’m also doing some photos now for CLTure.org. You can check out a number of my photos on this site, as well as a couple of reviews. 

My friend Tyler Baum recently interviewed me about some of the people I’ve photographed here-

http://www.seacreaturemedia.com/2015/02/interview-time-with-daniel-coston.html

You can also go to my blog, danielcoston.blogspot.com, for a number of my new photos, and writings. If you’ve come here to check out my event photography, go to danielcoston.photoreflect.com. If I’ve photographed you at a gala or social function, this is where you will find my photo of you!

My new book, detailing my photos through the years of the WBT Briarhoppers, is now available, and can be purchased here.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Briarhoppers-Circle-Rolls-On/dp/0692312137

You can find out more about all of my books at fortcanogapress.blogspot.com. Yes, we’re up to four now!

I have a lot of book discussions and signings coming up this spring and summer. A full list will be posted shortly. In the meantime, we’re bringing back the 3rd Annual Charlotte 60s Rock & Roll Reunion at the Neighborhood Theatre on June 27th. This year’s lineup features the Bondsmem and the Mod VI, both of whom are reuniting for the first time in 45 years. The Mannish Boys, and another surprise artist will rock out the bill. Tickets are available at www.neighborhoodtheatre.com.

Thanks to everyone for all your support, and see you on the road.

-Daniel 

March 3, 2015

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News About Another Upcoming Awesome Rock & Roll Show

Do you remember last fall when we brought The Woggles​ to Snug Harbor​, and how amazing that was? Well, we're bringing them back again. The Woggles will be back at Snug Harbor on April 21st, paired this time with Jake Berger​ and the fabulous Mannish Boys​. A certain MC may also play tambourine and sing with the Mannish Boys. Doors at 8pm, showtime at 9pm. Tickets are now available. Let's Rock.
-Daniel
March 2, 2015

Outtakes From Tyler Baum Interview, With Stories By Me

Dillinger Escape Plan

I photographed them at Ground Zero in Spartanburg, SC in 1999 when they opened for Dick Dale. It was a bizarre bill. It was one of the few venues I’ve been to that was so dirty that you could see the dust and dirt hanging in the air. I saw some good shows there, though. Mr. Bungle, and one of Royal Trux’s final shows.

Clay Aiken

I first photographed Clay at an event at Concord Mills Mall. This was right after American Idol. The locals were freaking out! A few years later, I was hired to shoot a meet-and-greet with Clay and 150 fans. Which all had to be shot in ten minutes. I suggested that we group the folks together in sets of 10, and have one group ready in one part of the room, and another ready to go. So we ping-pinged from group to group, with Clay. I also asked for a chair to stand on while shooting. I knew that if I was up higher, that we would take less time to set everyone up. I also knew that having Clay looking up would be a better angle, for him. His people thought I was crazy, but by the second group, they had a chair ready for me in the next set-up. 

I’ve also shot Clay on one of his campaign appearances. In an odd way, Clay reminds me of Grace Slick, whom I’ve also photographed on more than one occasion. Both are very used to the sound of their own voices, and their’s being the most important voice in the room. Is that a good or bad thing? It depends on your point of view.

Boots Randolph

I met Boots when I went to Memphis, TN in 2002 for the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. I had driven all day to photograph Graceland. As soon as I got to town, the first rainstorm to hit Memphis in weeks just poured down. Somehow, I ended up at a restaurant, and picked up a flyer about events going on in town that week.

It turned out that there was a special concert going on at the Peabody Hotel that night with a lot of musicians that had played with Elvis. I got there near the end of the show, just as they’d stopped taking tickets. I walked in, saw the end of the show, and then stood in the lobby as all of the musicians came out to sign autographs. Scotty Moore & DJ Fontana, Boots Randolph, Millie Kirkham, the Jordanaires, the Stamps Quartet, and more. Somewhere, I have an envelope that I had them all sign. The evening ended with me following Scotty and DJ to Beale Street, where they were having a late meal with Sam Phillips. They all sat in the restaurant underneath a giant mural of Elvis, with the banner of "You left us all shook up." I snuck photos of this from the other side of the restaurant. 

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The most under-photographed event these days are recording sessions. As a kid, I’d pore over photos of musicians at work in the studio. Sinatra, Beatles. My parents had a 5th Dimension album that features Leroy Neiman sketches of the band recording. I thought that was cool! Now, no one seems to get good photos of a band in a studio. Or at work on the record. I love shooting in a recording studio. Give me great music, a good-looking place to record, and a camera, and I’m happy.

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Among favorite album covers-

The Band, self-titled. Elliott Landy photograph. Landy’s work with the Band was an influence on my early work with the Avett Brothers. Get to the heart of the people within those vintage clothes. 

-Daniel

March 2, 2015

Marshall Crenshaw photos, Charlotte, NC, March 1, 2015

Marshall Crenshaw
Evening Muse
Charlotte, NC
March 1, 2015
all photos copyright 2015 Daniel Coston

New Interview With Me

Hello All-

My good friend Tyler Baum interviewed me about some of my favorite records, and some of the bands and people that I've photographed over the years. Enjoy at-

http://www.seacreaturemedia.com/2015/02/interview-time-with-daniel-coston.html

-Daniel
March 1, 2015