2010 US Kiteboarding Masters
If you have come to this site looking for photos of the 6th Annual Kiteborading Masters please follow this link to the Flickr sets. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gonzoshots/sets/72157623544482380/. Above is Master Tom Reynolds flying high over Skyline.
The following photos are from February 27, 2010. Saturdays photos will be up later tonight.
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Monolith Festival 2011?
Mars Volta lead singer Cedric Bixler Zavala was just one of many great progressive rock bands that performed at the 2009 Monolith Festival, but the future of the festival is in question due to sponsorship, or possible lack thereof, in any case this festival that was held at the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in [...]
James McMurtry
James McMurtry performed at Utah’s finest venue, The State Room on February 24th, 2010. The show had been SOLD OUT for weeks and desperate McMurtry fans working Craig’s List hard for any available tickets. The stoic McMurty dazzled his adoring Utah fans with his guitar prowess, one of a kind voice and stellar songwriting. [...]
Jonny Burke
I walked into the The State Room in Salt Lake City Utah on February 24, 2010 before the doors were officially opened to get some interior shots for the venue owner, as I approached the stage I met a smiling face and an outstretched hand. A young man was setting up his guitar and [...]
GrooveMine Best of 2009
The one of kind website, GrooveMine.com out of Seattle has created a best of 2009 slideshow showcasing my work, you can see it here: http://www.groovemine.com/rantsraves_reviews
Jack’s Mannequin
Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin plays every show like its his last. The first time I saw this band was at Denver’s Mile High Music Festival in 2009. That festival included over 60 bands including some very major players like Tool, The Fray and Incubus and then there was this mid day show, a [...]
Tomorrows Bad Seeds
Tomorrows Bad Seeds brought their high-energy mix of Reggae, Rock, Punk, Soul and Hip Hop to the Velour lounge in Provo Utah February 4, 2010 warming up the stage for Trevor Hall. As the temperatures outside hovered in the 30’s, inside the temperature in this packed venue must have been in the 90’s and up [...]
Cameron Rafati
Cameron Rafati, a Utah native now based out of L.A. returned to play at numerous shows at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City which included a set an acoustic version of Ghetto Superstar with Pras of the Fuges at the Haiti Benefit show. After Sundance I caught up with him for a show at [...]
Trevor Hall
Trevor Hall, Chris Steele and “Super” Mario Pagliarulo rolled into Utah in their trusty old van Lakeesha. It was almost exactly a year since their last visit to Utah, and the size of the crowd had nearly doubled. Trevor has just returned from his annual trip to India and he seemed energized. Trevor travels to [...]
Lash LaRue
While wandering aimlessly around Park City during the 2010 Sundance festival I found myself in a whiskey distillery/restaurant called the High West Distillery, and ran into a great local band that goes by the name of Lash Larue. Their sound was a nice combination of folk, country and some soft rock rolled in, I was [...]
Jackie Greene
Jackie Greene performed at The State Room in Salt Lake City on January 29, 2010. Jackie looks like a cross between Johnny Depp and Bob Dylan (in his youth) and sounds like a modern reincarnate of Mr. Dylan although Jackie’s voice is much more melodic. His style of song writing is similar as well, epic [...]
Zach Parrish & The Huckleberries
I was on my way to shoot Jackie Greene at the State Room in Salt Lake City and decided to grab a quick bite across the street at The Bayou. As luck would have it I seated directly in front of a three piece band that was setting up. There are no coincidences, it [...]
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
Big Head Todd & the Monsters played to a packed and SOLD OUT house at The Depot in Salt Lake CIty, Utah providing their legions of enthusiastic fans what they have come to expect from this band; a full throttle passion play of original rock and roll and a virtuoso performance by Todd Park [...]
Samantha Stollenwerck
The San Francisco based Samantha Stollenwerck graced the stage at the SOLD OUT Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show was in support of an amazing foundation, Love Hope Strength http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/ . Check out her original song Oblivious from her latest CD by clicking on the player below:
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State Radio
State Radio played the Murray Theater in Salt Lake City Utah on January 22 with power and passion, not to mention a boat load of distortion. Lead singer and guitarist Chad Urmston gave the young crowd what they had come for, an ear full of punk rock played the way only State Radio can. Chad [...]
The Aggrolites
The Aggrolites played the Murray Theater in Murray Utah January 21, 2010 to an enthusiastic crowd proving that despite popular belief there are Ska fans in Utah. The passionate young crowd sang along to nearly every song. Lead singer Jesse Wagner pictured above danced relentlessly back and forth across the stage belting out stinging [...]
StoneFed
Stonefed is a Utah grown, 100% organic freestyle jam rock band that will blow you away or double your money back, that’s a guarantee. The first time I saw them was at a tiny bar in Moab, see my original review below. This time was in a great little venue located at the mouth of [...]
Marinade
A friend of mine mentioned that one of her friends was playing in Salt Lake City at a local bistro, so I decided to drop by and take a few photos. The band is called Marinade. What I saw assembled on the stage was an eclectic collection of musicians who looked like a combination of [...]
The Band of Heathens
The Band of Heathens (BOH) are Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist, Seth Whitney and John Chipman, an Americana (if you must select a genre) band from Austin, Texas who stopped by Harry O’s in Park City, Utah on January 14, 2010 to blow the minds off a few hundred unsuspecting skiers on their [...]
Bryon Friedman
Bryon Friedman aka “Freedog” performed to an enthusiastic hometown crowd at Harry O’s in Park City on January 14, 2010. Bryon and I met a couple years ago, it was all a happy accident. I had dropped by unannounced on a friend mine in Park City and after dinner he asked if I wanted to [...]
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Photo Story
Below is a Photo Story/Movie of Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds at Planet Hollywood un Las Vegas, this video contain over 200 photos from the Dec 10, 2009 show as well as superb live audio recording from the same show by taper John Koch.
Below is a photo collage I made for a hardcore Dave Matthews [...]
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
One time shy bar tender and long time super star, David John Matthews first performed with Tim Reynolds back in 1997 at The Wetlands in New York. Tonight, nearly 20 years later, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, they played again, this time they are older, wiser, better looking and have a much deeper library [...]
Gary Allan, Jack Ingram and Eli Young at The Depot
For those of you that have come to this site looking for photos of Gary Allan, Jack Ingram or Eli Young from Friday night’s show at the Depot please be patient I’ll have them up tomorrow. I will be heading to Las Vegas to shoot the Dave Matthews Band on the 10th so stay tuned [...]
Cooliris Is So Damn Cool
Check out this incredible little application below, it allows you show your Flickr photos on your website, plus you can click on photo and it becomes larger for viewing and you can have it play the photos as a slide show. If you roll your mouse buttons even more fun happens, try it, click on [...]
