Dave Matthews at Mile High Music Festival 2010
Dave Matthews travelled to Commerce City, Colorado on August 15 to perform for 100,000 + fans who had gathered for the 2010 Mile High Music Festival. I know that I am biased, but I contend that there is nothing better in this world you can do for yourself than go to watch Dave and [...]
Mile High Music Festival Preview II
I am about half way through the 4,000 + shots from this years incredible Mile High Music Festival so I thought I would put up a few more photos for those of you who keep coming back for more. Please check back soon for individual posts for Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Nas and Damian [...]
Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen (born October 28, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter from Oakdale, California who performed at the Usana Amphitheatre in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 17,2019, warming up for Dave Matthews. I first saw Brett perform live last fall at the 2009 Rocky Mountain Folk festival in Lyons Colorado where he was a clear [...]
Mile High Festival Preview
For those of you who have come to this site to see photos of Denver’s Mile High Festival please be patient, I will many, many photos up very soon. But in the mean time here re a few to hold you over. Sorry for the omission of Jack Johnson photos but don’t worry I have [...]
The Samples
The Samples performed at the 2010 Mile High Music Festival with all their original members. This historic coming together of the original members has been a long time coming as they have not played together in over 15 years. The Samples were a band formed in Boulder, Colorado in early 1987. The band’s name came [...]
Mile High Music Festival 2010 – Preview
I am shooting the Mile High Music Festival directly for AEG this year, August 14th and 15th in Denver, special access should make for some great shots, stay tuned.. To see photos of last years festival click here: http://gonzoshots.com/archives/1184 tweetmeme_style = ‘compact’; tweetmeme_source = ‘retweet’;
Bring Me the Horizon
Oliver Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon seen above performed at the 2010 Warped Tour in Salt Lake City Utah. Sykes whipped the crowd of young punk fans into a frenzy with ease during their early afternoon set.
Warped Tour 2010 – Preview
If you have come to this site looking for Warped Tour photos please be patient, I took way too many photos, over 5,000, so it will take a day or two. In the mean time here are a few from the first half of the day. The Dillinger Escape Plan After Midnight Project Bring Me [...]
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Michael Franti & Spearhead put on an incredible performance at the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater at Deer Valley Resort on July 27, 2010 for a joyous crowd of over 5,000 adoring fans. Michael started off the show by bring on one of his mentors, the infamous Jimmy Cliff who opened for Michael, later he brought [...]
Jimmy Cliff
The legendary Jimmy Cliff performed at Deer Valley in the Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater on July 27 2010 on a beautiful summer evening. Fans began lining up at the gates before dawn to get a front row seat to this general admission show. Jimmy hit the stage dancing and didn’t slow down once during his [...]
Michael Franti and Jimmy Cliff in Utah?
In case you came to this site looking for some killer photos of the Legendary Jimmy Cliff and the one and only Michael Franti, be patient I have so many great shots to choose from I am overwhelmed, you see after I was bullied out of my prime spot on the front row, center (yes [...]
Jerry Garcia Band
The Jerry Garcia Band played the Desert Rocks Festival Sunday May 30, 2010. The crowd that moved in out of the main arena like the tides during the course of the 4 day long event flooded to the main stage when legendary Melvin Seals hot the stage.
Cake
Cake performed at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City on June 19, 2010 to an adoring SOLD OUT venue.
Cowboy and Indian
Cowboy and Indian are a two piece band from Austin Texas comprised of singer Jazz Mills and Jesse Plemons (who is an actor in NBC’s Friday Night Lights), they performed a stunningly beautiful set of music at the Desert Rocks Music Festival near Moab, Utah on May 29th. Their simple style of music involves hauntingly [...]
Desert Rocks 2010
If you have come to this site looking for photos from Desert Rocks please check back tomorrow, I’m still recovering and trying to wash off 4 days of dust. Here are a couple photos to tide you over.
Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton is many things, a husband, father, son, singer, songwriter, guitar player, philosopher and 10th child in a family of 12 children. He has even been called a blue eyed soul man, a title which Martin conceded “is really just code for a white guy that sounds black, besides” he adds “they are actually [...]
Ryan Montbleau Band
The Ryan Montbleau Band performed at The Depot in Salt Lake City May 19, 2010 warming up for Martin Sexton and backing Sexton during his set. Averaging over 200 gigs per year for the past few years, Ryan Montbleau Band has generated the kind of buzz that only surrounds a talented artist on the verge.
Paramore
Paramore performed in Salt Lake City, May 10, 2010 at The E Center, only three shows away from the beginning of their European tour. Hayley Nichole Williams was in top form this Monday night both physically and vocally and easily whipped the enthusiastic young crowd into a frenzy with her passionate performance and incredibly high [...]
Relient K
Reliant K performed at the E Center in Salt Lake CIty on May 10, 2010 warming up for Paramore. Relient K is an American Christian rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band’s junior year in high school and their time at Malone College. [...]
The Paradox of Commitment: Jakob Dylan’s Philosophy in Will It Grow
Last fall I was contacted by Nancy Legge, Professor of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Idaho State University, she asked if she could use a photo I took of Jakob Dylan for a research article she was writing, of course I agreed. Well Nancy has finished her incredibly in-depth analysis of Jacob’s song Will it [...]
Earl Greyhound
Earl Greyhound opened for OK Go at The State Room in Salt Lake City on May 13, 2010 and in the process returned me to a hopeful state, my ever increasing dissatisfaction of the current direction of modern music scene has had my mind in cramp for several months now. Did you ever wish like [...]
The Booze
The Atlanta based band The Booze performed on April 13, 2010 at The State Room in Salt Lake City and transported the audience back to the 60’s for a rousing set of throw back rock songs that had me thinking “So this is what Van the Man Morrison must have been like when he first [...]
OK GO
OK Go kicked off their Spring tour in Salt Lake City and showed a packed house at The State Room how you can make Rock and Roll fun but not dumb. For a glimpse into how much fun these guys can be check out their latest self made one take video that has already been [...]
OK Go To The State Room
Oh Hell Ya! One of the most unique and talented bands in the world is actually coming to Utah, can you believe it? Hot off their extended European tour this band is a MUST SEE show. If you haven’t seen their recently created Rube Goldberg Machine style self made music video, do your self a [...]
