Nirvana: Melody Ballroom, Portland, Oregon
Essay by James Rexroad, Rock's Backpages, April 1991
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Bobquest: In Search of Zimmerman
Book Excerpt by Jill Furmanovsky, Rock's Backpages, 2001
‘Quest’: a search, especially an arduous one, for something that is greatly desired. Example: quest for life's ...
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Memphis: Visions of a Bluff City
Special Feature by Joss Hutton, Rock's Backpages, August 2002
Click here to see Joss Hutton's evocative images of Memphis, 25 years after Elvis's death ...
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Parting Shot: Keith Morris 1938-2005
Obituary by Mark Williams, Guardian Unlimited, July 2005
IN THE EARLY 1970s, Keith Morris was asked to do a session for the first album with an unknown singer-songwriter, Nick Drake. Keith took a few ...

Picture This: 10 Years of Rock Archive
Essay by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, October 2008
PRIDE OF PLACE on my office wall belongs to a photograph by Jill Furmanovsky. It's an image that takes me back almost 30 years to a ...