Sep 11, 2020
For SATB's 200th episode (more or less), we're doing something
special: returning with guest photographer/writer Ethan Russell,
one of this most storied individuals in rock history through his
iconic visual documentation of The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and
The Who, to name three (scores more as well). Ethan was the
official rock photographer of the Rock 'n' Roll
Circus, the Let It Be sessions, the final Beatles
group photo shoot, as well as behind tons of other classic images,
most of which have been gathered up and published in his latest
book, Photographs - a singular monograph of
superlative visuals presented in stunning quality. It's available
only at his website: www.ethanrussell.com
I spoke with Ethan
last year and this follow on covers more details of his
work with the Fabs: his impressions of them individually - of Yoko
- of the Let It Be project and Michael Lindsay-Hogg,
as well as of Peter Jackson (of whose upcoming work Ethan got a
peek). Ethan came of age in San Francisco and went to
London in 1967 - within a year he was in the orbit of the top
British acts of the day. As a chronicler of the times, his work and
observations are impeccable.