Any help in finding Musicians' photos?

Subject: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 11:37 AM

As some of you may know, I've been converting our basement from rec-room cum TV centre (Heather will have to watch Judging Amy upstairs now) to a house-concert/workshop/folkie venue space. Yup, as Dylan advises, I'm "bringin' it all back home".

On the back wall I've put up a lot of posters and photos from my years of plunking on the road. Even got a "Heroes' Gallery", but I'm missing about seven much needed photos (or copies of photos)

Anyone know of any sites where I might find some decent pics of:

The Delmore Brothers

Merle Travis

Flatt and Scruggs

George Gershwin

The Stanley Brothers

Sergei Rachmaninov

Bix Biederbecke

I've gone through the search engines without a lot of luck, so I thought someone might already have discovered a good site for this kind of thing. My only other option is to cut 'em out of books...and that's sacrilege.

Thanks

Rick

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 11:43 AM

Youngest son recently bought one of them NEW-FANGLED Digital Cameras

and I am Gonna have him shoot some PIX for me out of various Song/Country Music Encyclopedia books...

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Bardford
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 11:51 AM

Here's some Gerswhin pictures:

http://www.downbeat.com/sections/artists/text/photo.asp?from=go&id1=7412

Cheers, Bardford

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Bardford
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 12:54 PM

Rick,

Have you checked out museum archives? Here's a link to the Smithsonian:

http://www.siris.si.edu/

Bardford

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: hesperis
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 01:03 PM

Istead of cutting them out of books, what about scanning? you could go to a print shop for that. (It might cost a bit, though.)

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 01:05 PM

Merle Travis

Flatt & Scruggs

Rachmanivov

The last one takes a bit to load as they have some of his music playing. If you have any trouble cutting & pasting, let me know. I can take them into my photo program and size them, etc.

This is fun, do we get to see pix of the room when you are done?:-)

luvyakat

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 01:05 PM

I don't even know who ANY of those people are!

LOL!!!

;-)

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: GUEST,Wendy
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 03:39 PM

For the Delmore Brothers, you could try: http://www.delmorebrothers.com

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 06:21 PM

Sorry I can't help, Rick, but I find myself liking you better and better :-) Hope you'll have some great gigs down there!

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: GUEST,Rana
Date: 01 Feb 01 - 06:44 PM

google search came up with this at the top for the Stanley Brothers

http://www.banjo.com/Profiles/RalphStanley.html

but this "picture of the month" site might be better.

http://www.bluegrassmusic.com/bu/potm/potm9905.htm

Rana

Subject: RE: Any help in finding Musicians' photos?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 02 Feb 01 - 01:38 AM

Thanks so much for the great info folks. Haven't seen this til now 'cause I've been teaching all day.

Hesperis..great suggestion. I'll take a couple of books over to the printers tomorrow.

Terrific websites! Merle, Delmores, Stanleys etc.

Smithsonian? Nuff to keep me staring at that one for a while.

Suzanne. Only made one trip down to the USA this winter but I'll be doing my usual 3 or 4 mini tours this summer and fall. I'll keep ya posted.

Luv da Mudcat!

Rick