Baron Wolman's "Classic Rock & Other Rollers" (1992)









Santa Rosa, California, US: Squarebooks (book, photobook, inscribed, numbered, slipcased), 1992.
Slipcase: 10.25" x 10.375" x 1", purple cloth.
Book: 10" x 10.25" x 0.75", 144 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, signed & numbered, no ISBN noted.

Classic Rock & Other Rollers, a photobook by Baron Wolman as published in a signed and numbered hardcover edition in slipcase by Squarebooks (Santa Rosa, California, US) in 1992. Preface by Jann Wenner. Book design by Lauren Kahn. Produced by Christienne de Tournay. Hand-coloring by Ann Rhoney. One thousand copies produced.

This is primarily a book of photographs of classic rock (and soul, blues, etc.) musicians and figures. Nevertheless there is a small section of images of other cultural figures towards the back of the book, one of those being a smiling William S. Burroughs, in London in 1970, at page 129.

This copy is #491/1000, inscribed by Wolman.

Contents: 

  • Baron Wolman: photo of Mick Jagger
  • Jann Wenner: Preface
  • Baron Wolman: "Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, July 1969"
  • Baron Wolman: "I Saw the Music" (foreword)
  • Baron Wolman: "Music 1967":
    • Introduction
    • "Janis Joplin, at Home in the Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, Nov. 1967"
    • "The Grateful Dead, 710 Ashbury St., San Francisco, Oct. 1967"
    • "The Steve Miller Band, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Nov. 1967"
    • "Procul Harum, Sausalito, Nov, 1967"
    • "Pink Floyd, Casa Madrona Hotel, Sausalito, Nov. 1967"
    • "Janis Joplin, with Bob Seidemann Poster, at home in the Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, Nov. 1967"
    • "Peter Townshend, The Who, Cow Palace, San Francisco, Nov. 1967"
    • "B. B. King, Backstage, Winterland, San Francisco, Dec. 1967"
    • "Johnny Cash, Backstage at the Circle Star Teatre, Redwood City, Dec. 1967"
  • Baron Wolman: "Music 1968":
    • Introduction
    • "Jimi Hendrix, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Feb. 1968"
    • "Steve Winwood, at Rolling Stone Offices, San Francisco, Mar. 1968"
    • "Mick Jagger, on the Set of Performance, London, Sep. 1968"
    • "Richie Havens, Winterland, San Francisco, Jan. 1968"
    • "Smokey Robinson, Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, May 1968"
    • "Peter Albin, Big Brother & the Holding Co. in a Jeanne Colon Original, San Francisco, Apr. 1968"
    • "Doug 'Sir Douglas Quintet' Sahm & Son, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Booker-T Jones, Booker-T & the MG's, Jann Wenner's Flat, San Francisco, June 1968"
    • "Taj Mahal, at Home in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, Dec. 1968"
    • "Tiny Tim, Interview in Beverly Hills, May 1968"
    • "Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane, San Francisco, Jan. 1968"
    • "Joan Baez, at the Institute for Study of Non-Violence, Carmel Valley, Oct. 1968"
    • "Boz Scaggs, Belvedere ST. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Sun Ra, Berkeley, Dec. 1968"
    • "Buddy Miles, The Electric Flag, Winterland, San Francisco, Jan. 1968"
    • "Jim Morrison, Winterland, San Francisco"
    • "Eric Clapton, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Mar. 1968"
    • "Noel Redding, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, Feb. 1968"
    • "Jeff Beck, On Tour, Holiday Lodge, San Francisco, Dec. 1968"
    • "Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane, in a Jeanne Colon Original, San Francisco, Apr. 1968"
    • "Jack Casady, Jefferson Airplane, in a Jeanne Colon Original, San Francisco, Apr. 1968"
    • "The Jeff Beck Group, Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, and Rod Stewart, Backstage at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, Dec. 1968"
    • "Big Brother & the Holding Co., Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, June 1968"
    • "Jimi Hendrix, Travelodge Motel, San Francisco, Feb. 1968"
    • "George Harrison, Apple Corps Headquarters, London, Sept. 1968"
  • Baron Wolman: "Music 1969": 
    • Introduction
    • "Little Richard, Fillmore West, San Francisco, Oct. 1969"
    • "Donovan, Portrait for Vogue Magazine, Los Angeles, Sep. 1969"
    • "Rick Nelson, at Home with Daughter Tracy and Twin Sons Matthew and Gunnar, Los Angeles, May 1969"
    • "Bob Weir, The Grateful Dead, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, July 1969"
    • "Mickey Hart, The Grateful Dead, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, July 1969"
    • "Rod 'Pigpen' McKernan, The Grateful Dead, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, July 1969"
    • "Gregg Allman, Redwal Studios, Macon, Georgia, Mar. 1969"
    • "Chuck Berry, University of California, Berkeley, May 1969"
    • "Phil Spector, at Home in Beverly Hills, Jan. 1969"
    • "Neil Young, Los Angeles, June 1969"
    • "Jerry Lee Lewis, The Scene, New York City, Mar. 1969"
    • "Iggy Stooge, Later Iggy Pop, Mt. Clemens Pop Festival, Michigan, Aug. 1969"
    • "Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Nov. 1969"
  • Baron Wolman: "Music Beyond the 60s":
    • Introduction
    • "Creedence Clearwater Revival, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Jan. 1970"
    • "James Brown, Backstage, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Jan. 1970"
    • "John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Jan. 1970"
    • "Kris Kristofferson, on the Set of The Dealer, Los Angeles, Dec. 1970"
    • "Wedding Portrait, Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden and Sally Mann, San Francisco, Jan. 1970"
    • "Leslie West, Denver, May 1970"
    • "Duke Ellington, Backstage, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, Mar. 1972"
  • Baron Wolman: "The Groupies":
    • Introduction
    • "Karen Seltenrich, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Trixie Merkin, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Harlow, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1969"
    • "Miss Mercy, GTO's, A & M Studio, Los Angeles, Nov. 1968"
    • "GTO's, A & M Studio, Los Angeles, Nov. 1968"
    • "Catherine James & Son, A & M Studio, Los Angeles, Nov. 1968"
    • "Sally Mann, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Cynthia & Dianne, The Plaster Casters of Chicago, Michael Mauney Studio, Chicago, Jan. 1969"
    • "The Sanchez Twins, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
  • Baron Wolman: "Festivals":
    • Introduction
    • "John Sebastian, Lovin' Spoonful, Woodstock Festival, Aug. 1969"
    • "On Yasgur's Farm, Woodstock Festival, Aug. 1969"
    • "Eat and Toke, Woodstock Festival, Aug. 1969"
    • "300,000 Strong, Woodstock Festival, Aug. 1969"
    • "National Guard Medivac Helicopter, Woodstock Festival, Aug. 1969"
    • "One Week's Dead from Life Magazine, Big Sur Folk Festival, Sep. 1969"
    • "Morning at Woodstock, New York, Aug. 1969"
    • "Morning at Altamont, California, Dec. 1969"
    • "James Taylor, Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 1969"
    • "Van Morrison, Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 1969"
    • "Johnny Winter, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Tennessee, June 1969"
    • "Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton, Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 1969"
    • "Nathan Beauregard, Blind Bluesman, Age 106, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Tennessee, June 1969"
    • "Muddy Waters, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Michigan, Aug. 1969"
    • "Northern California Pop Festival, San Jose, May 1969"
    • "Strummin' and Pickin', Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 1969"
    • "Bukka White, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Tennessee, June 1969"
    • "Mississippi Fred Mc Dowell, Memphis Country Blues Festival, Tennessee, June 1969"
    • "northern California Pop Festival, San Jose, Sep. 1969"
    • "Monterey Jazz Festival, California, May 1969"
    • "Sly Stone, Sly & the Family Stone, Monterey Jazz Festival, California, Sep. 1969"
    • "Everly Brothers, Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island, July 1969"
  • Baron Wolman: "A Color Album":
    • Introduction
    • "Steve Miller, at Home in San Francisco, Nov. 1967"
    • "Tina Turner with Ike, The hungry-i, San Francisco, Oct. 1967"
    • "Jimi Hendrix, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Feb. 1968"
    • "Jim Morrison, Winterland, San Francisco, Dec. 1967"
    • "Frank Zappa, Behind His Laurel Canyon Home, Los Angeles, May 1968"
    • "B. B. King, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Dec. 1967"
    • "Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin, Day-on-the-Green, Oakland Coliseum, July 1977"
    • "Led Zeppelin, Day-on-the-Green, Oakland Coliseum, July 1977"
    • "Peter Frampton, Day-on-the-Green, Oakland Coliseum, July 1977"
    • "Booker-T & the MG's, British Motor Car Co., San Francisco, June 1968"
    • "The O-Jays, Steven Frisch Studio, San Francisco, Sep. 1975"
    • "Wayne Cochran, in the Desert near Las Vegas, Sep. 1975"
    • "Joni Mitchell, at Home in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, Aug. 1968"
    • "Miles Davis with His then-Wife Betty at Home in New York City, Oct. 1969"
    • "Fats Domino, Backstage, Las Vegas"
    • "Carlos Santana, Day-on-the-Green, Oakland Coliseum, July 1977"
    • "Eric Burdon, at Home in Los Angeles, Aug. 1968"
    • "Janis Joplin, Spaulding Taylor's House, San Francisco"
    • "Bob Dylan, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Nov. 1969"
    • "Sammy Hagar, Day-on-the-Green, Oakland Coliseum, July 1977"
    • "Keith Richards, The Rolling Stone, Oakland Coliseum, July 1978"
  • Baron Wolman: "Other Rollers":
    • Introduction
    • "Bill Graham, Mills College Conference on Rock & Roll, Oakland, Mar. 1967"
    • "Ralph J. Gleason, Music Critic, Mills College Conference on Rock & Roll, Oakland, Mar. 1967"
    • "William Burroughs, Author, in His Flat, London, May 1970"
    • "Victor Moscoso, Poster Artist, Los Angeles, Nov. 1968"
    • "Robert Crumb, Zap Comix, 'Mr. Natural' Cartoonist, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Jan. 1969"
    • "Rock Radio KMPX-FM Staff, San Francisco, Oct. 1967"
    • "Chet Helms, Family Dog's Avalon Ballroom Manager, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Hugh 'Wavy Gravy' Romney, Hog Farmer, Oakland, Oct. 1969"
    • "Nudie, Rodeo Tailor to the Stars, North Hollywood, May 1969"
    • "Richard Brautigan, Author, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1968"
    • "Timothy Leary, in the Brannan St. Rolling Stone Offices, San Francisco, May 1969"
    • "Peace Dress by Alvin Duskin, Belvedere St. Studio, San Francisco, Nov. 1969"
    • "Sixties Fashion, Anastasia's Boutique, Sausalito, Aug. 1969"
    • "Jann Wenner, in Original Brannan St. Rolling Stone Offices, San Francisco, May 1969"
    • "Juliana, Cover of Rolling Stone Issue #11, Apr. 1968"
  • Baron Wolman: "No Regrets" (essay)
  • Thanks

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