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1?, cover by Robert M. Knight
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1?, cover by Robert M. Knight
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Subject - "Stevie Ray Vaughan - Real Deal: Greatest Hits, Volume 1" - a 2006 release on Epic Legacy Recordings, with Cover Photography by Robert M. Knight.
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1 and went to well-known SRV photographer and friend Robert M. Knight to find just the right image to grace the cover.
Robert was the only photographer on hand that night in Wisconsin and took the last photos of SRV in performance and prior to his boarding the helicopter.
Reaching back into his archives also brought back a flood of memories - some happy and life-affirming; others quite painful - when he chose an image for this package from another concert in 1990 where he'd caught SRV "in the light".
Robert recounts some of the details of his relationship with Stevie Ray, the photos he took of him that fateful night, and more in today's edition of "Cover Stories"…
In the words of the photographer, Robert M. Knight (interviewed August 2007) -
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About the photographer, Robert M. Knight -
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Raised in Hawaii, and now based on the West Coast, Robert is a long time advertising photographer who also specializes in the Rock'n'Roll music industry.
His career spans from 1968 to the present.
Constantly working in the music industry for international record companies, publications and musical equipment manufacturers, Robert is best known for his "Guitar Legend" archive, having worked with such "classic" artists as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton and such contemporary artists as John Mayer, Steve Vai, and Maroon 5.
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Robert is also part of Guitar Center's "Hollywood RockWalk" team, working alongside RockWalk director Dave Weiderman.
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Robert and partner Maryanne Bilham have an exhibition of 10-foot-tall photos on the outside of the more than 200 Guitar Centers around America., making it one of the largest outdoor gallery shows of original photographic art.
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Robert has published several books, including 50 Rock Guitarists (1995 Shinko Music) and Hollywood's RockWalk - The First Decade (1996) and was part of the 1996 book Led Zeppelin - The Photographers.
His most-recent venture is an artistic collaboration called "RockMachine" - an entity that produces fine art and design for the rock culture.
In July, the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas honored Robert and guitarist Slash by dedicating a case of memorabilia on the main casino floor, which was then followed by a dinner party for 50 rock celebrities and friends at Kerry SIMONS restaurant.
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Portions of text Copyright 2004 Robert M. Knight
All other text Copyright 2007 - Mike Goldstein & RockPoP Gallery (www.rockpopgallery.com) - All rights reserved.