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Retro Photo Archive

Let the Good Times Roll... Iconic Rock-n-Roll Photography

Retro Photo Archive is owned by Jay and his daughter, Ricki Blakesberg, where Ricki takes lead on image curation on all projects relating to the archive. Retro Photo Archive is a treasure trove of pop culture and music imagery that includes iconic rock n’ roll photographs taken by photographers preceding Jay’s time in the profession, including Ron Rakow, Elizabeth Sunflower, Greg Gaar, Suki Coughlin, Snooky Flowers, Alvan Meyerowitz, John Sievert, and many more.

Retro Photo Archive encompasses a culturally historic body of work chronicling the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Van Halen, The Who, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, Freddie Mercury, and countless others. An incredible selection of images beginning in the early 1960s, spanning onward through the decades from Retro Photo Archive are available.  

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Let the Good Times Roll... Iconic Rock-n-Roll Photography from Jay Blakesberg & Retro Photo Archive

Grateful Dead
Watkins Glen, ny 
July, 1973
Photo by Suki Coughlin

Grateful Dead: Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Pigpen
March, 1967 San Francisco
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead: Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia
March, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead: Pigpen, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
First trip to NYC, June, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia
Chateau d'Herouville, Herouville France
June, 1971 
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia & Mountain Girl
Palo Alto, CA  July 2, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Bob Weir
September, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead : Phil Lesh, Donna Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, J. Garcia, Mickey Hart
Front Street in San Rafael, CA
September, 1976
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Jerry Garcia
February 1, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow


Grateful Dead: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart 
Winterland Arena ~ San Francisco, CA
March 18, 1977
Photo by Greg Gaar

Bob Weir &  Phil Lesh - Grateful Dead
June 8, 1974
Oakland Coliseum Stadium ~ Oakland, CA
Photo by Greg Gaar

Owsley Stanley & Phil Lesh
03-23-75
Kezar Stadium ~ San Francisco, CA
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

Jerry Garcia
July 28, 1978
Photo by Jon Sievert

Jerry Garcia
September 2, 1974
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jerry Garcia 
Cairo, Egypt
September 14, 1978
Photo by Adrian Boot

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park
September 28, 1975
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead
Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park
September 28, 1975
Photo Jon Sievert

Bob Weir
October 2, 1967
San Francisco City Jail
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
October 10, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jerry Garcia &  Bob Weir  Grateful Dead
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
October 10, 1976
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jerry Garcia 
Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA
October 18, 1974
Photo by Andy Leonard

Phil Lesh & Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
c. 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
c. 1976
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Stevie Ray Vaughn
11.25.84
Photo by: Jon Sievert

Jimmy Page - Triptych
Photo by: Dave Seabury

Bob Dylan
Snack benefit concert, Kezar Stadium ~ San Francisco, CA
03-23-75
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

Bob Dylan
Snack Benefit Concert, Kezar Stadium ~ San Francisco, CA
03-23-75
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

Mick Jagger - Rolling Stones
Winterland Ballroom ~ San Francisco, CA
06-06-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Mick Jagger
Cow Palace ~ San Francisco, CA
07-16-75
Photo by Greg Gaar

Eddie Van Halen
Day on the Green ~ Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA
07-23-78
Photo by Jon Sievert

Rod Stewart - The Faces
Cow Palace ~ Daly City, CA
10-09-73
Photo by Alvan Meyerowtiz

Jim Morrison
Performance Art Theater - San Francisco, CA
c. 1968
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Bob Weir
710 Ashbury St.
March, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead: Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann 
March, 1967 San Francisco
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia
March, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia
May, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
July 4, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead: Pigpen, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
July 4, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Grateful Dead: Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Pigpen
August, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart
Front Street in San Rafael, CA
September, 1976
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Grateful Dead: Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Phil Lesh, Justin Kreutzmann, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart
Front Street in San Rafael, CA
September, 1976
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh
January 31, 1967
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia - Adidas
February 1, 1975
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

Grateful Dead - Wall of Sound
July 21, 1974
Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
Photo by Ron Rakow

Jerry Garcia
08-1971
Photo by: Alvan Meyerowitz

Bill Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
August 19, 1970
Fillmore West ~ San Francisco, CA
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Jerry Garcia w/guide
Cairo, Egypt
September 14, 1978
Photo by Adrian Boot

Bob Weir 
Cairo, Egypt
September 14, 1978
Photo by Adrian Boot

Jerry Garcia 
Cairo, Egypt
September 14, 1978
Photo by Adrian Boot

Grateful Dead at the Great Pyramids
Cairo, Egypt
September 16, 1978
Photo by Adrian Boot

Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead
Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park
September 28, 1975
Photo by Jon Sievert

Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park
September 28, 1975
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir, Steve Parish, Justin Kreutzmann, Jerry Garcia
October 9, 1976
Oakland Stadium
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Jerry Garcia &  Bob Weir - Grateful Dead
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
October 10, 1976
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
c. 1976
Photo by Snooky Flowers

Jerry Garcia - Grateful Dead
Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA
October 18, 1974
Photo by Andy Leonard

Bob Weir
c. 1972
Photo by Andy Leonard

Bob Dylan
02-11-74
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ~ Oakland, CA
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Elton John
10-19-74
Photo by Alvan Meyerowtiz

Neil Young
Set 1: w/ The Stray Gators
Set 2: w/ Crosby, Nash & Young
The Forum - Los Angeles, CA
03-23-73
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

Neil Young & Bob Dylan
Snack Benefit Concert, Kezar Stadium ~ San Francisco, CA
03-23-75
Photo by Alvan Meyerowitz

The Rolling Stones
Winterland Ballroom ~ San Francisco, CA
06-06-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

The Rolling Stones
Candlestick Park ~ San Francisco, CA
10-18-81
Photo by Greg Gaar

The Who
Day on the Green - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum- Oakland, CA
10-10-76
Photo by Greg Gaar

Rod Stewart - The Faces
Cow Palace ~ Daly City, CA
10-09-73
Photo by Alvan Meyerowtiz

George Harrison
Cow Palace ~ Daly City, CA
11-07-74
Photo by Alvan Meyerowtiz

Freddie Mercury - Queen
Winterland ~ San Francisco, CA
03-30-75
Photo by Greg Gaar

Jim Morrison
Performance Art Theater - San Francisco, CA
c. 1968
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

Aretha Franklin
Shrine Auditorium LA - Angela Davis benefit with Aretha, Sammy Davis Jr. and Quincy Jones
03-04-72
Photo by Elizabeth Sunflower

 
 

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