Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, gestures toward a couple of friends (Steeley Dan drummer, Keith Carlock and Journey drummer, Dean Castronovo,in the audience during his performance at the Iridium Club with the ABCD Boogie Woogie Band. © roger barone 2012
CHARLIE WATTS & ABCD BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND: THE IRIDIUM CLUB (June29, 2012)
Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, center, with members of the ABCD Boogie Woogie band, who performed him at the Iridium Club in New York. Watts opened a four-night stand (8 shows) on Friday. (6/29/12). © roger barone 2012
CHARLIE WATTS: IRIDIUM CLUB (June 29, 2012)
Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, gestures toward a friend while performing the first show of his four-night residency with the ABCD Boogie Woogie band at the Iridium Club in New York. © Roger Barone 2012
CHARLIE WATTS: IRIDIUM CLUB, NEW YORK (June 23, 2012)
Mick Jagger and Billy Preston direct band mates to the dressing rooms after arriving at the Spectrum Arena. The Rolling Stones arrived in their own vehicles. Ronnie Wood took a front seat of the jeep driven by Police Officer Michael Stermal, who escorted the Stones to the Spectrum after meeting them at the turnpike. © ROGER BARONE 1975
Billy Preston, left, and Mick Jagger gesture in the direction of the dressing rooms for the arriving members of Rolling Stones’ touring party. The backstage area is not what you’d expect for Mick Jagger. Piles of trash are stacked near the freight elevator, buffing machines are visible up the back hallway–just outside the officials’ dressing rooms.
A Sixers’ backboard is visible, hanging from the upper wall. Darryl Dawkins’ notorious slam dunks shattered a few of these during his days in Philadelphia. Nonetheless, this very rare photo captures the ambiance of the Rolling Stones arriving at the Spectrum on June 29, 1975.
Annie Leibovitz, who photographed the Stones on this tour, said the two Philly shows were the best she’s ever seen them perform.
George Willis, one of four full-time Spectrum laborers and the union representative for LOCAL 57, is seen walking in the background between Jagger and Preston.
NOTEWORTHY LINK: Michael T Regan: Annie Leibovitz on shooting the Rolling Stones in Philadelphia, 1975
Mick Jagger, follows his trainer, Torje Eike, as they exit the Four Seasons Hotel for a morning jog in Fairmount Park. Jagger was spotted by a couple of Philadelphia Gas Company employees who wave to him. A Four Seasons Director of Security stands on the left. © Roger Barone 1989.
MICK JAGGER/Torje Eike: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL (August 28, 1989)
I had been staking out the Four Seasons Hotel since I got word that the Rolling Stones were arriving on Sunday afternoon (August 27) by Amy Sancetta, an affable Associated Press Photographer.Later that day, I got a great shot of Jagger leaving the hotel as the band made their way to JFK Stadium for a look at the stage setup.
The photo appeared in the Inquirer the next day via AP.
During the week, I developed a friendship with the driver of Jagger’s rented Crown Victoria Town Car, and he provided some great tips. Standing by the car door smoking a cigarette, he nonchalantly told me where he’s taking Jagger.
Later in the week, I gave him a set of pictures of Mick Jagger’s kids from the Philadelphia Zoo, and he said Jagger liked them. I was waiting around the front of the hotel on this day, but took a walk around the building and saw the driver. He told me to “stay here.” I smiled, but made a quick departure to tell another photographer, Susan Walsh, of the Daily News that Jagger was leaving from the back door.
She followed me, but didn’t say a word. Nothing!. Not even Thanks. I second-guessed my decision when I saw her photos in the paper the following day. They could have been mine, too. I actually told her because Michael Mercanti, a South Philly friend, and Daily News photo editor had been very nice to me during this week.
The Daily News published a Rolling Stones supplement featuring a lot of my Stones photos from the previous years, so I didn’t mind as much. This photo was taken on color negative film, and the quality was compromised in the transition to black and white.
Charlie Watts exits the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. Watts and the Rolling Stones held rehearsals at John F. Kennedy Stadium during the last week of August as they prepared for their “Steel Wheels” Tour. The Stones had originally wanted to rehearse at the Mann Music Center, but it was too small, a Spectaguard Director of Security had told me. Charlie Watts was comfortable walking through Center City on shopping sprees. © Roger Barone 1989
CHARLIE WATTS/ROLLING STONES: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL (August 28 , 1989)
Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones, left, introduces members of the Charlie Watts Jazz Tentet at the Blue Note Cafe in New York City a couple of months after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Towers. Charlie played a series of concerts over several nights. The city still wreaked with the scent of burning electrical cables downtown. © Roger Barone 2001.
READ: Charlie Watts Jazz Tentet Concert Review from Blue Note Cafe
Ethan Russel, best known as the Beatles & Rolling Stones’ photographer, shares a lighthearted moment with a visitor/fan at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Prince Street in New York. Twenty of Russell’s historic photos were on display including a shot from the Apple Rooftop looking down on the Beatles as they performed in public for the last time. A couple of Russell’s historic images are visible behind him © roger barone 2012
ETHAN RUSSELL: MORRISON HOTEL GALLERY, NEW YORK (June 16, 2012)
Mick Jagger heads to dressing rooms after speaking with Peter Rudge (behind him) and Larry Magid before the Rolling Stones concert at JFK Stadium. The Stones were performing their “Some Girls” album. The was shortened due to an illness affecting Jagger; a riot occurred after the show. The Stones opened their next two tours (’81 & ’89) in Philly. © roger barone 1978.
MICK JAGGER: JFK STADIUM (June 17, 1979)
Former Rolling Stones’ guitarist Mick Taylor during his ten-show residency at the Iridium Club in New York. The Iridium Club is located on W 51 Street on Broadway. Les Paul played their on Monday nights before his recent passing. © Roger Barone 2012
MICK TAYLOR: IRIDIUM CLUB (May 12, 2012)
MICK TAYLOR PERFORMING “NO EXPECTATIONS” IRIDIUM CLUB (5/12/12)
Rolling Stones Photos & Stories From Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love 
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