GRIEVOUS ANGELS, TROUT MASKS AND AMERICAN BEAUTIES

In the early 1970s, Ginny Winn was staff photographer for Warner/Reprise Records when its roster included John Cale, Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Maria Muldaur, Jimmy Webb, Incredible String Band, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Arlo Guthrie, Jackie DeShannon, et al. Here are her amazing improv, behind the scenes pictures of the greats off stage, rehearsing, posing, goofing around...it's very impressive, we like it. All photos are previously unpublished. Led by Mo Ostin & Joe Smith, the label’s catalog was a blend of counterculture icons and Americana. Ginny wasn't reticent to mix it up. She dropped acid with the Jerry Garcia and the Dead in the northlands above San Francisco. Her subjects obviously were very comfortable working with her. A great flashback to the young, wild and skilled performers in the early days of Rock and Roll... By the late 70s, Ginny moved into Hollywood imagery, capturing Carly Simon, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Roz Kelly, Penelope Spheeris, the very young Jodie Foster, Gloria Swanson. Ginny also photographed Bob Marley, Al Green, Maxayn Lewis, disco queen Donna Summer, and Alice Coltrane.