In the mid-1970s, Ralph Fales photographed a wide variety of musicians and others at a variety of venues in Houston. You can view the photographs in a variety of ways by popular venue, musical genre, or name.

Browse by Name

A

Allison, Luther

Allison, Mose

Altman, Robert

Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys

B

Beard, Frank

Bergman, Peter

Betts, Dickey

Bishop, Elvin

Blakey, Art

Bland, Bobby "Blue"

Braxton, Anthony

Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth"

Buckwheat Zydeco

Butterfield, Paul

Byrd, Charlie

C

Cale, J.J.

Cetera, Peter

Chicago

Clark, Gene

Clarke, Stanley

Collins, Albert

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Cooper, Dana

Corea, Chick

Crouch, Hondo

Crow, Alvin

D

Davis, Tyrone

Dawson, John

Dickey Betts and Great Southern

Domino, Fats

Dr. John

E

Ellis, Herb

Evans, Bill

Everitt, Danny

F

Frayne, George

G

Garcia, Jerry

Gibbons, Billy

Glaser, Tompall

Gorisch, Peter

Guthrie, Arlo

H

Havens, Richie

Hicks, Dan

Hill, Dusty

Hooker, John Lee

Hopkins, Sam "Lightnin'"

Hutto, J.B.

J

Jagger, Mick

Jamal, Ahmad

K

Kershaw, Doug

Kessel, Barney

King, Albert

King, B.B.

King, Freddie

Kirk, Rahsaan Roland

L

LaFlamme, David

LaFlamme, Linda

Langham, Lynn

Lateef, Yusef

Leary, Timothy

M

Mandel, Harvey

Marley, Bob

Mayall, John

McCartney, Linda

McCartney, Paul

McGuinn, Roger

Metheny, Pat

Moreira, Airto

Muddy Waters

Muldaur, Maria

N

Nelson, David

Nelson, Willie

New Riders of the Purple Sage

P

Palmer, Robert

Phillips, Shawn

Prine, John

Proctor and Bergman

Proctor, Philip

Pure Food and Drug Act

Purim, Flora

R

Raitt, Bonnie

Redbone, Leon

Reed, Jimmy

Return to Forever

Richards, Keith

Rolling Stones

Rush, Tom

Russell, Leon

Russell, Shake

S

Sahm, Doug

Sykes, Roosevelt

T

Taj Mahal

V

Vandiver, John

W

Waits, Tom

Walker, Jerry Jeff

Wallace, Sippie

West, Leslie

Wings

Winter, Johnny

Wood, Ronnie

Wyman, Bill

Y

Young, Neil

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