Legends of Rock & Roll

David Peck, founder of Reelin’ In The Years Photo Archive, describes me as “one of the great underappreciated photographers of the 1960s.” Who would have known that by following my passion for both music and photography that I would amass a portfolio of musicians who would become some of the biggest legends of rock & roll.

Click to see RITY Photo Archive’s “Salute to Eric Hayes.”

NEW PRESS

If you’re interested in learning more about my early career and my time photographing these rock stars, you may enjoy reading these 2 biographies:

Click here to read "Eric Hayes" by Mike Sadava, Penguin Eggs Winter/Spring 2020-21

Click here to read "Eric Hayes – A Photographer’s Journey through Time 1963-69" by Mike Stax, Ugly Things #55 Winter 2020

Reelin' in the Years Photo Archive logoThese gallery pages show only a fraction of the rock images that I took in the 1960s. For a look at all of my photographs, please visit the searchable Reelin’ In The Years Photo Archive >. My images are available for licensing for documentaries and all forms of print media.

  • Bob Dylan

  • Country Joe

    Country Joe and The Fish

  • Fairport Convention: Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny at 100 Club Dec 1968

    Fairport Convention

  • George Harrison photos

    George Harrison

  • Janis Joplin photos

    Janis Joplin

  • Jimi Hendrix photos

    Jimi Hendrix

  • Joe Cocker photos

    Joe Cocker

  • John Lennon photography

    John Lennon

  • John Mayall

    John Mayall

  • Mick Taylor

    Mick Taylor

  • Ravi Shankar in his dressing room on tour in Japan

    Ravi Shankar

  • Richie Havens

    Richie Havens

  • Steve Winwood

    Steve Winwood

  • The Nice 1969 (Keith Emerson, Brian Davison & Lee Jackson)

    The Nice

  • Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger at Olympic Studios 1968

    The Rolling Stones

  • The Who at The Rolling Stones' Rock 'n' Roll Circus Dec 1968

    The Who

  • Yardbirds UCSB August 1966

    Yardbirds