Article: Audiophile Style Podcast: Episode 8 | Music Photographer & Audiophile Charles Peterson Interview

[The Computer Audiophile]

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[charlesphoto]

Thanks Chris! That was so much fun! I'll get the link out onto social today and post a few more pics here. I'm not super keen on listening to myself (who is?) so hopefully somebody else can chime in and tell me I didn't make a fool of myself! 

 

Best, CP

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

55 minutes ago, charlesphoto said:

Thanks Chris! That was so much fun! I'll get the link out onto social today and post a few more pics here. I'm not super keen on listening to myself (who is?) so hopefully somebody else can chime in and tell me I didn't make a fool of myself! 

 

Best, CP

 

 

Thanks for spending so much time with me Charles!

 

No need to listen to yourself, you were terrific. 

[DuckToller]

2 hours ago, charlesphoto said:

I'm not super keen on listening to myself (who is?) so hopefully somebody else can chime in and tell me I didn't make a fool of myself!

It was quite fun listening to you - even it was not too much audio, your voice had some sonore vibes and you gave a pretty good impression of being a cool & decent soul! ;-)
Thank you for inviting us into your memories ... the ones you've told and the ones you've pictured !

[Danny Kaey]

What a GREAT podcast!!! Love the insights... Awesome!!! 😀

[Danny Kaey]

2 hours ago, charlesphoto said:

Thanks Chris! That was so much fun! I'll get the link out onto social today and post a few more pics here. I'm not super keen on listening to myself (who is?) so hopefully somebody else can chime in and tell me I didn't make a fool of myself! 

 

Best, CP

 

 

 

Absolutely killer photos!!! 

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 minutes ago, Danny Kaey said:

 

Absolutely killer photos!!! 

Tons of amazing and iconic photos. I just can't get over the Nirvana record release part for Nevermind. People literally close enough to sing in Kurt's microphone!

[ssh]

Wonderful photos!

 

Thanks for sharing.

[charlesphoto]

We talked about this one of Eddie DJ-ing as well. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Love them!

[charlesphoto]

I also shot a some color back in the day as well, which a lot of people are surprised about as they didn't get much exposure back then (or now) compared to my more 'iconic' b&w images . Nirvana Motorsports Garage 9/16/90 and L7 at The Vogue sometime 1990 (both Seattle).  

 

 

[charlesphoto]

Outkast. 

 

 

 

 

[charlesphoto]

Johnny Cash (and son), Bad Animals studio, Seattle 1995. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Josh Mound]

33 minutes ago, charlesphoto said:

We talked about this one of Eddie DJ-ing as well. 

As a young PJ fan, I bought and obsessively studied the Place/Date book. Thank you for your work. It’s hard to capture the feeling of music visually, but you do it.

[charlesphoto]

2 hours ago, JoshM said:

As a young PJ fan, I bought and obsessively studied the Place/Date book. Thank you for your work. It’s hard to capture the feeling of music visually, but you do it.

 

You're welcome. That was a fun book to do, though in the end I wish we could have made a few changes. But Eddie took seven months to give his feedback on the layout, which of course he did right before it had to go to pre-press. Damn rock stars! ;)

[ShawnC]

Great interview Chris. Thanks Charles for the flashback memories of some of those Grunge concerts that I attended back then. Love those photos, especially the stories that are attached to them.  It was truly a special time in rock history and my youth.

[The Computer Audiophile]

@charlesphoto you need to get your photos into Definitive like Lance!

 

https://definitive.com/03/2021/music-audio/one-of-grunges-greats-showcasing-the-work-of-lance-mercer

[charlesphoto]

4 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

@charlesphoto you need to get your photos into Definitive like Lance!

 

https://definitive.com/03/2021/music-audio/one-of-grunges-greats-showcasing-the-work-of-lance-mercer

Lance is an old buddy of mine - good for him! Funny story - when I was on tour with PJ in '96 a very excited fan came up to me after the show in Portugal and nervously asked me if I was Lance Mercer. Sorry, no, Charles Peterson I told him. He was like, ok, and walked away with a very disappointed look on his face...

 

Perhaps they know I'm a long time customer of Hawthorne, the Naim and used gear dealer that were up the street from them for decades when Definitive still had a showroom Seattle... ;)

[jcbenten]

Saw PJ at the ACL Musicfest in 2009...now known as the "Mud Year"....15 inches (or so) of rain over 24 hours caused the base soil to ooze up through the grass at Zilker Park...Dillo Dirt FTW!!  (Dillo Dirt is sterilized wastewater solids that is used for base dirt).  That was a magical year: Them Crooked Vultures, The Dead Weather, and closed by PJ in front of 80,000 standing ankle deep in the mud.  PJ put on a great show. 

 

@charlesphoto any pictures from this show would be great!

 

They returned and closed Sunday night again in 2013 but this show was a bit lame...Eddie had a bit too much wine (i think two bottles of wine on stage) and forgot lyrics, etc...Thank goodness for Mike McCrary.  Did not help that Eminem closed Saturday night...I am not one for that brand of music but that was the most exciting, electric show I have seen in my many years at ACL.

 

I did see Eddie at Bass Music Hall during his Ukulele tour.  Show was opened by Glen Hansard.  That was an entertaining evening...regardless of the stone A$$hole who kept yelling out.