Ken Regan's Candid Photographs Of The Beatles, Madonna, Rolling Stones And More

We’re all well-acquainted with the iconic photo of John, George, Paul and Ringo strolling across Abby Road, but have you ever seen the quartet riding in carriages, making goofy faces? And most Rolling Stones fans have witnessed Mick Jagger jumping on-stage, but have you watched him chat with Andy Warhol or relax on the beach, or standing with the other Stones at the Alamo?

Behind-the-scenes music photographer Ken Regan has shot images for Time, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Life, and has complied a collection of photos from the last four decades. His book, “All Access: The Rock n Roll Photography of Ken Regan” (Insight Editions, $75.00), has a preface by Keith Richards, Introduction by Mick Jagger and an Afterword by James Taylor, so he's clearly made some friends. There are more than 400 photos in the book, offering a candid look at the lives of great musicians through compelling photojournalism.

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[taylorU]

02:11 PM on 10/30/2011

OMG—fix the spelling of Abbey Road, idiot writer!

[elsquibbs]

11:32 PM on 10/29/2011

I hate how the last slide is always a gyp.

[doglove]

03:06 PM on 10/29/2011

Was Madonna born with her tongue rolled out provocatively?

[Gilbert Albright]

08:32 AM on 10/28/2011

Hey give me unlimited access to celebrities and I can take photos just as good as these. Nothing great about them other than they are of celebrities.

[Caryn Banker]

05:05 AM on 10/28/2011

John Lennon jamming with Che Guavara:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=John+Lennon+and+Che+Guavara&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=567&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=vlXgb-N1GZKl3M:&imgrefurl=http://tittenhurstlennon.blogspot.com/2009/07/john-lennon-and-che-guevara.html&docid=QFPGSPMalH_gfM&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fgePaP-TVwk/SmwD8ezaNmI/AAAAAAAAApI/szss7qdaVdE/s400/2669884895_526d30d1a9.jpg&w=400&h=243&ei=CHCqTsu7Hq2uiQfhorHJDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=187&vpy=212&dur=2736&hovh=175&hovw=288&tx=160&ty=127&sig=109040705103444405547&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=221&start=0&ndsp=11&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

[timrose2007]

09:01 AM on 11/10/2011

Thank you!

[nonyabusinessinpa]

02:27 AM on 10/28/2011

ANYTHING that hides Bob Dylans face is an IMPROVEMENT..........Now if we could just find a way to STOP him from EVER opening his mouth again!!!

[VungTauVet]

09:34 AM on 10/29/2011

As an american Mr Dylan's entitled to freedom of speech just as you are. Now, just what have you done with your life? He certainly has more than 115 fans. Maybe change the identifier to 'Huffpost Super Tool'.

[socal92504]

11:31 PM on 10/27/2011

I love the Internet, but sometimes I see more info then I need to know. I have a hickey on my neck anyone interested in a close-up picture ?

[samuraifrog37]

10:57 PM on 10/27/2011

Joan Baez....very pretty. Carly Simon....great legs. Sony and Cher pick great and rare. Always fun to look at all these great artists...

[jchowell3657]

09:02 PM on 10/27/2011

Dylan looks like he went face first into the cocaine.

[BebeFoxe]

08:50 PM on 10/27/2011

It is absolutely Dylan. All you nay-sayers must not be fans. It is well documented that he wore whiteface on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour from Autumn 1975 to early '76. Allen Ginsberg came on the tour with him, as did Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn (of The Byrds), T-Bone Burnett, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, among others. The actor & playwright Sam Shephard was also there and released a book about the experience (Rolling Thunder Logbook) with some of Ken's photos also seen here.
During that time, he recorded a bizarre, symbolist film called "Renaldo & Clara" (YouTube it) that was half-concert film, half-fiction film. It was influenced by "Les Enfants du Paradis" (Children of Paradise) hence the whiteface. The visit to Kerouac's grave is seen in the film as well.
This happens to be my favorite tour of his. The live recordings from it on his Bootleg Vol. 5 are excellent. And just to add something interesting I found on Wikipedia: Sometimes, he even walked on stage wearing a plastic mask, only to toss it aside after the first song to play harmonica on "It Ain't Me, Babe." According to Rivera, one heckler asked Dylan "Why are you wearing a mask?" to which Dylan replied, "The meaning is in the words."

[socal92504]

11:34 PM on 10/27/2011

Love your lengthy explanation. But, who the hell cares ??? I love Dylan for his music, not his looks.

[BebeFoxe]

01:46 AM on 10/28/2011

That's fine. I respect your opinion & thanks for taking time to read it.
It just bothered me that people were so sure it wasn't Dylan (one poster was insinuating HuffPo had been duped by the photog...) when a simple Google search would reveal otherwise. Just because it's the internet, it doesn't mean you should speak ("post") without thinking. Though I'm certain many would disagree... ;)
I like the whole package: lyrics, music, and performance style (not just "looks"). I will admit to being more into him than most people. Heck, I even took a class on him in college-- most enjoyable four credits I ever earned!

[doglove]

03:04 PM on 10/29/2011

Fanned for your most informative and well written post. I saw that tour also, but you are correct, many don't understand what the white face pic is about.

[Random Knuts]

08:36 PM on 10/27/2011

Good thing they left out a bunch of shots of Dylan for other artists...

[rp2par]

08:21 PM on 10/27/2011

Wow! Dylan didn't look quite as ugly as usual with white-face.

[Bobby Dias]

07:21 PM on 10/27/2011

Not the Bob Dyan of the 60s-70s.

[verdigrisantiques]

07:02 PM on 10/27/2011

Nothing special. Mostly posed.

[GeneralDisarray]

05:36 PM on 10/27/2011

Old Plant?