From the first time Casey played one of his mom's old records on her pioneer turntable, he knew what he wanted to be, a rock star. Everything changed after seeing his first concert, Def Leopard back in the 80's. It is one thing to listen to a great song on the radio, but to see a great performer on stage performing that same song is what he loves. His life long passion for live music has intersected with a more recent passion of photography to once again change everything by introducing him to the world of concert photography. Getting a great shot of an amazing performance and seeing the reactions to a photograph can be exhilarating. Being a concert photographer can be chaotic, exciting, high energy, obstacle ridden, right in the mix place to be while trying to concentrate on getting great band interaction and emotion.
A mainstay and pioneer of the American thrash-metal sound, Exodus, with their 30+ years of history and ten studio albums, rolled into KC and fired up the Uptown. (more…)...
It was Friday, March 24th of the year 2000 when I had my first taste of the band Sevendust. They were the opening band for Creed in a sold out show in Ames, Iowa. (more…)...
It was probably 2000 or 2001 when I traveled to St. Louis to see one of my favorite live performers of all time, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company at the Riverport Amphitheater. We had just got to our seats when an o...
As the grunge era started to wind down in the mid 90's, the band Creed shot to super star status with the release of My Own Prison in 1997. The album would go on to sell more than 6 million albums and land ...
I have always been a Pink Floyd fan starting way back in the early 80’s when I was just a young pup. The album The Wall was my first taste of the Floyd and it was one of those musical 180 degree turns th...
Big Head Todd and the Monsters and I go way back! We started hanging out in the early 1990’s and formed a relationship that has lasted over 20 years. Ok, I don’t actually know them, but they still...
It's amazing to know Jonny Lang started playing guitar and singing the blues at age twelve. Within two years, he would be recording an independently released album. What's even more amazing, while still only in...
Anyone who is into hard rock or metal has heard of the band Staind! Formed in 1994, Staind has produced seven studio albums with multiple chart topping singles including Outside, It's Been Awhile, Fade, and So ...
Once upon a time, my Memorial Day Weekend consisted of going to the Lake of the Ozarks for the annual beginning of summer party. That all changed in 2010 though, when I decided to try out the Rocklahoma Music F...