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THE PHOTOGRAPHER
LEON KAGARISE, a hi-fi systems installer by trade, attended his first outdoor country
music concert in 1958 at the age of 18. He soon returned with a suitcase-sized reel-to-reel tape
recorder and a 35mm camera. During the next ten years, Kagarise rarely missed a show in the
Washington-Baltimore area and recorded and documented dozens of nationally known country
and bluegrass performers of the time, many in their prime. Over the years he amassed an
archive of nearly 4,000 hours of pristine-sounding reel to reel recordings of live performances
and radio and television shows, and over 600 color candid slides of musicians and their fans in
outdoor music parks.
INTRODUCTION AND TEXT
EDDIE DEAN is co-author of Man of Constant Sorrow, a memoir by old-time music
legend Ralph Stanley, forthcoming from Gotham Books. His work has appeared in Men's
Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Harper's, and the Journal of Country Music, among other
publications. He was a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Country Music (Oxford University
Press, 1998) and Da Capo's Best Music Writing 2000. Dean lives in Rockville, Maryland with his
Maria Allende, and their children, Sophie and Pablo.
FOREWORD
ROBERT GORDON and TARA McADAMS have collaborated on many books and films,
and on two children. McAdams is author of The Elvis Handbook. Gordon’s books include It
Came From Memphis and Can’t Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters. His films
include Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, William Eggleston’s Stranded In Canton, and
Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan: Cowboy Jack Clement’s Home Movies. Their
articles have appeared in publications ranging from the New York Times to Playboy and Rolling
Stone. They live in Memphis with their children Lila and Esther.
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