From the window of a cool record store that we happened upon in Chelsea.
Oxford Street ... I think.
obviously, John didn't take this one--outside EMI's Abbey Road Studios.
Some of the messages left outside Abbey Road Studios.
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A drummer can serve many roles in a band.
Our pal John Shafer is sometimes the electricity and fireworks that sends a song over the top. Oftentimes, due to his keen ear, he makes himself an integral part of an arrangement that keeps a song alive and breathing.
We all know the man can play the drums, but he also has a sharp eye for noticing the unique and interesting along the way. Since many of his pictures capture a dimension of our trip that I’m probably not conveying with just the ‘travel log’ or ‘narrative’ approach of the blog, I’ve included a few of these images here. These shots are from the at-this-point-not-yet-written-about Day Seven of our trip. We were in London with a day off to be tourists.
Bikes at the end of Carnaby Street
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Alleyway sign in London
A Department Store (!!!) at the end of Carnaby Street.
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Small street on our walk to the station on our way to St. John's Wood (where the Abbey Road Studios are).
Another interesting thing about John’s picture taking: he takes pictures of groceries.
On our last band trip to Liverpool (2007), he spent a bit of time photographing rows of baked beans, dog food packages, and breakfast cereals. Enough so, that the store security sort of had to ask him about it. (You know, these American cereal terrorists and all…) Here are some pictures of one of the fruit stands on our street in London.
