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| zephyrblau has the Blues ~ about us |
Exhibits:
"The Blues Show" ~ Capricorn Asunder Gallery (San Francisco) One-man show ~ Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant (Palo Alto) |
Roll
back the clock to August 1971. Private First Class Jerry Haussler
is standing in a P.X. in Phu Bai, South Viet Nam, with $75 burning
a hole in his pocket. A few minutes later, a Topcon camera and his
cash trade places. Within hours after returning to civilian life in
Northern California in 1973, Jerry finds himself immersed in the local
Blues music scene. A couple of months later his first music-related
photos accompany an article on the Gary Smith Blues Band for
the San Mateo Times. Since that time, while maintaining a full-time
job, the list of artists has grown to over 200.
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Jerry's
photographs have appeared in numerous periodicals inlcuding Living
Blues, BAM, the San Francisco Chronicle, Jefferson
(Sweden), Blues Life (Austria), Crazy Music (Australia),
the East Bay Express,
New West, City Arts, the San Francisco Examiner,
periodicals for Prince George's Community College (Maryland) and the
Maryland Humanities Council, as well as in Black Radio Exclusive,
and Rolling Stone.
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Jerry's
photos have also graced the artwork of releases on recording labels
such as Messaround,
War Bride, Solid Smoke, Mountain Top and Route
66, to name a few. His work eventually found its way into "Who's
Who in the Blues" (Sheldon Harris / Arlington Press) and both
editions of "Encyclopedia of the Blues" (Gerard Herschaft /
University of Arkansas Press) with the second edition presenting a
major spread.
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His
photographs have appeared on Blues festival posters and programs in
the U.S. and abroad and a detail of one of his
photos of Phillip T. Walker is the basis of the official
logo of the San Francisco Blues
Festival. Jerry has been interviewed on such Blues-related
radio programs as "Blues with a Feeling" w/ Byrd Hale,
(KZSU), "Blues by the Bay" w/ Tom Mazzolini (KPFA),
"Crazy 'bout the Blues" w/ Kathleen Lawton, (KCSM)
and by Johnnie Kozmik on KKUP.
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 San Francisco Blues Festival, 1994 |
 Monterey Jazz Festival, 1977 |
 San Francisco Blues Festival, ca. 1978 |
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SF Blues Festival, 1997 |
 San Jose State University 17th Annual Blues Festival, 1997 (signed by Miss Lou Ann Barton) |
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Contact: bluesphoto@zephyrblau.com or send mail to: Jerry
Haussler |
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