March 2020 – December 2021 | Bob Gruen
 
August 27, 2024 Richelle

March 2020 – December 2021

The Covid lockdown was hard to take, and we didn’t go out for some time… then Jesse Malin started a weekly zoom cast and I was his first interview… as things opened up the following year and by summer 2021 we got to see Blondie, Kiss and Green Day and I was hired to shoot photos of Maneskin! see all the action below:

March 28 - NYC - Jesse Malin during the first of his weekly virtual quarantine shows.
March 28 - NYC - Just 8 days after everyone was locked in their homes, Jesse Malin held the first of his weekly virtual quarantine shows.
June 30 - Lanesville - British SKY TV crew during an interview for a Special show on John Lennon.
June 30 - Lanesville - British SKY TV came to my country cabin for an interview for a Special show on John Lennon.
August 15 - NY - Outdoor concert at a friends backyard upstate.
August 15 - NY - We couldn't go inside anywhere so a friend of a friend held concerts in her backyard... the musicians were students from a nearby collage.
Jan - Sao Paulo - Official Brazilian Government stamp commemorating the award winning exhibition “John Lennon Em Nova York Por Bob Gruen” at the Museum of Image and Sound.
Jan - Sao Paulo - Official Brazilian Government stamp commemorating the award winning exhibition “John Lennon Em Nova York Por Bob Gruen” at the Museum of Image and Sound.
Jan 19 - NYC - Bob Gruen at NYU Langone Health.
Jan 19, 2021 - NYC - I went to get my covid vaccine at NYU Langone Health.
May 3 - Jersey City - Bob Gruen signing silkscreen prints at Gary Lichtenstein Editions at MANA.
May 3 - Jersey City - Signing John Lennon Statue of Liberty silkscreen prints at Gary Lichtenstein Editions at MANA.
May 4 - NYC - Edwina Sandys posing at Soloman Arts Gallery.
May 4 - NYC - Edwina Sandys posing next to her sculpture at Soloman Arts Gallery.
May 22 - NYC - (L-R) Paul Nowinski, Jesse Sparks and Frank Ferrer playing at a Mark Kostabi party.
May 22 - NYC - (L-R) Paul Nowinski, Jesse Sparks and Frank Ferrer jamming at a Mark Kostabi party.
June 11 - NYC - Kiss on stage at Battery Park.
June 11 - NYC - Kiss had a premiere of their documentary as part of the Tribeca Film Festival and then played a short set at Battery Park.
June 16 - NYC - Blondie on stage at Battery Park.
June 16 - NYC - Blondie premiered their film Vivid En La Habana about their show in Havana as part of the Tribeca Film Festival and then played a short set on stage at Battery Park.
Aug 4 - NYC - Green Day on stage at Citi Field.
Aug 4 - NYC - Green Day brought their big, fun show to Citi Field.
Sept 29 - NYC - Jim Jarmusch posing at the James Fuentes Gallery.
Sept 29 - NYC - Jim Jarmusch posing at the James Fuentes Gallery where he showed some recent artwork.
Oct 23 - NYC - (L-R) Bob Gruen, Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen, Jaiel Pulskamp, Kris Gruen, Zinnia Gruen & Jasmine Gruen posing on the streets of NYC.
Oct 23 - Brooklyn - On my 76th Birthday (L-R) Bob Gruen, Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen, Jaiel Pulskamp, Kris Gruen, Zinnia Gruen & Jasmine Gruen after Kris and Jasmine opened a show for Jesse Malin at Brooklyn Made.
Oct 23 - Brooklyn - Jesse Malin and Tommy Stinson of the Replacements on stage at Brooklyn Made.
Jesse Malin and Tommy Stinson of the Replacements on stage at Brooklyn Made.
Oct 30 - NYC - (L-R) Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio of Maneskin posing at Top of The Rock.
Oct 30 - NYC - Maneskin called and said they had grown up inspired by my pictures and on their first trip to New York, asked me to take them around town. (L-R) Damiano David, Victoria De Angelis, Thomas Raggi and Ethan Torchio at Top of The Rock.
Dec 24 - Montpelier - Jasmine Gruen with her album cover.
Dec 24 - Montpelier, VT - My granddaughter Jasmine Gruen with the cover for her album she wrote during lockdown, "Nothing Feels Right".
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