Deep Ellum Music Exhibit – Killbilly

Killbilly was a great bunch of guys who mixed Bluegrass and Punk Rock into a roaring good time. This portrait was taken on the corner of Elm and Crowdus in the mid 1980’s. The band played on the street while I shot them from a ladder. I call this guerilla location shooting and since there was never much of a budget this became a common technique of mine. The shoots have an extra edge to them when the location is scary or dangerous. These were underground alternative rock bands to a large degree and it was appropriate to capture the energy of the time and place.
Stephen Trued on banjo, Mike Goodsell on drums, Craig Taylor in the front, Alan Wooley with the hat, Mark Rubin on bass and Harris Kirby on guitar.