The ultimate coffee table book for live music lovers.

Experience the thrill of live music in this limited edition book (50 signed & numbered copies) featuring the photography and poetry of James Morehead (Poet Laureate – Dublin, CA).
“At the Barricade”, which first appeared on SF Chronicle’s TotalSF, features vibrant color photographs of thirty-nine artists performing at nineteen concert venues across the San Francisco Bay Area, plus poems by the author.
Excerpts from “At the Barricade”



At the barricade Packed in the Fillmore, hordes of t-shirts, no signs of color just shades of ebony. Crushed bodies at the barricade below, my refuge above in the balcony where I wait for blackout and tell-tale beams guiding shadows to the stage. Guitars are slung on shoulders, a pair of drumsticks seem to float on fog from hidden reservoirs. The crowd erupts, flash pots trigger war cries and from the first, deep, subwoofer rumble we are one. Speaker towers amplify each beat, chord, strum, and lead singer mumble. I lose myself in the torrent of sound, flashing color, seething masses—spellbound. (premiered on the SF Chronicle TotalSF podcast)

About the author

copyright Kristin Cofer
James Morehead is Poet Laureate of Dublin, California. James has published two collections of poetry: “canvas” and “portraits of red and gray“. James’ poem “tethered” was transformed into an award-winning hand drawn animated short film, “dissolving in the gallery” was set to music for baritone and piano, and his poems have appeared on NPR, SF Chronicle’s Total SF, Ignatian Literary Magazine, Cathexis Northwest Press, Beyond Words Magazine, The Citron Review, Prometheus Dreaming, and others. He also hosts the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast which features interviews with poets and artists. “James Morehead’s imagery is vivid, spare and elemental, and it is consistently chosen and arranged to achieve intensely poetic effects. The rhythmic control is impeccable.” – Carmine Di Biase, Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus – Jacksonville State University