Suzanne Swanson has been behind the blues camera for almost five decades. Beginning as an accredited staff photographer for MCA Records in Dallas, Suzanne was first assigned to cover the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969, two weeks after Woodstock. There she witnessed the music of Janis Joplin, James Cotton, Canned Heat, Santana, Ten Years After, and many others. Even with a move to Canada in 1975, her love of blues never wavered. Throughout the years Suzanne’s photos and articles have appeared regularly in notable publications such as Blues Matters!, the Washington Blues Society Bluesletter, Elmore Magazine, American Blues Scene, and Blues-E-News. Throughout her career, Suzanne has been much more than just a photographer; she is also a journalist, writer, and historian. Her pictures and interviews of various musicians through the years have led to lifelong friendships. All the compilations she has worked on are part and parcel of her work titled The Blues and Nothing but the Blues ©.
