The late Bob Bonis would have secured his place in rock history merely for his day job, as U.S. tour manager for all three of The Beatles’ American tours and The Rolling Stones’ first five. But Bonis, an avid amateur photographer, leveraged that access into a trove of roughly 3,500 all but unseen shots of the Beatles and Stones crisscrossing America on their way to global superstardom.
The late Bob Bonis would have secured his place in rock history merely for his day job, as U.S. tour manager for all three of The Beatles’ American tours and The Rolling Stones’ first five. But Bonis, an avid amateur photographer, leveraged that access into a trove of roughly 3,500 all but unseen shots of the Beatles and Stones crisscrossing America on their way to global superstardom. For the first time ever, a small selection of these images will become available to the public: 22 photos from The Bob Bonis Archive — curated by Billboard and certified as authentic by the Grammy Museum — will go on sale in limited editions at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles’ annual gala auction on Oct. 23. Or you can bid now, at BBBSLA.org. Click to see them.