Folsom Prison Blues: Vintage Mug Shots of Musicians

Jim Morrison, 1970 [via]

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Would like to know the charges for each mug shot. Some I know, others not so much.

warszawa's right about Bowie. Kurt Cobain was arrested for graffiting a cop car I believe. He wrote something like "gay" or "fag" on the side of it.

Sinatra was arrested for "Seduction." No kidding.

Bowie was arrested for pot possession, jsyk.

Frankie was SO HOT. Glad James Brown was still smilin'.

Great post - but it be even greater if you included the nature of the charges filed!

Prince looks way too stylized to be a real mugshot. The reason why they all look good too is the great old cameras they used to use. The new digital mugshot's pale in comparison.

there's a chance that prince mugshot is a fake: http://www.princefams.com/viewtopic.php?id=2445 -- does anyone know?

I second the interest in knowing what each were arrested for

It would be interesting to know what each was arrested for and at what age (year). And yeah, Elvis was just having some fun at a station for those mugs. He was not arrested for anything.

David Bowie is well-dressed even when he's arrested. Incredible.

The reason Elvis was allowed to wear sunglasses (unlike anyone else posing for a mugshot) is that it isn't actually a mugshot, just some clowning around he did at the police station. I don't think Elvis was ever actually arrested.

I've often seen the front part of the Sinatra shot on posters and t-shirts &c. Now that I've seen the profile I see why it's never used- Sinatra had an awful profile.

oh no forgot billie :S anyway...rocknroll

janis is the only woman yeah rocknroll baby

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  2. [...] Gates, Jane Fonda, Kurt Cobain, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson, and about a dozen others. Thanks FlavorPill for the [...]

  3. [...] you guess who is who? We came across a great collection of vintage mug shots via flavorwire.com Tweet This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. ← Dilapidated [...]

  4. [...] more of these mugshots on Flavorwire and How to be a [...]

  5. [...] greats from Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Sid Vicious, David Bowie, Axl Rose and a dozen others. Check them here I read this on Chase Jarvis’ blog and his question was right in my opinion “Priceless [...]

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