He dove deeper into camera work, too, taking aerial photographs of local farms while his friend flew the airplane, and developing the film himself in rented lab space.

This led to Shanahan meeting Rich Pilling, head of MLB Photos, and signing a contract to shoot major league baseball games on the West Coast.

[7] Shanahan met drummer Scott Crago who played in a few bands including the Eagles and Venice, and worked as a session musician.

[5] Shanahan watched the concert, including the parts where Starr stepped out front to sing, and Sheila E covered drum duties.

In 2009 at USC's Galen Center, during an event promoting the video game The Beatles: Rock Band, Shanahan captured an endearing photo of Paul McCartney leaning towards Starr to kiss him, an image that was not actually used by Apple, who was paying for the session.

[7] Shanahan has been credited with photography on the artwork of many advertising campaigns, concert promotions and albums, including ones for Starr, Sheila E, Joe Bonamassa, Steve Lukather, Gary Wright, Yes and ELO.

[4] The book contains images of Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Elton John, Eddie Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Avril Lavigne, Billy Squier, Christina Aguilera, Joe Walsh, Sarah McLachlan, Dave Grohl, Edgar Winter, Barry Manilow, Ben Harper, Neil Peart, Godsmack, Sammy Hagar and many more.

[3] Shanahan is a left-handed rock drummer who plays on drum kits which are set up in the usual manner for a right-handed player.

The group is a Rolling Stones cover band, so Shanahan has learned to emulate the style and manner of Charlie Watts.

Shanahan said this experience, backing Starr on drums, and sharing the stage with bandmembers Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonette, "was a dream come true!