ART AND ROCK N ROLL

  wow

Isn't it amazing how different the artwork for these albums is..............

Some are beautiful and some are crazy and some are scary  etc. 

This has been fun!

Diane

oh yea  and how about something a little different  : ) a HUGE classic

Maybe some of our Zep followers would like to add a little something about the origins for this cover and all of the stories about it  : )

Diane

 

Don't know much about Led Zeppelin since they are another of my hubby's favorites.  As I may have told you I was a top 40 kid.  Of course, I remember "Stairway to Heaven" (who doesn't-played at every wedding) and a few others but don't know much.  Perhaps someone can enlighten me.  Speaking of my hubby here's a record cover from one of his favorites "Frank Zappa".

Janese

Hi

I read an article this
morning about an art show in Miami and the beginning of the
article made me think about all of the great art associated with
rock and music.  Album covers, concert posters, the
photography work of people like Linda Eastman McCartney and
thousands of others.

Think about it  and
lets talk : )

Diane

  Hi

Since we have been doing these art posts  I wanted to post the bio for Alton Kelley who passed away June 1st of this year.

Alton Kelley and his longtime partner Stanley Mouse are famous for some of the best known art of the the 60's

Hi

I read an article this
morning about an art show in Miami and the beginning of the
article made me think about all of the great art associated with
rock and music.  Album covers, concert posters, the
photography work of people like Linda Eastman McCartney and
thousands of others.

Think about it  and
lets talk : )

Diane

Hi

I also wanted to add a bio for famous rock photographer  David Gahr was passed away in May

David Gahr, who turned his back on a promising career as a scholar to take pictures and listen to music and who as a result landed among the pre-eminent photographers of American folk, blues, jazz and rock musicians of the 1960s and beyond, died on Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 85.

 www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/music/29gahr.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/arts/music/29gahr.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

Rolling Stone cover of Janis

Don't know much about Led Zeppelin since they are another of my hubby's favorites.  As I may have told you I was a top 40 kid.  Of course, I remember "Stairway to Heaven" (who doesn't-played at every wedding) and a few others but don't know much.  Perhaps someone can enlighten me.  Speaking of my hubby here's a record cover from one of his favorites "Frank Zappa".

 

Janese

  Oh man, good one!

I am countering with a Dweezil   album    "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"

OK the art is weak but the name and title  get some points  LOL

Diane

  Oh man, good one!

I am countering with a Dweezil   album    "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"

OK the art is weak but the name and title  get some points  LOL

Diane

 

Hey, 

Perfect and Dweezil was here last night at Summerfest.  Zappa plays Zappa!  Got a great review.

Janese

Hey, 

Perfect and Dweezil was here last night at Summerfest.  Zappa plays Zappa!  Got a great review.

Janese

 

  Wow your Summerfest is impressive.   great variety and mix of music and artists  !!   Is that an annual show?

I have not listened to that "Zappa Plays Zappa"  but sounds like it would be well worth it...  OK then

Boy, so much music  so little time eh? 

Diane

  Wow your Summerfest is impressive.   great variety and mix of music and artists  !!   Is that an annual show?

I have not listened to that "Zappa Plays Zappa"  but sounds like it would be well worth it...  OK then

Boy, so much music  so little time eh? 

Diane

Hi Diane,

Summerfest has been going on annually now for 41 years.  It started back in 1968 and has grown so much.  There are many great bands on 10 or 11 different stages as well as a really big talent at the Marcus Amphitheater.  Last night at the amphitheater the headliners were Steve Winwood and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.  Tonight they have "The Jonas Brothers".  Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Joe Cocker with Steve Miller Band, Rush, John Mellencamp, Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, and the Stone Temple Pilots were the acts on the main stage.  Side stage shows included people like LeAnn Rimes, Gnarls Barkley, They Might Be Giants, Cowboy Mouth, Three Dog Night, Eric Burdon, Rusted Root, Trace Adkins, BoDeans, Blondie, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, Gin Blossoms, Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo, Marty Stuart, Creedence Clearwater Revisted, Gavin DeGraw, Plain White T's, Lucinda Williams, Mountain, Cheap Trick and so many more.  It's a great time.  You'd love it.

Janese

Hi Diane,

Summerfest has been going on annually now for 41 years.  It started back in 1968 and has grown so much.  There are many great bands on 10 or 11 different stages as well as a really big talent at the Marcus Amphitheater.  Last night at the amphitheater the headliners were Steve Winwood and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.  Tonight they have "The Jonas Brothers".  Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Joe Cocker with Steve Miller Band, Rush, John Mellencamp, Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, and the Stone Temple Pilots were the acts on the main stage.  Side stage shows included people like LeAnn Rimes, Gnarls Barkley, They Might Be Giants, Cowboy Mouth, Three Dog Night, Eric Burdon, Rusted Root, Trace Adkins, BoDeans, Blondie, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, Gin Blossoms, Pat Benatar & Neil Geraldo, Marty Stuart, Creedence Clearwater Revisted, Gavin DeGraw, Plain White T's, Lucinda Williams, Mountain, Cheap Trick and so many more.  It's a great time.  You'd love it.

Janese

 

  WOW Janese

That is quite a line up.  Those are more artists than the World Series of Rock shows I used to go to.

I remember posting in here somewhere recently about an article that talked about how these big shows were doing great and wew a thing of the future.  The problems with billing and credits for some of the top stars might be a problem but that line up you listed had some great big names in there.  Hmmm  you have me thinking.

Cleveland does have shows and tours; no doubt about that but not that size.

Can you buy a pass for a certain number or each individually or how?

Diane

  Hi

Since we have been doing these art posts  I wanted to post the bio for Alton Kelley who passed away June 1st of this year.

Alton Kelley and his longtime partner Stanley Mouse are famous for some of the best known art of the the 60's

Both independently and in tandem with longtime collaborator Stanley Mouse, artist Alton Kelley created some of the most distinctive and enduring images in rock music, his sophisticated yet irreverent collages adorning countless album covers and concert posters. A native of Houlton, Maine, he studied industrial design while in college, but later went to work as an aircraft mechanic in Connecticut. However, upon getting wind of a cultural revolution springing up in California, Kelley hitchhiked cross-country in 1964, landing in Los Angeles and taking a job in a motorcycle repair shop. Within months he relocated to San Francisco, quickly immersing himself in the city's nascent psychedelic community.

In late 1965, Kelley co-founded the Family Dog, a collective of like-minded hipsters and activists who regularly held dances at local venues like the Avalon Ballroom and Longshoreman's Hall. He also turned to art, creating countless collages and decorating his home with bursts of day-glo paint and pop-art designs. He soon assumed promotional duties for the Family Dog events, designing and distributing their posters and handbills; upon meeting kindred spirit Mouse, Kelley's work reached new heights, with the latter selecting photos and assembling the collages while the former handled lettering duties and other technical details.

Kelley and Mouse's collaborations succinctly captured the spontanaeity and wit of both, and together they emerged among the most popular and renowned artists of the psychedelic era, their success cemented in 1968 when they were invited to exhibit their work alongside that of Wes Wilson, Rick Griffin and Victor Moscoso in a joint show which dubbed the group "The Big Five." Many of Kelley's most memorable pieces were created for the Grateful Dead -- he and Mouse inaugurated the "Skull and Roses" emblem used by the group for years to follow, additionally designing a number of album covers and other images reprinted on countless t-shirts and posters.

After sharing with Mouse a 1979 Grammy Award for their cover for the Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits collection, Kelley published the duo's joint biography, appropriately titled Mouse and Kelley. He continued to produce posters and other printed graphics throughout the years to follow, shunning the emergence of digital technology to work by hand on a variety of pieces for the Fillmore and other Bay Area venues in addition to countless other showbiz clients. A resident of Petaluma, California, in 1996 Kelley also appeared in the film documentary The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

 

Thanks for the update on Alton Kelly.  I hadn’t heard about his death.

I'll always associate him with my favorite Grateful Dead album covers.

Thanks for the update on Alton Kelly.  I hadn’t heard about his death.

I'll always associate him with my favorite Grateful Dead album covers.

  You are welcome.

He did some beautiful artwork and you could just see his love for his work there.

Diane