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• Prints of my Carousel Ballroom posters are now available. A glimpse of my early career as a graphic artist.
• For an article about me from the January 1996 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, written by Sandy Rothman, CLICK HERE.
• I've played the same instrument for almost all the years I've been playing. My banjo...
• My old friend George Jansen is a writer, and recently had his second novel published. It's about amateur baseball in 1900. I read it, and loved it. More...
A couple of years ago Fretboard Journal included an article about me, and the rock posters I did for the Carousel Ballroom in 1968. It's their issue number 5, with Tony Rice on the cover. FBJ is a very classy publication, closer to a coffee-table book than a magazine, and I'm honored to be featured in its pages.
And speaking of ink, I was also featured in Business 2.0 magazine. This was just a one-page piece, which is essentially accurate, but kind of truncates the development of Shubb Capos just a bit for the sake of brevity. You can see it or download it here (pdf). The same article has run in FORTUNE magazine, as well.
Here I am with Saga's Tora Bora Boys
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previous articles from Rick's Cafe:
• The Michael Richards thing
•The Rudeness Epidemic
• Do You Play Requests?
I am proud to have been granted a lifetime membership in the California Bluegrass Association.
more...
Some of you may be familiar with my work
years ago as a graphic artist. I did posters, some work in comic
books, and various other illustrations, including work for the Carousel Ballroom and the Grateful Dead.
Three of my posters were reproduced in the book "the Art of Rock," the definitive reference work on rock poster art.
All four Carousel posters are now available: digitally restored, and printed on high quality photo paper with archival ink. Check them out here...
One of my best known posters was Humbead's Revised Map of the World (with List of Population). Humbead was Earl Crabb, who collaborated on the project with me. I believe that he still has copies of this poster, if you want to check his website.
Here are more samples of my early art. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
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poster circa 1966
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drawing, circa 1965
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I did this festival poster in 1974. (click for PDF, 877kb)
Besides the poster, I played in the festival, too. It was somewhat of a boondoggle, but fun anyway.
Rick
