Art & Music
Art and music
are combined in my mind. A while back I realized that the reason I do many of
my paintings in a square is the influence of the album cover art. Many of the
bands of the so called British Invasion that moved me into music had members
that had gone to or met in art school. Take for instance The Beatles, Paul
McCartney at age eleven won a prize for a drawing he did. Paul and Ringo both
do paintings now. John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe met in art school. Another Brian
Epstein managed group Gerry & the Pacemakers’ Movie “Ferry Cross The
Mersey” featured them at art school. Kieth Richards was in art school when the Rolling Stons began and where the Talking Heads meet? The Kinks were an early favorite of mine so
I was happy to here that my brother who goes by Sonny, (who I had been in a band with) was in a band
with their drummer Mick Avory when he lived in Europe. I had been in a band and
written songs with Brad Buxer who would go on to wright and play with Michel
Jackson and Stevie Wonder after leaving the Jetzons. All in all, part of my
creative juices has always been toward music. Why I bought a drum set a rhythm
box and a recorder in the 80s and began writing songs instead of painting. I’ve
always been drawn to guitars especialy the classics like Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker, even though I never played one in a band. To old to Rock & Roll to young to die… So
make iphonrt. see photos and link below
Paul McCartney with painting near Tucson, Arizona.
Photo by Linda McCartney
Spooo wth Sonny center.
Below-
Billy Ohare Trio — with Mick Avery on drums at Den haag Netherlands.Sonny on bass, far left.
Below, From the book, According to The Rolling Stones, 1962
Below from Bill Wymans book Rolling With the Stones
Copenhaver with Brad Buxer far right. Boy we had long hair.
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