Cheap Thrills Album Cover T-shirts

Cheap Thrills Cover by R. Crumb, 1968

In celebration of the birthdays of both Janis Joplin, and her Big Brother and The Holding Company band mate drummer Dave Getz this week, all of our Cheap Thrills Album Cover t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts for Men and Women are on sale.

This amazing album cover drawn by Robert Crumb in 1968 went on to become one of the Top 100 Albums Covers of all time according to Rolling Stone Magazine. Columbia Records had proposed a different cover which the band was not thrilled with, enter R. Crumb underground cartoonist and fellow Haight- Ashbury counter-culture resident to the rescue. Originally planned for the back cover the band loved it so much they made it the front of the album.

Each cell of the album cover depicts a different song from the album, which is packed with classics like Ball and Chain, Summer Time, Cry Baby, I Need A Man to Love, Piece of my Heart and Combination of the Two. Cheap Thrills is considered some of the finest work of Janis Joplin's all too brief career. Many of these hits are being re-born on the New York stage in the new production "A Night with Janis Joplin".

Enjoy 15% off now through the end of the month, 1-31-14, no coupon code required. Men's short and long sleeve t-shirts, Women's relaxed cotton and fitted tees and our cozy hoodies are all on sale now!

Buy with confidence Keep On Truckin' Apparel is an official licensee of Big Brother and The Holding Company.

Countdown to Halloween!

Only 7 Days till Fright Night, and we are counting down each day with a scary R. Crumb cover from "Weirdo" comics.

Today's cover is Weirdo No. 8 illustrated by Robert Crumb in the summer of 1983. At that time Crumb was also the editor of the comic anthology which was published by Last Gasp.

The subject appears to be on his last nerve.
Enjoy!

Who's Afraid of Robert Crumb?

Just in time for Halloween, we have added this great R. Crumb self portrait to our t-shirt collection. You can sport this image of R. "Harmless Nut" Crumb in both long and short sleeve tees, or if you need a bit more cover we have it available now in our cozy hooded sweatshirts as well.

Don't be Afraid, Relax, just gaze into Crumb's third eye and Open Your Mind....and enjoy 15% off this new offering available exclusively at Keep On Truckin' Apparel.
Sale ends October 31, 2013.

Janis Joplin "Ball & Chain" T-shirts on Sale Now!

Ball and Chain was written and originally recorded by American blues songstress Willie Mae Thornton aka Big Mama. Janis Joplin who frequently paid homage to Thornton as one of her musical influences later went on to record several live versions of the twelve-bar blues song. One of those live performances was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Janis was backed by Big Brother & The Holding Company band mates, and this gutzy rendition of the classic was heralded as one of Joplin's best performances of her all to short career.

Now part of our Cheap Thrills T-shirt collection. The Ball & Chain image was pulled from the "Cheap Thrills" album cover done in 1968 by R. Crumb.And this week you'll find all our Ball & Chain blues t-shirts on Sale, Now through 10-13-13. We have Men's long and short sleeve tees as well as Women's relaxed organic t-shirts as well as fitted tees. Or maybe you'd prefer a Ball & Chain Hoodie---those are on Sale too! Your 15% discount will be applied at checkout.

A Keep On Truckin' Apparel exclusive.
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New Album Release "Take a Look at that Baby!" features R. Crumb Art

Over the years since doing his first cover art work in 1968 for the "Cheap Thrills" album featuring Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Robert Crumb has gone on to draw hundreds of record covers for both new artist and largely forgotten masters.

Women's Tank - Drunken Barrel House Blues

 

Recently R. Crumb has collaborated with his friends and fellow musicians; Eden Brower & John Heneghan of East River String Band fame, in the creation of their last four LP/CD covers which include Some Cold Rainy Day, Be Kind To A Man When He's Down, Drunken Barrel House Blues and coming out later this month the new Take A Look At That Baby.

All of these covers as well as many others done by Crumb, for Yazoo, Barrel House and Blue Goose Records, can be found in our new Record Cover Collection of Men's and Women's T-shirts exclusively at Keep On Truckin Apparel.

And to celebrate Eden & John's new release "Take A Look At That Baby" we are having a 15% Off Sale- Now through October 31, 2013. You'll get 15% off any of the East River String Band's t-shirts. Men's or Women's, organic cotton, long sleeve or short--all on sale this month---discount will be applied at checkout, no coupon code required.

So what are you waiting for, get the t-shirt and show your support for this amazing East Village band.

David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazines said, “Eden And John cover country blues from the 78-rpm era with crisp fervor and a natural flair that suggests loving study and a respect for the original records”.

Keep On Truckin' Apparel is an Official Licensee of R. Crumb.
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Happy Birthday Robert Crumb!

August 30, 1943

To Celebrate the ol' masters Birthday we are having a One Day only Store-Wide sale, Friday, August 30th.

  

No coupon code, decoder ring or secret hand shake required, and absolutely everything is on sale: Hoodies, Men's, Women's and Kid's Organic and Conventional Cotton T-Shirts and Long Sleeve Tees all 15% OFF.

Choose from the Crumb Classics Collection, the Mr. Natural Organics Collection, Heroes of the Blues Collection or our NEW Record Cover Collection--it's all on sale for one day only. The discount will appear when you checkout--and as always, buy four items and you get FREE shipping.

This only happens once a year!

  

So what are you waiting for? Celebrate the day with a Keep On Truckin' T-shirt, a Mr. Natural Hoody or a Fritz the Cat "Hi Kids" long sleeve tee--you choose from over 150 designs--all on sale exclusively at  Keep On Truckin' Apparel .

Keep On Trucking T-shirts for Kids

We have had lots of requests from Parents and Grandparents to make available our best selling Keep On Truckin' t-shirts in Children's sizes. You spoke and we listened!

Now just in time for Back to School, you can find KK-001 Robert Crumb's famous Keep on Trucking Guys, also called the Do-Dah men, this big footed gang first appeared in Zap Comics No. 1 in 1967. They went on to become a moniker for a generation to encourage us all to "Keep On Keeping On!" We have added both short and long sleeve 100% cotton t-shirts in Kid's Youth sizes S-XL.

We have also added KK-251 Keep On Truckin', this single big footed strider is our number one best selling t-shirt, and is now available for the first time in Kid's sizes with some great color choices like purple, white, navy, charcoal and light blue in both short and long sleeve 100% cotton quality t-shirts.

These Keep On Truckin' Apparel exclusive Robert Crumb designs are available currently on our website, order now for back to school---and pass on the Keep On Trucking tradition to your favorite small person!!