Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when
Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the
Holding Company, fellow Haight- Ashbury denizens, asked him to
provide a cover for their album Cheap Thrills.
It was an invitation the budding artist couldn't resist,
especially since he had been fascinated with
record covers-particularly for the legendary jazz, country,
and old-time blues music of the
1920s and1930s-since he was a teen.
This early collaboration proved
so successful that Crumb went on to draw hundreds of record covers for both new artists and largely
forgotten masters.
So remarkable were Crumb's artistic interpretations of these old 78 rpm singles
that the art itself proved influential in their rediscovery in the 1960s and 1970s.
We are thrilled to be able to make available several of these original album covers on our quality
t-shirts and hooded sweatshirts, exclusively at Keep On Truckin Apparel.com
All 15 designs are now on sale, 15% off through 9-30-18.
Including such classics
as Ain't No Stopper in My Faucet Mama!
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