Happy Birthday Robert Crumb!

                                          Happy Birthday to R. Crumb, born August 30th, 1943.

To celebrate the day we at Keep On Truckin' Apparel have created a One Day Only Store-wide Sale, enjoy 15% off all our Men's and Women's Tees.

You can choose from our Crumb Classics Collection which features some of your favorites characters like Fritz the Cat, Smelly Cat, and Dirty Dog or select from some of our infamous comic book covers--like the first Zap Comix Cover crafted by Robert Crumb.

One of Robert's most enduring characters Mr. Natural warrants a Collection of his own, and it's all on sale from his "Quest into the Unknown" t-shirt to his "Brilliant Idea" tee, get them today with 15% off. No coupon codes required.

And for you Blues lovers check out our Heroes of the Blues Collection, which features the early pioneers of the Blues like Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Memphis Minnie and Cannon's Jug Stompers, 36 heroes in all, on Sale today only!

And finally peruse our new and ever expanding Record Collection, centered around the famous Cheap Thrills album cover done for Janis Joplin and her Big Brother and The Holding Company Band mates back in 1968.

And stop by our Keep On Truckin' Apparel Facebook page to wish the old master a Happy Birthday!

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 .