Hot Bat/ Phill-Ay-Oh-Soul (Honus Honus) 2011

Hot Bat/ Phill-Ay-Oh-Soul
26" x 31"
All kinds of materials on cardboard and found wood

One helluva nice guy from a helluva nice band...Honus Honus, one of many hairy dudes fronting the white clad junkyard art damaged Philly doo-wop band, Man Man. Catch these guys live if you can, you will not be disappointed!

High Water Everywhere (Charlie Patton) 2011

"High Water Everywhere"
ink and acrylic on found chunk of ceramic drain pipe
7.5" x 2" x 11.5"

The irony of it all, is twice this image got washed away from the surface: once via the clear-coat, the second time due to nature. Charlie Patton, king of the Delta Blues, wrote several songs about a huge flood he witnessed, back in the day. Thanks to Daniel Tiberius for helping me connect the dots.

Trouble Weighs A Ton ("Grocery Store" Dan Auerbach) 2011

"Trouble Weighs a Ton"
ink, acrylic, found paper, found objects on found wood
30" x 5.5" x 29"

This here goes out to Daniel Tiberius Schmidt and Ty"rone" Debvoise(?)...good ol' everyman Dan Auerbach of the infamous Black Keys. Now Mr. Auerbach probably doesn't know about his blues moniker, "Grocery Store", but there is a story behind those words, and it isn't really even a good story, but...Dan Schmidt was shopping for groceries in Akron and saw a guy who looked like Dan Auerbach also shopping for groceries. So Dan Schmidt casually asked Dan Auerbach if indeed he was Dan Auerbach and Dan Auerbach said indeed. Dan Schmidt being a very respectable and respectful person, left it at that and let the man shop for groceries in peace.
Anyway, it got me thinking that even wicked 6 string shredders, like Dan Auerbach, need to shop for groceries too...a kinda equalizer of sorts...anyway, everyman "Grocery Store" Dan Auerbach. (And the moniker is helpful when I am telling other people the story so they do not get the two Dans confused.)