Love the William Stout artwork on Mr. Douglass’s album cover—he’s a poster artist too and if you need a dinosaur, dragon, or Munchkin land of Oz, he’s the man. Met him (William Stout) out here at Book Soup (Los Angeles) last year, nice guy—stout fellow!
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:03 AM, filip de volder <[email protected]> wrote: > > great headbanging ! > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DjK25Dgk0 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DjK25Dgk0> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DjK25Dgk0> > Greg Douglass - Fly Like An Eagle > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1DjK25Dgk0> > www.youtube.com <http://www.youtube.com/> > Greg Douglass, of The Steve Miller Band, plays "Fly Like An Eagle". On stage > with him are Barry "The Fish" Melton of Country Joe and the Fish and Lowell > "Banana ... > > > > From: MoPo List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Greg Douglass > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 1:56 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [MOPO] OT-But Ver-r-r-ry Interesting...Rockers & Poster collectors; > Can they C0-Exost? > > OK, OK, this post is a bit of a stretch but there are enough hobby related > characters in the tale to make it ALMOST relevant (although a flame or two > would not be completely unexpected,,,,) > As some of you know, i am a guitarist/songwriter who had achieved a modest > degree of notoriety for my work with Steve Miller, Hot Tuna, Big brother & > the Holding Co., Van Morrison, Greg Kihn and...., OK, enough of THAT, right? > Suffice to say I make enough off music to support my poster habit. > I recently hooked up with Richard Halegua at second-tier comic show. Rich and > I had a blast hanging out speaking reams of fluent geek when I met a pal of > his. We hit it off instantly; he knew a LOT about music. He and I we both > stunned to discover that I knew many of his decades old vinyl bootleg cover > art, including an EC-style "Tale from the Who". We bullshitted for a very > long time and i mentioned that I had just finished what i felt was my > absolute best collection of musical work. He agreed to do the cover, and deal > was struck. Shortly after, I discovered he was none other than Willam Stout, > an album artist, movie poster designer ("Wizards" comes to mind, , the set > designer for ZZ Top's early 90s tour, and th creator of many of the undead > pinks in "The Return of the Living Dead" . He told me recently that he would > have purchased my CD regardless and considered it string career renaissance > for me. The CD is now up for Best Rock CD at the San Diego Music Awards, > among other honors. Final side note: my pal was playing the CD (titled > "Flight of the Golden Dragon" by Greg Douglass & the Accomplices when Steve > Miller's manager dropped. He exclaimed, "Holy s**t, who is THAT?". My pal > informed him it was me. Mr. Miller, my former boss, was called and 15 minutes > later I was the opening act on October 8 at the Sonoma Music Festival, going > on before Paul Barrere , Dave Mason, and... Steve Miller. I am under > consideration for an opening slot on an upcoming world your if things go well. > Somehow, MOPO played a part in the whole thing maybe I'll be able to get a > another copy of that INVISIBLE GHOST sheet i so floating let go of during a > moment of unfortunate $tupidity. > The CDs in question are available on Ebay, ten bucks + zero shipping, if you > wish to hear what the hubbub is about. > Yes, I am living proof that it is possible to be both a dweebus Americanus > and at least borderline cool. > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/222221884312?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 > > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/222221884312?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649> > > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/222221884312?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649> > > New CD from Steve Miller Guitarist-"Greg Douglass & the Accomplices" > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/222221884312?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649> > www.ebay.com <http://www.ebay.com/> > US $10.00 Brand New in Music, CDs > > > > Greg Douglass > > > > > > > -- > Greg Douglass > Guitarist- > Lessons, Live Shows, Touring, > & Studio Work > (760)212-3648 > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > <http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
