Sunday, July 31, 2005 Hey there. A brief note on the cover photo, by Robbi Cohn. I was looking for the perfect Garcia photo to go with my article, and spent about an hour in Google image searches. Rob's site came up, and there the photo was. It's sometimes difficult to get permission to use a piece of artwork the same day, but I've had fairly good luck in the past -- so I looked Rob up in the Whois directory, found a cell number and gave him a call. He picked up right away. He turned out to be a very interesting and equally friendly guy down in North Carolina, who gladly gave permission in exchange for a link back. He sells prints of his images, and I am pretty sure Birdsong is for sale, framed or not; I plan to get a framed one soon, as it's one of the nicest late-era pictures of Garcia I've ever seen. (Rob's use of only wood molding and acid-free Bainbridge matting is a nice bit of artistic integrity.) He has quite a few other images, but if you do like his work, I am sure he'd appreciate a little fandom. You can reach him via email through his website, which is http://deadimages.com/ Please tell him hello from a Planet Waves reader. Thanks! e | ||||||
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