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Interesting story behind how famed underground comics artist R.Crumb came to draw this album cover for Janis Joplin’s band
https://musicaficionado.blog/2020/01/28/cheap-thrills-an-album-cover-by-robert-crumb/
Plus additional cool portrait of Joplin
I wish bands had used him more often. I loved this cover, and would have liked to have seen more.
As the article says he wasn’t into the pop music of the time, and only did the Cheap Thrills album through a random connection with Joplin over their mutual love of blues music.
The article has some blues album covers that he drew.
Thanks for pointing that out, as I’d missed the article at first. Interesting stuff, and I’d also missed the fact that Janice’s yellow portrait there seems to be printed on chit-board for some reason. Actually looks good, I think.
I thought it was yellow ruled note paper. Now that you’ve pointed that out, I have to believe that’s a sheet of LSD blotters.
https://aeon.co/essays/how-outlaw-chemists-used-blotter-to-dose-the-world-with-lsd
The absorbent perforated blotter paper sheet was soaked in an LSD solution, and dried.
You’d detach a square off the sheet along the perforations, place it on your tongue, and get ready to trip.
Aaaaaahh yes, you’re undoubtedly right!
