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There appear to have been various versions of the poster, which did of course change as the line-up of artists permutated and morphed into different versions. As the promoters seemed to have a rather fiery relationship with some of their artistes , the bill seemed to change from week to week. The Moody Blues were supposed to have withdrawn, and been replaced by the Everly Brothers, but the Moodies made it on stage , whereras the Everley's were nowhere to be seen. Likewise Spirit never showed- which seems to have been a regular thing for them, I also cannnot remember Cat Mother making it to the stage either, but then it was a long , long weekend, I might have just missed them when I went to the toilet.
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The Artist
Was David
Roe. A Liverpudlian
illustrator, he studied at the Royal Academy in London in the mid 60s before
tuning in and turning on and becoming a prolific popartnik. His acadmically-trained
technique put him head and shoulders above many of his audodidact contemporaries
producing psychedelic art. In 1968, 1969 and 1970, Dave was the artist who produced
the posters, programmes and tickets for the Isle of Wight Festivals: Britain's
most famous 60s rock festivals (the UK's Woodstock). The most famous of these
is the 'Psychedelic Drummer' poster... one of the original posters reportedly
now hangs in Noel Gallagher's living room.
Dave wishes to make inquiries into potential museum interest in his originals
of his rock-related works: he's interested in a younger generation seeing more
of his work.
They include
- The original drawings, proofs and final products (posters, tickets, programs)
for the 1968, 1969 and 1970 Isle of Wight Festivals. have attached some sample
images of the works.
- Original photos of Jimi Hendrix performing at the Isle of Wight festival (his
last UK concert).
In the 1970s, Dave produced acclaimed album covers for Jon Anderson of Yes and
Nazareth. He also produced 'science fantasy' cover art for the Pern novels of
the Tolkienesque writer Anne McCaffrey. McCaffrey called McCaffrey called him
in a letter the 'king of dragon artists', and his talent for dragon-painting
led him to work on a (lost... Dave has the demo) album on Dragonlore with Jon
Andersen.
If you know of anyone who would be interested in purchasing the works, please
contact the address below
Kindest regards,
Pete Thomas
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