Blues Project; Genesis; Taj Mahal& the Blue Flames; Park, Neon

Original Concert Poster: Blues Project, Genesis, Taj Mahal and the Blue Flames (March 1-3, 1968)

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1968. First Edition. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14" x 20") announcing a series of three concerts headlined by the Blues Project, along with Genesis (the lesser-known California-based hard rock band, not the English progressive rock band) & Taj Mahal (b. Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., 1942, the acclaimed American Blues musician) & his Blue Flames, during March 1-3, 1968 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. This was one of the few shows Genesis performed at before they disbanded in 1969. The great American comic & album cover artist Neon Park (b. Martin Muller, 1940-1993) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, & "Neon Park 68" in facsimile light-blue hand-lettering & numbering is found at an angle over white background near lower right corner, overlapping very slightly with publisher's zip code (see image). Credited for "Lights" is Electric Wallpaper, a consortium for which we could find no information. According to the Talmudic scholarship we have consulted regarding this poster, it is a first-&-only printing. King, FD-108-OP-1, pg. 171. King writes: "The central image is an abstractly drawn peyote bud at the center of which is the artist's own rendition of the Family Dog logo. The artist who created this poster, Neon Park, is one of several artists who created only one Family Dog poster but created a substantial body of other psychedelic art. Much of Neon Park's other work was done for (the band) Little Feat, but he did a substantial amount of work in addition to his work for Little Feat." (pg. 171) King has simply & appropriately entitled this poster "Peyote Bud." A very special exemplar of Park's psychedelic style from the about-to-become-devastatingly-disillusioning year following that of the "Summer of Love," in its singularly rarest contemporary form. From the collection of Dion Wright (b. 1937), a most-esteemed artiste & sculptor who was at the center of the scene that produced this & the many other fantastic posters that symbolize a legendary time & place (see Wright's memoir, Tempus Fugitive, item No. 5916). We note that with this poster, we conclude our curations of the Wright collection- "What a long, strange trip it's been" indeed! In our alert & experienced estimation, this poster is in relatively very fine condition with only a touch of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners, occasionally onto outermost black border- the entire image therein appears completely bright & substantially mint. This item is too delicate to be rolled & must be shipped flat to assure no damage, therefore extra shipping costs will be required. Very Fine. [Item #6309]

Price: $350.00