Texas artist Boyd Elder created the iconic Southwestern images used on several Eagles album covers. http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/val...ied-at-age-74/
Texas artist Boyd Elder created the iconic Southwestern images used on several Eagles album covers. http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/val...ied-at-age-74/
His daughter confirmed, "...He is stardust." 🌠
It's all in your smile that brings
All of the special things about you
He did my favorite album cover, "One of These Nights"...RIP
So sorry to hear this. My heart goes out to his family and friends. He had quite a long history with the band.
Here he is as one of the lawmen on the back cover of the Desperado album (that's him in the middle standing behind Bernie) ...
And the band's album covers that he designed the art pieces and lettering ...
In keeping with the skull theme, I wonder if he also designed the art for Eagles: Their Greatest Hits I? I don't think there are any liner notes for this one.
ETA: Well a simple web search revealed that Boyd did design the skull art and lettering for this album, so I'll add it to this post:
R.I.P. Boyd
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"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
May he rest in peace. I love the artwork on One of These Nights, and how cool that he got to play a part in that iconic Desperado cover. What with Gary Burden's passing a few months ago we are sadly losing more and more of those who crafted the band's image and identity.