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NightMistBlue
10-07-2018, 04:13 PM
Texas artist Boyd Elder created the iconic Southwestern images used on several Eagles album covers. http://marfapublicradio.org/blog/valentines-boyd-elder-has-died-at-age-74/
LuvTim
10-07-2018, 09:20 PM
His daughter confirmed, "...He is stardust." 🌠
My My
10-08-2018, 08:34 AM
He did my favorite album cover, "One of These Nights"...RIP
Ive always been a dreamer
10-08-2018, 01:24 PM
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) ...

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/desperadoback.jpg

And the band's album covers that he designed the art pieces and lettering ...

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/ootncover.jpg

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/VBcover.jpg

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:

https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/greatesthits.jpg


R.I.P. Boyd
Ive always been a dreamer
10-08-2018, 01:50 PM
BTW - As I was posting in this thread, I remembered that I had this photo. This is one of the pictures of Glenn's home in Aspen that were posted on the web when the house went up for sale. You can see that Glenn must have acquired the skull artwork from One of These Nights ...

https://i.postimg.cc/9FC2w49B/GF_Aspen_Home_06.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RqsyjZX3)

https://imgur.com/a/PdjscPP
thelastresort
10-08-2018, 01:52 PM
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.
CAinOH
10-08-2018, 05:43 PM
BTW - As I was posting in this thread, I remembered that I had this photo. This is one of the pictures of Glenn's home in Aspen that were posted on the web when the house went up for sale. You can see that Glenn must have acquired the skull artwork from One of These Nights ...

https://i.postimg.cc/9FC2w49B/GF_Aspen_Home_06.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RqsyjZX3)

https://imgur.com/a/PdjscPP

That is just incredible. I wonder what the wings are made out of?

I think I've seen a photo of Glenn's studio where the horse skull from the Greatest Hits 2 was hanging up. (And I wonder where these items are today...)
NightMistBlue
10-08-2018, 06:42 PM
That is gorgeous (how Glenn’s Aspen home was decorated).

R.I.P. El Chingadero -that was Boyd’s nickname!
NightMistBlue
10-08-2018, 06:45 PM
According to this article, he did do the covers for both Greatest Hits. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/boyd-elder-west-texas/amp/
My My
10-08-2018, 07:47 PM
Thanks for the photo of Glenn's home, Dreamer. That art piece is spectacular!
New Kid In Town
10-08-2018, 08:32 PM
I love the art work for OTB and OOTN. So sorry to hear he passed. May he RIP.
I love those pictures of Glenn's house in Aspen. It was beautiful.
Ive always been a dreamer
10-09-2018, 11:25 AM
According to this article, he did do the covers for both Greatest Hits. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/boyd-elder-west-texas/amp/

Thanks NMB - I should have done a web search before I posted because it was pretty easy to find this out. I went ahead and edited my previous post to include it.
sodascouts
10-09-2018, 10:16 PM
Thanks for those photos. RIP to a great artist.
Brooke
10-10-2018, 03:06 PM
RIP to Boyd. Loved all of that artwork!

It would be nice if the original artwork could be donated to the RRHoF. :hmm:
takeiteasy
10-10-2018, 03:59 PM
The skull artwork is awesome and very original!
I've noticed the cross on the table, were Glenn or his wife believers ?
Ive always been a dreamer
10-11-2018, 12:57 PM
Since the late Gary Burden was mentioned in this thread, I thought I'd post a picture of he and Boyd that I came across the other day when searching about the artwork credits on the greatest hits album. It looks like the two were very friendly. It seems like every Eagles-related event that Boyd was involved with also included Gary - Boyd's Venice 'El Chingadero' show where the Eagles made their official public debut, the Desperado photo shoot, and, of course, all of the previously-mentioned album covers. RIP to both of them.

https://i.postimg.cc/LXCCSXpp/xxxx78-gary-burden-boyd-elder-by-skp.jpg (https://postimages.org/)