And now it’s back to Jimi Hendrix and Karl Ferris. Painter Roger Law used this photo by Ferris to come up with the final artwork:
Roger Law only has 5 covers to his credit, but this one by The Who has always been one of my favorites.
Law later went on to do the TV puppet show Spitting Image:
Interestingly, there was some controversy about this one. Not too surprisingly, Hindus protested. At the same time, it was also not very popular with the band. Hendrix himself had wanted something that would have expressed his own Indian (i.e., Native American) heritage. A poster by the Hapsash graphic design firm would actually honor that request.
Personally, I think there is nothing cooler than Hindu devotional art, and actually started collecting it while I was still in my teens.
A:BAL was a bit of a comedown from the band’s debut (but, heck, so would any band’s effort). Indeed, the album was one of those contractual deals – the band was supposed to do two albums in 1967, and this is that second one. That said, it did make Rolling Stone’s Top 100. I’m afraid there really aren’t any big hits on it.
Couple of other decent Hendrix covers
Always liked this pic of the group:
God, Jim Henson was a genius:
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