Chris Whitley Poster Darden Smith Dante's Portland 2002 Signed 121 Gary Houston

Description

Poster publicizing performance by Chris Whitley and Darden Smith at Dante's Portland, OR May 14, 2002
Signed and numbered limited silkscreen edition of 140 by Gary Houston.
Size: 13" x 26"
Condition: Flawless Mint
Chris Whitley career arc from Wikipedia:
Christopher Becker Whitley (August 31, 1960 - November 20, 2005) He died in 2005 of lung cancer at the age of 45.
Whitley was born in Houston, Texas and learned to play guitar when he was fifteen. His father was an art director and his mother was a sculptor. During his youth he lived in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Mexico and Vermont. His parents "grew up on race radio in the South" and their musical tastes-including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix-influenced Whitley.
During the early 1980s Whitley was busking on the streets of New York City and collaborating with musicians Marc Miller, Arto Lindsay and Michael Beinhorn. He was given a plane ticket to Ghent, Belgium in 1981, and lived there for six years, recording several albums and playing with the bands Kuruki, 2 Belgen, Nacht Und Nebel, Alan Fawn, and A Noh Rodeo.
In 1988, producer Daniel Lanois heard Whitley perform at the Mondo Cane club in New York City and he helped Whitley obtain a recording contract with Columbia Records. In 1991 two of Whitley's songs charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts: "Big Sky Country" (#36) and "Living with the Law" (#28)
Whitley's song "Breaking Your Fall" from the album Hotel Vast Horizon (2003) won the 3rd Annual Independent Music Awards for Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song. In 2004 he won The 4th Annual Independent Music Award for Blues/R&B Song for his composition "Her Furious Angels" from the album War Crime Blues.
Whitley's style drew on an array of influences. In 2001, the New York Times described him as "restless, moving into noise-rock and minimalist jazz evoking Chet Baker and Sonic Youth as much as Robert Johnson". He recorded songs by Robert Johnson and Bob Dylan as well as Lou Reed, James Brown, J.J. Cale, The Clash, Nat King Cole, The Doors, Willie Dixon, The Flaming Lips, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, The Passions, Prince, The Stooges, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Notable fans of Whitley's music include, ATO co-founder Dave Matthews,[13] blues guitarist Robert Lockwood, Jr., Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Hornsby, Tom Petty, Jacob Golden, Myles Kennedy, Don Henley, Iggy Pop, Alanis Morissette, Sandi Thom, John Mayer, Gavin DeGraw, Joey DeGraw, Johnny A., Joe Bonamassa and Keith Richards.
Whitley used various alternate tunings and often played slide guitar on a National resonator guitar.
In fall 2005, Whitley canceled his tour due to health issues. He died on November 20, 2005 in Houston, Texas at the age of 45. After his death, John Mayer said, "his somewhat prostrated place in pop culture earned him a sidebar of an obituary, but to those who knew his work, it registers as one of the most under appreciated losses in all of music." Whitley is survived by his brother Dan and his musician daughter, Trixie Whitley.[19]
Original handmade silkscreen by Gary Houston
Hand-signed in white art pencil by Gary
Limited edition of just 121
Gary Houston's work is some of the most beautiful and yet affordable music art on the market today. His impeccable design sense and subtle humor are unique in the rock poster world. His work has a hand-made quality exemplified by only the most top-tier silkscreener/illustrators like Emek, Chuck Sperry and Todd Slater.
Gary lives in Portland, and his proximity to such stellar venues as McMenamins, Crystal Palace and the Aladdin Theater keep him busy with a healthy slate of Americana/Blues/Bluegrass/Country/Folk artists to work on, not to mention higher profile work for bands like Queens of the Stone Age or Foo Fighters.
Gary hand-pulls his silkscreens. His stellar skills and attention to detail are evident in every poster he makes -- truly the perfect choice for any wall in a music lover's home. Beyond the obvious beauty and intrinsic value of his work, its high-quality, reasonable cost and very low edition size make Gary's work a great acquisition for collectors as many have appreciated quite nicely.
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