Limited-edition, hand-retouched digital print. Approx. 19.25"h x 24"w image size (22.5”h x 27”w overall print size). One from an edition of 50 total prints - printed using an archival 7-ink process - signed and numbered by the artist, Ioannis. This special edition (a RockPoP Gallery exclusive!) was published in 2009. Ioannis has added various highlights by hand (see image, below) to each print in this edition, making each print all the more unique (no 2 prints are alike) - it's almost like owning an Ioannis original (but at a much more affordable price!).

With the band celebrating its 40^th anniversary in 2009, here's an opportunity to own a special-edition print of one of their more-recent record covers – the one for 1994’s Where It All Begins, created by the designer/painter Ioannis. Just like the band, it represents another well-done turn on a classic original effort.

Before the band had established its logo (the first version of the stacked text appearing on their 1979 Enlightened Rogues LP), the band’s record covers had featured a wide variety of designs – both photo and illustration-based, including Jim Marshall’s iconic photograph used on the cover of their Live At Fillmore East double album and James Flournoy Holmes’ illustration for Eat A Peach. However, band insiders (musicians and crew) had their first exposure to a mushroom-based ABB logo in 1970 when tattoo artist Lyle Tuttle was hired by brothers Gregg and Duane to create a tattoo design that would then be distributed to the entire ABB family at a cannabis-fueled party during a stop-over in Columbus, Ohio. This design obviously left a lasting impression (sorry!) on guitarist Dickie Betts, who later suggested that it be included in the design you’ll read about shortly.

In 1994, the always-morphing line-up of the Allman Brothers Band consisted of the four living members of the original band - Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks andJai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson  - all who had reunited for their 20^th Anniversary tour in 1989 - and added players including guitarist Warren Haynes (the new “hardest working man in show business”), bassist Allen Woody and drummer/percussionist Marc Quinones. Driven by strong play on AOR stations, the record ultimately went gold, but it turned out to be the last one that Mr. Betts would play on, with Mr. Haynes replacing him permanently in 2001.