John O'Green
Biography
John O'Green is credited on Family Dog poster FD-138 (Steve Miller Band / Muddy Waters / A.B. Skhy Blues Band, Avalon Ballroom, advertised for September 20-22, 1968). The sheet's own credit line reads "Layout: The West Will Sun Graffix" with "Photo: John O'Green," so his documented contribution is the photograph and the piece is a West Will Sun Graffix layout; poster catalogs (Wolfgang's, the Rock Poster Society) file the design under O'Green, which is the antagonist-confirmed correction of an earlier misattribution of FD-138 to Wes Wilson (Wilson designed the flanking FD-137 and FD-141). Beyond FD-138, reliable biographical detail is scarce in the reachable record, so this profile is deliberately brief rather than padded, and the exact division of labor between O'Green and the West Will Sun Graffix collective is left as an open note for the human to resolve.
Why They Matter
Designer of Family Dog FD-138 (Avalon, Sept 1968). His attribution is a case study in poster-catalog hygiene: FD-138 is routinely mis-credited to Wes Wilson because Wilson designed the flanking FD-137/FD-141/FD-142.
Notable Works
- FD-138 — Steve Miller Band / Muddy Waters / A.B. Skhy, Avalon Ballroom, Sept 20-22 1968 (advertised)