FD-78 · Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse
San Francisco
Mother Earth
Bukka White
Miller Blues Band / Mother Earth / Bukka White (opening)
Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley's FD-78 is printed in hot red-orange on a flat blue ground: a winged female figure, arms raised to her head, standing inside a ribbon of hand-lettering that spirals down around her body and carries the bill. Collectors know it as the "Angel." The lettering is the kind that rewards patience — you read the poster the way you'd untangle a knot — and when it resolves it says MILLER BLUES…
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