Picture Set of The Month - August - The Album Artwork of Sir Peter Blake.

A watercolour image of John Peel (1939-2004)
for the 2006 compilation of tracks that were
identified with him as a DJ, from the first
decade of the punk era.     

 

Fresh from the debacle of his most famous
brush with celebrity via The Beatles, Blake
completed this just as bright but more compact image
for then newly starting out folk musicians Pentangle.  

Sir Peter Blake's association with Ian Dury
goes back to when Dury was his pupil and Blake
taught art, at Walthamstow Arts School.
What chance Dury returning the favour? Done!   

Ian Stewart (1938-85) was the member
of The Rolling Stones who hid in the background
because 1-he was probably the best musician among
them and 2-in the early days of the band his image
 ran counter to the 'bad boy' image that the band
wanted to project to gain traction with the public.