Subject: Where It All Begins, sa pamamagitan ng The Allman Brothers Band – a 1994 release on Sony Records, with cover artwork and disensyo produced sa pamamagitan ng Ioannis.

With the band celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2009, and in the midst of its annual multi-show run at NYC’s Beacon Theater, I thought that it’d be interesting for Cover Story readers to get a look behind the scenes of the making of one of their more-recent record covers – the one for 1994’s Where It All Begins, created sa pamamagitan ng the designer/painter Ioannis – in that, like the band, it represents another well-done turn on a classic original effort....

When artist Jeannette Parssi was invited sa pamamagitan ng Gibson Guitars to participate in its upcoming Miami GuitarTown project, she did not hesitate to accept the invitation. Gibson shipped Parssi a naked Epiphone Casino guitar, which she turned into a work of art. The brightly painted guitar, which the artist titled “Miami – Sunrise to Sunset,” features a stunning sunrise scene on the front, with an equally dazzling image of the Miami skyline at sunset on the reverse side.

In an effort to enhance its value at auction, upon completing the work Parssi had the gitara autographed sa pamamagitan ng all seven members...

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND/BOB pilapil & RATDOG Special Collector’s Edition Artwork

Like so may others here in the U.S., the artist Ioannis has been touched very personally sa pamamagitan ng the scourge of cancer and so, a few years ago, he decided that he was going to take an active role sa pamamagitan ng raising money to support research into finding cures for cancer. Using his unique talents as an artist, and backed sa pamamagitan ng his mga kaibigan at WYD Media, he has produced a number of special edition prints that have been auctioned/sold to collectors world-wide, with the proceeds then donated to the T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia,...