October 5, 2015
My work has to be in at the end of the week. I am in crunch mode! It is not just the art, but figuring out how
to make the tags from records with the recorders attached with the button in
place for activation. I finished two
pieces this weekend and am still working on 3.
The art can be turned in on Friday or Saturday. I am sure that I will be a Saturday
person.
One piece that I wanted to do from the beginning was ‘Little
Red Riding Hood’ by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. I pictured a couple of teens from late
50s/early 60s era. The boy is in a black
leather jacket; the girl is wearing a short red headscarf (remember those?) and
has a red sweater tied over her shoulders.
The boy is in a gang called “The Black Sheep” with the logo on the back
of his jacket. (“I’m going to keep my
sheep suit on until I’m sure that you’ve been shown that I can be trusted
walking with you alone. Owoooooooo!). It
was a fun song, not as big as their hit ‘Wooly Booly’ but easier to
illustrate.
Anyhow I actually saw Sam the Sham in a dance club in
Quincy. It was a small venue and they
played and everyone danced. Years later
when my husband and I were talking we discovered that we were both at that
concert. I was there with my friend,
Cindy, and he was there with her brother, Marty. We didn’t meet until a couple of years later
when he transferred to SIU-Carbondale.
It was also a dance—a mixer held at Woody Hall where I was an R.A. If nothing else, this show will bring back
memories for those of us who remember the 60s.
