OR a Deere Dear. Turns out deere is not just a tractor brand, but an archaic spelling of both; deer and dear.
I can’t help but think of Timothy & Dale, as I write this. Tim because we were gagging around in comments with the word “deer/dear/deere”. Dale because she posted some pics of deer in her Wordless Wednesday spot on Marc’s blog.
Anyway, this is one of those high up murals that I had to try hard to capture.
I found and posted this mural of the Oscar Peterson Trio in 2013. Twenty people saw it.
I was listening to music on my fave music site OANNES. Socrates had posted some music by the great Oscar Peterson. I was thrilled to send him the link to this mural. I was wondering if he could suggest a piece by the Trio featuring Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Max Roach.
He responded back saying Max Roach was never in the Oscar Peterson Trio. Ed Thigpen was the drummer, not Max Roach. I did some searching.
Although Max Roach is portrayed in this mural as the drummer, Socrates is correct. I never actually doubted him. The crazy thing is that this mural was on a very well known Canadian music store chain, in Winnipeg. It does not exist anymore.
The building was torn down some years ago, and the mural did not survive despite attempts to keep it whole.
Here is an album cover with the real Oscar Peterson Trio. (Courtesy Creative Commons Licences)
In 1953 producer Norman Granz recorded: STAN GETZ, tenor sax / OSCAR PETERSON, piano / HERB ELLIS, guitar / RAY BROWN, bass / DIZZY GILLESPIE, trumpet & MAX ROACH, drums. The tracks were; EXACTLY LIKE YOU & IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN
It’s just a small piece in an alley, and I love it!
He lives midst bits and burners.
The burner (writing) to the right of the lion is by Insight. The face on the far right is an Elicsr.
Pics taken by Resa – December 21, 2022
Toronto , Canada
The Artist:
Unsigned, but a guess would be Nick Sweetman
Honestly, I always thought the name of this song was “Lion Eyes”. I’ve used it on a post before, and I was sure it was “Lion Eyes”. Guess I hear and see what I want to.
On my first visit to Graffiti Alley, this beauty was one of the first works of art I laid eyes on.
As you can see, she was in a frost fence prison. Not only is the fence 6′ high, there is a locked gate keeping all out.
This is the main reason she has lasted 10 years, without being tagged.
I always check when I go to the alley. For 10 years the gate has been locked. I never tried climbing the fence. There’s always people behind a big glass window.
On my latest trip to Graffiti Alley, there was something going on in the alley, like some kind of surveying.
THE GATE WAS OPEN! To allow the surveyors room to do their thing.
I could see people behind the window, but this was my big break! I entered and shot like a maniac, fast, furious then fled.
I could feel the eyes upon me. I never shot so fast in my graffiti daze.
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