When I Was 15 I Was Commissioned By A Drummer Friend Of Mine To Paint His Drum Kit In A Psychedelic Fashion.

When I was 15 I was commissioned by a drummer friend of mine to paint his drum kit in a psychedelic fashion. To avoid making the paint job permanent I painted the designs on canvases and then glued the canvases to the pearlized acetate drum shells. The paint job gained quite a bit of attention and was featured in Verve magazine. This picture was shot by a staff photographer of Verve Magazine. Circa 1968. ~ Trabue Gentry

In 1967 I took an old guitar and resurrected it. I created a simple design, painted the face black and applied the design using metal leaf, a process known as gilding. The end result brought me five clients and an interest by Gibson Guitar Company to offer it as a service. It didn't fly back then but look at guitar decoration now :-) Circa 1967.~ Trabue Gentry

London, March 22 (ANI): Terry Jones, best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team, has confirmed that a film starring the surreal comedy group is in progress. Sci-fi comedy 'Absolutely Anything' will be helmed by Jones and star John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Jones himself, the Daily Express reported. Jones has insisted that getting the troupe together wasn't a ploy to get more cash from financiers for the movie. (ANI)

My wife, Amanda ~ Trabue Gentry

Photography by Trabue Gentry, 2013

Karen Black and me backstage. There was no truth to the rumor that she and I were an item. ~ Trabue Gentry

Photographer unknown, circa 1974