Jim Franklin (artist)

Returning to Texas, he teamed with musicians and artists to open a psychedelic music hall in Austin, called the Vulcan Gas Company.[2] Franklin lived in the club and was its primary poster artist for bands such as Shiva's Headband, 13th Floor Elevators, Conqueroo, and Canned Heat.According to Robert Lemmo, Franklin "catapulted to countercultural fame when his obsessively detailed and surrealistic armadillos began to fill the pages of an underground weekly called The Rag.[7] A portion of Les Blank's long-unreleased 1974 documentary, A Poem Is A Naked Person, depicts Franklin's creation of a mural in Leon Russell's empty swimming pool.A celebration of Jim Franklin's 80th birthday, including entertainment by Floyd Domino's All Stars and Shawn Sahm & Friends, was planned for December 30th, 2023 at the south Austin venue, Sagebrush.
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