Blues Tapestries
Description: Ray's Music Exchange is a fictional Chicago pawn shop that specialized in musical instruments in the 1980 film, The Blues Brothers. It's where the guys go to procure new instruments and equipment as they get the band back together, and end up in a performance of “Shake A Tail Feather” that spills into the streets filled with dancers. The actual location of the store was a pawn shop located in the Bronzeville neighborhood at 300 E. 47th St., though the interior shots were all done on a soundstage. The mural on the side of Ray's celebrating black musicians remained for 40 years until vandals set fire to the building in 2020.
Albert King Pop Art Design v2. Albert Nelson. was an American blues guitarist. Tapestry
by Andika Bahtiar
$30
Description: Show off your love for cutting-edge blues with this bold, hand-drawn portrait of Samantha Fish! Featuring dynamic stage lights, a crowd of fans, and her signature cigar box guitar, this design captures the innovative energy of a modern blues legend. Perfect for guitarists, blues fans, festival goers, and anyone inspired by trailblazing women in music.
Description: This striking black-and-white portrait captures Eric Clapton mid-performance, lost in the soulful expression of his acoustic guitar. Rendered in a detailed, grain-textured style, the image highlights Clapton’s thoughtful demeanor, vintage glasses, and iconic scruffy beard. His name is boldly scripted in a pink retro cursive, adding a subtle pop of color that contrasts beautifully against the moody grayscale tones. A must-have tribute for fans of classic rock, blues, and unplugged acoustic sessions.
Description: Robert Johnson was an itinerant Delta blues singer and guitarist who lived from 1911 to 1938. He recorded 29 songs between '36 and ‘37 for the American Record Corporation, which released eleven 78rpm records on their Vocalion label during Johnson's lifetime, and one after his death. Like many bluesmen of his day, Johnson plied his craft on street corners and in juke joints, ever rambling and ever lonely, all while writing songs that romanticized that existence. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Johnson accomplished this with such an unprecedented intensity, marrying his starkly expressive vocals with a guitar mastery, that his music has endured beyond his short life.
