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| Amazing Rhythm Aces |
| Armadillo World Headquarters |
December 11 - 12,
1975
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| 11" x 17"
(27.9cm x 43.18cm) |
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The first of two Amazing Rhythm Aces
poster that I was to do for the Armadillo, this one
celebrated the white-trashiness of their hit song, Third
Rate Romance-Low Rent Rendezvous. Woven within this
skein were many overt references to the playing cards
referenced in the last word of the band’s name.
The most obvious of these is the four aces and their
respective suits which are gigantic avatars of the musicians
themselves. Others include the two-dimensional king
and queen which ride upon a bicycle – itself a
reference to a brand of cards, and the mail box on the
corner, an exclusive receptacle for “playing cards”
only. Between that corner, the cyclists and the avatars
resides the Family Inn, the infamous setting of the
drama chronicled by the song.
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| This poster was the first of two that I
would do for The Amazing Rhythm Aces at the
Armadillo World Headquarters. When
they played in mid-December of 1975, their Third
Rate Romance, Low Rent Rendezvous was a big
hit across the nation. This poster is basically an homage
to that song. The Aces were a powerfully rocked, souped-up
jug band that just shook the floor, sending musical vapors
around your feet and forcing you to dance. Fronted by the
Cate Brothers, this fabulous foursome from Georgia was the
incarnation of the fun of music in that decade. And it had
found a genuine home at the Armadillo. Spirits were high that
night with the Christmas of ’75 less than two weeks
away. That day the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar
had opened its doors for a run that still continues here in
the bowels of the Twenty-first century. It was a festive day,
and the concert that night just squared the value of that
festivity. The one impression that I recall of that show were
the smiles that were literally all around.
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