A Celebration of the California Music Scene

"California",

This graphic poster, drawn by John Johnson and published by David Schiller, celebrates the booming California music scene during its heyday in the late 1960s. The “map” extends from the “Pot” check along the Mexican border north to Eureka and Mt. Shasta with some rather psychedelic geographical interpretations. Detail is particularly good along the coastline from San Diego to San Francisco with numerous sites and buildings named including Disneyland, Sunset Boulevard, the Santa Barbara Mission, Stanford, State Capitol building, and more. The city of San Francisco is particularly intricate with buildings stacked on top of one another with a “love” flag flying at top. Within the map are the names of several notable 60’s bands including the likes of the Doors, Moby Grape, Canned Heat, and Buffalo Springfield. The elaborate poster is surrounded by a decorative border and completed by a large Jefferson Airplane dropping flowers on the state.

David Schiller was a prolific publisher of rock art, producing both album covers and posters for many of the popular rock bands from the period.

References: Rumsey #11437.

Condition: A

On a clean bright sheet with pinholes in the far corners.