Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 40-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Lo, emotional lives in previous, prototypical stages were oft set onto paper via nib and ink, sometimes something of a surprise to the recipient after all that holding of tongue in person. Time marched on, and soon song lyrics were conveyors of difficult-to-express feelings. Yet, so much depended not on “The Red Wheelbarrow” (published in the spring of 1923), but the skill of the bard. And individual interpretation.
“Wasn’t Said” from Empathy For The Evil (M’lady’s, 2014) (download):
