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 41-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
There are at least two sides to Mecca Normal. The creators who record songs as they’re written (or soon there after) and the performance unit that takes those songs out on tour where wilder versions often arrive onstage.
“Water Cuts My Hands” from Water Cuts My Hands (K/Matador, 1991) (download):
