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 43-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
In the U.S., it was MTV, while Canada had Much Music. This video is cued up to a “Much” segment, a slice of club performance when I was frequently playing guitar with my feet, a street recital and a bookstore (Pages on Queen, Toronto) interview that occurred when my first novel was published in 1993, by which time we’d been around for almost 10 years.
“Not With You” from Mecca Normal (Smarten Up!, 1986) (download):
