Marc Bolan - In Days Of Dreams When We Were Free
by Tanya Filichkin
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20.000 x 16.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
Marc Bolan - In Days Of Dreams When We Were Free
Artist
Tanya Filichkin
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Tribute to one of my all time favorite musicians Marc Bolan, who would be 74 today, September 30th.
Acrylic on a canvas.
Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and poet. He is known as one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the early 1970s with his band T. Rex.
In the late 1960s, he had risen to fame as the founder and leader of the psychedelic folk band Tyrannosaurus Rex, with whom he released four critically acclaimed albums and had one minor hit "Debora". Bolan had started as an acoustic singer-writer before heading into electric music prior to the recording T. Rex's first single "Ride a White Swan" which went to number two in the UK singles chart. Bolan's March 1971 appearance on the BBC's music show Top of the Pops, wearing glitter on the face for the UK chart topper "Hot Love", is cited as the beginning of the glam rock movement.Music critic Ken Barnes called Bolan "the man who started it all" .T. Rex's 1971 album Electric Warrior, with all songs written by Bolan, has been described by AllMusic as "the album that essentially kick-started the UK glam rock craze." Producer Tony Visconti, who worked with Bolan during his heyday, stated: "What I saw in Marc Bolan had nothing to do with strings, or very high standards of artistry; what I saw in him was raw talent. I saw genius. I saw a potential rock star in Marc – right from the minute, the hour I met him." From 1973, he started marrying rock with other influences, including funk, soul, gospel, disco and R&B.
Bolan died in a car crash two weeks before his 30th birthday. In 1977, a memorial stone and bust of Bolan, Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine, was unveiled at the site where he died in Barnes, London. His musical influence as guitarist and songwriter was profound; he inspired many later acts over the following decades. As a member of T. Rex, Bolan was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Comments (2)
Genevieve Esson
Cool art! Love it! Vf
Tanya Filichkin replied:
Many thanks Genevieve for loving this artwork and for your consistent support - I am grateful.
VIVA Anderson
Tanya, A fabulous memorial! ..kudos, simpatico….fv, VIVA
Tanya Filichkin replied:
Thank you Viva for choosing my new painting devoted to Marc Bolan to comment on - I appreciate your compliments! Marc Bolan was a huge, extraordinarily talented star, inventor of a glam rock movement in music and style, his music still inspiring many modern musicians and definitely live on in his fans' hearts, myself included. He was also a great poet, his poems book, published in 1969, is a collectible item hard to find and worth a lot of money these days.
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