(No) AMF, Boyd Elder: Texas ‘Artlaw’ Dead at 74
Legendary Texas multi-media fine artist and rock ’n’ roll “artlaw” Boyd Elder, who spent a lifetime expressing his artistic vision with often flagrant disregard for...
Boyd Elder – Encounters of the Southwestern Kind, 1978
A close encounter with the artist who created the skull art for Eagles' 'One of These Nights' and 'Their Greatest Hits'
By Stephen K. Peeples
Boyd...
Boyd Elder Skull Art Featured on Eagles’ Best-Selling Album in U.S. History
Texas artlaw Boyd Elder's eagle skull art for Eagles' best-selling 'Their Greatest Hits' album is owned by 38 million US music fans who don't know his name.
Lone Star Beer: Texas Music and Texas Beer Join Forces (1976)
The Backstory: In late 1975, Lone Star Brewing Co. marketing executives Jerry Retzloff and Barry Sullivan spoke with this reporter at length about the...
Grateful Dead-Jefferson Starship at Lindley Meadows, 9/28/75
A very slightly edited version of a feature concert review of The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship first published in Cash Box magazine Oct....
Waylon Jennings – ‘Are You Ready for the Country,’ PUTT, 7-7-76
Texas country outlaw Waylon Jennings bids for a wider audience with his 'Are You Ready for the Country' LP.
The following is a feature album...
Boyd Elder ‘No AMF’ Marfa Bash a Feast of Family, Friends, Art
Nearly 100 family members, friends, and admirers of Texas artlaw Boyd Elder gathered at The Capri in Marfa, Texas, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018,...
Artlaw Boyd Elder ‘No AMF Tour’ Rocks Justine’s in Austin
Austin, Texas resident Shaula Elder, on behalf of older sister Flaunn Elder-Jamieson of Kona, Hawai'i, honored their departed father, Texas artlaw Boyd Elder, aka "El...
Tom Waits Interview with Stephen K. Peeples, 9-4-80
With the appointment made to conduct a Tom Waits interview on the Zoetrope Studios lot in Hollywood on September 4, 1980, I listened to...
Texas ‘Artlaw’ Boyd Elder Mounts Skull Art Exhibit in Austin
Legendary Texas multi-media artlaw Boyd Elder mounts a rare exhibition of his original “American Fetish – RIP” painted and adorned animal skull art at...