Muck Man Theme Song!

My Chicago based uber talented musician buddy Chris Quigley has honored me by writing and recording a theme song for my Muck Man character. When he approached me a few months back about doing something like this I thought that I would keep an open mind and be gracious for whatever he came up with. I didn't think that this would be too difficult a task to accomplish since I'm a fan of his music anyways. But, when he sent the link with the demo, I have to admit that just before playing it I had a secondary flash of anxiety that it wouldn't capture the 'essence' that is the Man of Muck. I then reminded myself that I would probably like what I heard. All doubts (which were pretty much nil, anyways) were immediately cast aside when the first guitar licks festooned from my speakers. To say that I was pleasantly pleased would have been an understatement. It does have an infectious guitar riff that I seem to be humming all weekend. Come on! Muck Man has a theme song! How cool is that?

Chris and I go way back to high school and as he has said that I liked him even when his music sucked, I can say the same that he stuck around me even when my art sucked! I fondly remember him giving me flack about my dreamy big-eyed self-portraits. Good times. So, go and check out his site for witty remarks and even better tunes. I believe that he is currently tearing up the Chicago night club scene, so if you live in the Chicago area, check him out!

Check out the Muck Man Theme here.

And here is the instrumental version.

So, make sure that you go to the Quigman's site and tell him just how cool the Muck Man Theme is! I command you.

And for your veiwing pleasure, a toon of Muck Solo, as seen above.

Dead To Me Now

My buddy and Chicago musician Chris Quigley asked me to do some artwork for a song that he just finished recording. The song is called Dead To Me Now and is a mighty fine tune and you can listen to it by clicking the link. I remember about 20 years ago sitting in Chris's living room watching him playing Prince songs on his guitar with no amp or anything as we were as poor as hobos. I would sketch and he would twang and we were both bad. Now Chris is a bad ass rocker and still doin' what he loves and that, my friends is all that matters. And I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of all that than to do some artwork and hopefully you'll see more from this collaboration. A while back, I was fooling around with some CD designs for his band, The Good Leads, so I will post some of those soon.