<p>Richard Dyer-Bennet. side 1: Along the Colorado Trail; side 2: The Rckets 'Round Blue Mountain Lake (Vox 690), from the album, <i>Minstrel Songs of the U.S.A.</i> (Vox 632).<br>78 rpm.</p>
<p>This album features artwork by American painter, printmaker, and teacher, Daniel (Dan) Shapiro (1920-1982). He created the artwork for several albums including recordings by Louis Armstrong, Alex Wilder, Charlie Christian, Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, and Richard Dyer Bennett. Shapiro’s works were first exhibited at the Cooper Union Art School in 1940 and 1941. He had much success with his solo shows in the 1960s at the University of California at San Francisco, Cellini Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Art, and Rice University in Houston.</p>
