If the only thing you know about David Edward Byrd is that he’s the guy who designed the original Woodstock poster before the three-day festival moved from Wallkill, New York, to Max Yasgur’s farm in nearby Bethel (making Arnold Skolnick famous in the process), then you need to get your hands on a copy of Poster Child: The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd, which has just been published by Cameron & Company, an imprint of Abrams Books. Written as a conversation between Byrd and author Robert von Goeben, the coffee-table size book fills its 176 pages with everything from Byrd’s Woodstock poster (of course!) to the original artwork for the artist’s 1968 poster for Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore East to his Broadway posters for such hits as “Godspell” and “Follies.” Naturally, Poster Child is a beautiful book, which means it’ll make a great Christmas gift, so order your copy today!
