I HOPE this is only a RUMOUR..........

[safariknut]

Someone posted on one of the pinstriping boards(Auto Art)that they heard a rumour that Dave Mann had passed away last night.I hope it is not the Dave Mann(Roadsters.com)that is on this board.Has anyone heard anything about this? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[yorgatron]

maybe it's the guy who did all those lame-o drawings for easyrider?

[slammed]

LAMO? Dave Mann? Dave Mann. Of EasyRiders and the old American Rodder? Lame. Was inducted into the The National Motorcycle Museum here in town this year? Lame........

[safariknut]

Well I just checked on the Dave Mann Photo page and confirmed that Dave did indeed pass from this earth last night.There was no reason given but he had been very ill for some time.I guess there was a biker benefit for him not long ago from what I understand.
I never met Dave but always enjoyed his cartoons and posters for Easy Riders and other publications.Another legend in the automotive art world is gone. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gifRest in Peace David!
Ray Smith

[springer]

I have loved his work from the first time I got a peak into a friends dads Easyrider collection when I was about ten. He will be missed.

[LeadSledMerc]

I can't believe Dave Mann is gone. He was an icon to art. The way he captured the lifestyle, and the message he sent in every drawing always hit me. I have a bunch of my favorites he did in the 70's on my garage walls. He will be missed.
Rest in peace Dave.

[Flat Ernie]

The great ones are dropping like flies...life's short!

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[Peter Pan of Chicago]

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I can't believe Dave Mann is gone. He was an icon to art.

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I second that. I can't believe anyone could view his art as lame.

I guess ya had to be around when he was at his prime to appreciate it.

Rest in peace, Dave.

Joel http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[59BuickWagon]

Boy this has been a bad summer. Always loved his paintings, very unique style that was distinctive and immediately recognizable. RIP

[hillbilly]

that sucks http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif I won a Dave Mann poster at some game booth at Worlds of Fun in KC years ago, been one of my favorites ever since...

[Unkl Ian]

Godspeed Dave.

[av8]

This is a 9 x 12 chroma-key proof of an illustration Dave did for American Rodder No. 28.

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL64/2013751/5101980/66575115.jpg

It's representative of his style.

God speed, Dave.

[____]

lame? WTF..his art was bitchin. he always captured the escennce of "IT"

my fav was the long hair biker passing a 32 roadster going around a curve on the wrong side of the road up in the hills,.

go back to your OL SKOOL RODZ bullshit(you know,,the art with a horse driving a black primered 40 willys going down the street,REAL COOL!) if you think Dave Mann was lame..fuck.

RIP

[choprods]

His style could be labeled as more like that of an animation style interpretation-or a "still" in appearance instead of photo-like realism.
Very unique.

[oldchevyseller]

ride on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Paul]

IS that the same Dave Mann as Roadsters.com?

[G V Gordon]

Add me to the list of those who will miss his talent. His work was always very expressive. R.I.P. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Jeff Norwell]

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maybe it's the guy who did all those lame-o drawings for easyrider?

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WTF is your problem http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif....if you dont have anything nice to say...keep your pie hole shut.....

Godspeed Dave http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Jeff Norwell]

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IS that the same Dave Mann as Roadsters.com?



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No.

[Assdragger]

I bought my Mom (yeah she`s a biker) a collection of his work, bound in a coffee table book, for Christmas about 10 years ago.

I grew up looking at his work in my moms Easyriders (as well as the boobies), he will be missed! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[oldchevyseller]

more and more the guy was great, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL LIKE YOU AINT DONE NOTHING ,GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THIS GUY'S LIFE, AND WORK ,IT WAS THE SAME THING TO HIM,WAKE UP PEOPLE HE IS GONE , HERE IS A FANTASTIC LINK ABOUT HIS LIFE AND A HUGE GALLERY OF HIS PICTURES


http://home.att.net/~knucklehead-47/dmannphoto.htm

http://home.att.net/~knucklehead-47/dmann.htm

[Assdragger]

Yeah, this is pretty lame huh?....pffft!

I was going to post a few more, but they`re all so good you just need to check em out for yourself!

http://home.att.net/~knucklehead-47/dmann.htm

[haring]

Have some respect.


http://home.att.net/~knucklehead-47/47.jpg

http://home.att.net/~peggy-sue/116.jpg

http://home.att.net/~peggy-sue/189.jpg

[slammed]

Thank-you Assdragger. I have no way of posting pic's....This guy was cool. Mabe these link's will help some blind eye's to see. He too, worked for Big Daddy Roth as well.

[weekender]

Sorry to hear we lost another GREAT preson. I haved loved his work for many years.

Assdragger, the pic with the 39 red buick and bikes has always been my favorite. I have had it framed and hanging in my shop for years. That's what a real Saturday Nite on the Loop should look like.

He will be missed.

Yorg, Don't care if you liked his work or not, Have some respect!! Keep your opinions of the deceased to yourself.

Tommy Mc

[Assdragger]

Amen Tommy, I`ve had that centerfold for years, I`ve got it put away in a box somewhere, I`ll get it out if I ever get the shop walls fit to hang anything!

Called my Mom tonight and told her Dave was gone...she was crushed but she knew it was coming, she wanted to go to the big get-together for him but she has MS pretty bad and didnt think she could take it.

Take care-Tony

[Donzie]

That's sad news.
Didn't he do one where a T-bucket and chopper are setting at a light and the bucket's wheel is on the biker's foot?
Been a long time so maybe my memory is foggy.
R.I.P. Dave

[katzenhammer]

Dammit! Dave is one of the artists that I looked up to when I was growing up. I love how you can look at his art and you get the sense of everything that is happening in the piece. You can hear, smell, feel, everything in his work. He was a pioneer.

Thanks Dave you will be missed

Justin

[beauishere]

Thanks for the pictures. Dave Mann IS a legend. May God rest his soul. The bike & rod world is a little bit dimmer now. HJ

[Dat Dirty Rat]

Man that sucks...He was a very talented artist and a big inspiration to me..We are def. losing alot of talent & history this year...

Dirty

[oldchevyseller]

here is dave in july

Dave's art may be picked up by Segal Fine Art. That will mean that his historic art from the early years of Easyriders will be printed on the finest paper, framed, signed, numbered and available once again to the public. Look up Segalfineart.com and tell them your anxious to see and buy Dave's classic biker art.

i dont wanna comment on the lame remark ,except WTF?, anyhow you think he didn't deserve any respect ,the guy was the artist!!

http://www.motorcycleart.com/artist_bio.php?artist_id=9
Tiny took David under his wing, and David became the eight member of the band. Tiny also took an instamatic snapshot of David’s painting and sent it to the eccentric Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, California creator of custom cars and motorcycles and first publisher of a motorcycle cult magazine, Chopper. Ed Roth bought David Mann’s first painting.

With no training, no formal education, and little experience, Mann had created a work of art in tempera which was published and printed for poster sales. “The Tecate Run” was the second painting David completed. Again, it was published by Roth and printed for poster sales.

At Ed Roth’s insistence, Dave made his second trip to California and visited an outlaw ranch in San Bernardino, where he met legends of the biker community. Engulfed in the dark, mysterious biker lifestyle throughout the ‘60’s, Dave painted 14 works for Roth, capturing his own experiences, the camaraderie of bikers, their warring ways, their parties…and the dark, jagged freedom. Ten were published and lithographed for posters.



David Mann is the Norman Rockwell of the biker world.

[Boyd Who]

Damn, that sucks!
I still have all of my old Easyrider centerfolds that I collected back in the late 70's/early 80's. Guess I'll be putting some of them up in the new workshop I'm building in the spring.
Pegs down, Dave. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[k-member]

SOB, that sucks. He still is one of my favorites. I was goona say the Bob Ross of the biker world, but Norman is probablly a better rep. How cool would that have been, to have the "Large Father" buy your first painting? Art is weird, Ya don't go to Rembrant for a Picasso, but everboby knows ya went to the Mann for a painted story about life with bikes and hot-rods.....RIP

[RoccoATX]

Just read that on the "HORSE" message board. He was the reason i started to draw wehn i was a kid. NOT a good coupla weeks, Larry, Eric Maaske, now Dave Mann. I don't think i wanna get outta bed tommorow.

[SnoDawg]

Ahhh Shit that is a real bummer I raise a fine homebrew in his memory...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[bigron]

[David Mann is the Norman Rockwell of the biker world.


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i have to agree with this. i always enjoyed seeing his artwork. i have always liked his idea of choppers. i can't stand these things they call choppers being built today. ..............rip

[CTFuzz]

R.I.P. Mr. Mann..........................................

[Paul]

I'm sad to hear this,

this world neads more artists,

his passing is a loss for all of us.

rest in peace Mr Mann.

Paul

[hatch]

Bought the first issue of Easyriders when I was in the Air Force stationed in wichita kansas.....never missed an issue and always enjoyed Daves Work....He was a BIKER..and an artist that captured the true lifestyle....not to be confused with the plastic images of bikers today....c ya dave.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Nads]

Dave Mann didn't just paint 'lame' pictures, he captured a lifestyle. He knew real choppers better than anyone else, he also understood 'real' bikers, not the watered down pussyfied versions namby pambying about on our roads today.

Fuck anyone that doesn't think Dave Mann shouldn't be taken seriously.

It's been a bad month.

[bdrake]

This is sad news. A great talent that I have always admired, he will be missed.

[lesabre59]

35ford....you nailed it!.......David Mann is the Norman Rockwell of the biker world.

[oldchevyseller]

don't know about the rest of the world but ,i get pissed at myself for falling into a complacency of all things are the same , sort of a never assumeing mode of life, l just loved this guys stuff, holy crap , the one guy that can tell you in a drawing of places and times you been there ,without ever knowing you passed by the same and yet you never been there ,to put yourself in a guys work that's deep.we uced to get the magazine and our group would sort of go aff silently and look at the centerfold and the nwe would sort of come together and start pointing ,little things that bring out the real life trips and ,i can know that dave had this effect on everyone , scenes and nuances the he captured, and it should just stop you in your tracks the more you look you just see the simplicity yet the complete intricate touches,anyone that posts the art on fridays is way up therein my book also, i bet i can't find someone that cant see the days he wondered down the highway on his harley and the painting becomes you,,sorry for my mindless vagueness but hard to accept ,things change and therre isnt gona be no more originals from Dave,