About
David Fairbrother-Roe 1945-2013
Dave grew up in Liverpool and studied at the Liverpool College of Art before attending the Royal College of Art in London.
He went on to produce the artwork, posters and tickets for the three original Isle of Wight music festivals from 1968 to 1970.
Dave then started designing cover art for books and albums including the 1975 Nazareth album Hair of the Dog, progressive rock band Popol Ace's Stolen From Time released in 1976 and Jon Anderson's 1976 debut solo album Olias of Sunhillow, which reached number 8 in the UK Album Charts.
In 1978 he began collaborating with fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey producing the UK covers for four of the Pern books.
Also on this site you can find Dave's art for books by John Barth, George Macbeth and C J Cherryh.
Most of his work is signed Dave Roe. In the 1980s he discovered the name Fairbrother had been dropped a generation or two back and readopted the name.
Dave passed away in 2013. This site is dedicated to his memory, work and imagination.
Dragondaze and his archive are maintained by his nephew, Mike.
You can find Dave's work in the following books, magazines and websites.
BOOKS:
The Last Great Event: The 1970 Isle of Wight Pop Festival by Chris Weston - Self Published [Limited Edition of 950] 2009
- 1970 IOW Poster, Programme, Tickets
Classic Rock Posters by Mick Farren & Dennis Loren - Omnibus Press 2012
- 1969 ticket & 1970 IOW poster
Stealing Dylan From Woodstock: When the world came to the Isle of Wight by Ray & Caroline Foulk - Medina Publishing 2015
- 1968 Ticket & poster, 1969 ticket, programme
1970 The Last Great Event with Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison by Ray & Caroline Foulk - Medina Publishing 2016
- 1970 poster, ticket, promo single cover, handbills etc
Famous Frets by Steve Clarke - Wymer Publishing 2019
- 1970 IOW poster
Famous Frets website
MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Prog Issue 68 August 2016 - The Story of Olias of Sunhillow
Rock Candy #25 April/May 2021 - Classic Album Sleeve - Hair of the Dog by Nazareth
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