When Musicians Do Their Own Album Covers

It's not very often that you see an album cover, graced by the artwork of one of the musicians. So when this does happen, it's a good time to step back and take note. Following, are a handful of images created in this matter. Following is a short selection displayed in chronological order.

Clouds by Joni Mitchell

Mona Bone Jakon by Cat Stevens

Self Portrait by Bob Dylan

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Turbulent Indigo by Joni Mitchell

Currents by Eisley, Art by Sherri Dupree-Bemis

Joni was an art school dropout, so creating this album cover back in 1969 was no big deal.

Another former art student, Cat Stevens rendered this trash can on his Mona Bone Jakom release also in 1969.

Back in 1970, Bob Dylan put his crude self portrait on the album by the same name. I wouldn't know it from this painting, but today Dylan is a respected painter with his own works being displayed in many galleries around the world.

A year later, Cat Stevens released another album, this time with a more detailed illustration of his own making.

Some 25 years later in 1994, Joni put another self portrait on yet another album. Today, Miss Mitchell spends most of her time painting in her studio.

Eisley, a Texas rock band, has never made big waves in the music world, but still, the artwork of Sherri Dupree-Bemis, one of several siblings in the band, is worth taking an extra look.

Billie Jo Armstrong of Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong through in this unicorn and some crude graphics on top of an old American Idiot design from an old Green Day release to create a funny message for the Father of All album of 2020.

The Very Best of Cat Stevens

This 1990 "Best of" release by Cat Stevens features a Teaser and the Firecat image from earlier years before Cat Stevens changed his name to Yusuf Islam.