Creedence Clearwater Revival was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Jim Franklin -LRB- born 1943 in Galveston , Texas -RRB- is an artist , illustrator , and underground cartoonist best known for his poster art created for the Armadillo World Headquarters , a former Austin , Texas , music hall .. Armadillo World Headquarters. Armadillo World Headquarters. underground cartoonist. Underground comix. He is also known for his detailed , surrealistic illustrations of armadillos .. armadillos. armadillos. Franklin studied at the San Francisco Art Institute .. San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco Art Institute. Returning to Texas , he teamed with musicians and artists to open a psychedelic music hall in Austin , called the Vulcan Gas Company .. Vulcan Gas Company. Vulcan Gas Company. Franklin lived in the club and was its primary poster artist for bands such as Shiva 's Headband , 13th Floor Elevators , Conqueroo , and Canned Heat .. 13th Floor Elevators. 13th Floor Elevators. Canned Heat. Canned Heat. At the Vulcan , Franklin and Gilbert Shelton worked together for the first time .. Gilbert Shelton. Gilbert Shelton. Franklin began drawing armadillos in 1968 and they became a symbol of the hippie counterculture movement in Texas .. armadillos. armadillos. He used this armadillo motif when creating the album art for Shiva 's Headband 's first record , Take Me to the Mountains and poster art for the Armadillo World Headquarters .. Armadillo World Headquarters. Armadillo World Headquarters. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen 's live recording , Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas , features Franklin 's armadillo art , as do the Freddie King albums , Texas Cannonball and Woman Across the River .. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas. Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas. Freddie King. Freddie King. Franklin 's surrealistic armadillos and other art often appeared on the cover of Austin 's underground newspaper , The Rag .. armadillos. armadillos. The Rag. The Rag. According to Robert Lemmo , Franklin `` catapulted to countercultural fame when his obsessively detailed and surrealistic armadillos began to fill the pages of an underground weekly called The Rag .. armadillos. armadillos. The Rag. The Rag. The armadillo became a folk hero the likes of which had n't been seen in Texas since Davy Crockett days . ''. Franklin also wrote Underground comix and created Armadillo Comics .. Underground comix. Underground comix. Franklin 's armadillo paintings earned him the nickname , the `` Michelangelo of armadillo art '' .. In 1971 , The New Yorker ran a feature story on Franklin and his work , entitled `` Armadillo Man '' .. The New Yorker. The New Yorker. A portion of Les Blank 's long-unreleased 1974 documentary , A Poem Is A Naked Person , depicts Franklin 's creation of a mural in Leon Russell 's empty swimming pool .. Les Blank. Les Blank. A Poem Is A Naked Person. A Poem Is A Naked Person. Leon Russell. Leon Russell. Many of Franklin 's paintings and posters are signed with the initials JFKLN .. He continues to paint and is often seen on opening nights at the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture .. South Austin Museum of Popular Culture. South Austin Museum of Popular Culture