New work for Rolling Stone. Dave Matthews Band Album Review

I have created the artwork for Rolling Stone's review of the Dave Matthews Band's new album, Big Whiskey and the Gru Grux King.
Art director: Steve Charny

The newest album from the Dave Matthews Band is their seventh release, and their first since the untimely passing of their saxophonist LeRoi Moore, due to complications resulting from an ATV accident. I'm live an hour from Charlottesville, VA, where Dave Matthews and his band mates grew to International fame, and I'm a huge fan of their work.
Additionally, I was given the green light to introduce a concept into the illustration, which was a welcome departure from the direct portraits commissioned by most magazines, of late.

from Wikipedia: In an April 2009 interview with MTV, Dave Matthews and Carter Beauford described the origins of the two-pronged name of the album.
Beauford described the word "GrooGrux" as not only a nickname for LeRoi Moore, but also a nickname for himself, Tim Reynolds, and former collaborator Tim Wicks. Beauford said the made-up word was used to describe the "vibe" and "energy" of their "wild-sounding rhythms" they made when they started playing music together. Beauford also mentioned that Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard and violinist Boyd Tinsley were now graduates of "The GrooGrux Academy."

Armed with this information, a New Orleans style Jazz Processional made sense for the setting of the illustration. The sketches are included. Art Director Steve Charny requested elements from both sketches for the final.

The finished piece was painted in one long evening, from drawing to delivery of the artwork. The final image shows band leader Dave Matthews, drummer Carter Beauford, bassist Stefan Lessard, and violinist Boyd Tinsley, followed by a horse drawn carriage.