Easyriders was the first full-fledged, lifestyle-related bike rag. And the rest as they say, is historyвЂ“ the two are now forever inseparable in any hardcore bikerвЂ™s heart and mind. Then in 1971, Dave discovered a new magazine- Easyriders. By вЂ™67, Mann developed into an architectural renderer, having studied at the Kansas City Art Institute. In вЂ™65, he went to work in the mailroom at Scheffer Studios in Kansas city, where he met an architectural renderer, Dave Poole, who taught him technical drawing. Dave Mann had the only custom-bike entry in the show, so for his creative efforts the judges initiated a new class and trophy specifically for him.Дave Mann painted several posters for Big Daddy Roth, the California custom car creator and publisher of the first chopper magazine. That car show launched his artistic & biker career. Riding his customized Harley with his painting tucked under his arm, Dave entered the вЂ™63 Kansas City Custom Car Show. At the same time he created his first painting, вЂњHollywood Run.вЂќ It represented the wild, unleashed, Hollywood outlaw lifestyle. He was immediately hooked.Дave Mann returned to Kansas City and bought his first new bike, a вЂ™48 Panhead, for $350. They projected freedom, power and mobility with every chromed curve. While cruising the seaside community he stumbled across Bay Area Muffler, an area custom car house, and there discovered completely insane chopped Harleys. The wild allure of the West Coast drew Dave and buddy Al Burnett to Santa Monica, California. His crude sketches opened the door for DaveвЂ™s first job, pinstriping cars for Doug Thompson and Ray HetrickвЂ™s custom car shop in Kansas City. In 1957 he first drew pencil sketches of hot rods while feigning attention in high school. The younger Mann was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

TheyвЂ™re incredible.Дave MannвЂ™s dad was a lifelong illustrator and active member of the Society of Scribes in London. Yeah, thereвЂ™s other stuff in there too that a kid shouldnвЂ™t see, but I was fascinated with the illustrations by Dave MannвЂ“ and still am. I was not invited to a lot of sleep-overs either.Д®asyriders magazine was a part of growing up, and exposed me to a lot ofвЂ¦ you know, art. LetвЂ™s just say it wasnвЂ™t a typical childhood, and we got a lot of stares. We didnвЂ™t exactly fit into the norm, nor did we to care to. Sounds cool, but like a lot of thingsвЂ“ you tend to idealize it when youвЂ™re on the outside looking in. 44 magnum strapped to his leg вЂњfor all the honest world to feelвЂќ (as Townes Van Zandt would say). He rode a classic вЂ™79 Harley-Davidson Lowrider, and his little friend was always along for the rideвЂ“ a. My stepdad was a biker, and not exactly a warm and fuzzy guy.

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