Last September, I was outside of the
Belasco Theater on West 44th Street, prior to a show of
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, when I spotted a woman nearby with some cool tattoos.
I went up and introduced myself and she agreed to share some of her work.
Her name was Marcie and she told me she was a singer, visiting New York from Tennessee. This certainly explained her music-related tattoos. She said she had about 20 tattoos in all, and shared the following:
There's a lot going on in this piece, including
Bonnie Raitt's guitar at the bottom of the tattoo and
Janis Joplin's glasses. The snapping fingers are also a nod to
Stax Records.
Above, we can also see the label from
Sun Records in Memphis and the
Aerosmith logo.
And on the inner section of the tattoo, there's the logo from
the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as
Elvis Presley's TCB "Taking Care of Business" logo.
She also had this pinup on her left arm:
She explained, "I’m a singer and I really just like the classic solo in the spotlight Barbie so I had him do her a little curvier with the longer hair, like me.”
The "him" she is referring to is the artists responsible for all the work posted here, Matt Hays at
New Hope Tattoo Gallery in Huntington, West Virginia.
You can check out Marcie and her music at ReverbNation
here.
Thanks to Marcie for sharing her cool tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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