on this episode of motorcycle heavyweights where we give flowers to the motorcycle
legends we talk about David Mann of easy rider magazine or one percenter the davinci of this
culture and we break it down on this episode of demons row tv and oh yeah we ghostin baby
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culture where we cover everything motorcycle club involved i'm sose the ghost i'm your host
for the evening and today we give flowers on this motorcycle heavyweights edition
David Mann everybody knows his paintings he is without question the da Vinci
of mc culture some I think he might be my favorite artist i don't know let me know in
the comments who your favorite artist of all time is undoubtedly the number one guy when it comes
to art in this culture in mc culture so much so that some of his paintings actually
manifested new styles of motorcycles that people ride to this day he actually had paintings that
existed before the bike existed and people mimicked his art and actually made bikes
after the art that he created so we're gonna get into that we have some clips he also was a one
percenter we're gonna get into that aspect of his life too because people don't talk about that much
they mostly talk about the easy riders magazine and that type of stuff but we're gonna get into
everything but the first thing i want you to do like we always do on this channel is to hit me
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to everybody getting the motorcycle heavyweight t-shirts we also got the snapbacks dad hats and
the bandanas so if you want to support the show get those now but let's talk about it david mann
so david mann was born in kansas city september 10 1940 and it's crazy because he died
september 11 2004 that's my mother's birthday and of course the 9 11 attacks but it's so
crazy that he was born and died around the same time in september that's that's kind of deep
david was actually a one percenter he was a member of the el forestero mc he was one of the first
recruits of tom fugle so he is an integral part of the culture he actually lived the lifestyle and
the paintings that he depicted were of situations of himself with his brothers that he really lived
the lifestyle the native of kansas city missouri man began drawing and painting at an early age
his first passion was custom cars and his first job was an automobile painter after high school he
left kansas city and settled in california where he became interested in motorcycles he became
immersed in the biker culture and motorcycles supplanted cars and pin-up girls in his artwork
in 1963 man brought some of his artwork to kansas city custom car show where biker slash artist
tom fugle took interest in his artwork and when man's permission showed a photo of the painting
hollywood run to ed big daddy roth an artist and custom car painter who was then the publisher
of one of the first custom motorcycle magazines choppers roth loved the painting and commissioned
10 original posters were made available in the back pages of easy riders for many years
in 1965 man joined fugle's el forestero motorcycle club a actual one percent club that wore a diamond
becoming one of the founding members of the kansas city charter in 1971 he answered an advertisement
for motorcycle artists in the back of a new motorcycle magazine called easy riders after 1972
his artwork began appearing regularly in the magazine and man's relationship with easy riders
will continue for the rest of his life his art was reproduced as the magazine center spread beginning
in 1973 and continued to be the publication centerpiece until he was forced to retire in 2003
due to his failing health a collection of man's work was published in 1993 and updated in 2004.
in 2004 man was inducted into the motorcycle hall of fame by artist billy lane mann died a
year after his 64th birthday just before his death a custom motorcycle was commissioned in his honor
from orange county choppers to be featured in the episode of the reality show the david mann
bike featured custom artwork and man style but man died before was completed the vehicle served
as the posthumous tribute to the artist and his work is featured on the show the episode
was dedicated to man as well as indian larry who died a month earlier his ashes were to be
interred in the gas tank of a harley sportster painted in his trademark david mann read
man is survived by his wife and three children the david man chopper fest is a custom motorcycle show
themed after man's style and attitude it has been held annually in ventura california since 2004. so
how amazing is it that someone that was born in 1940 is still to this day affecting people and
i think that that's what life is all about even i have a version of the poseidon i have it tattooed
and um i got rid of the girl that's on the back because on his famous painting of course he has
the mermaid on the back sitting on the back of the bike well i changed mine and i just added instead
of the like pitchfork style i added a diamond on top of the the spear so yeah even now to this day
someone that was born in 1940 is affecting people of the culture today like
to me that's what legendary status is about leaving your mark that's what it's all about what
do you leave what kind of legacy do you leave behind and i saw on the episode of pawn stars
they had this man that had david mann signed paintings and he got about 3 500 each for them
and you know it was on the show and everything and some of his paintings have gone for way more
and you know the more i talk about this i actually want to acquire one now too
check out this clip real quick from an interview david mann himself talking about one of his
paintings i thought it was really funny he was talking about an ex-girlfriend of his
he drew a painting of her washing his bike while he's talking to like another hot chick i thought
that was really cool check this clip i had a girlfriend that had long hair and she dumped me so
i decided i'd do a centerfold put my bike in a bike show and have her clean my bike and i'd be
talking to the uh to the beauty queen when i finished the center fall i showed it to her
and she really got pissed david mann's patents will always be
synonymous with m.c culture rest in peace david mann you are a motorcycle heavyweight
so let me know in the comments someone you think should be featured next i have one that's shot
already but i'm actually going to his block party so i'm not going to name drop everyone that is
influential in this culture we will give flowers to so get your demons row tv shirts bandanas
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