RIP Stay High 149
RIP Stay High 149
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Wayne Roberts, ‘Stay High 149’ in Graffiti Circles, Is Dead at 61
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/1…
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Wayne Roberts was a pioneering 1970s graffiti writer known as “Stay High 149” who borrowed the haloed stick figure from the title sequence of the 1960s television series “The Saint,” put a joint in its mouth and turned it around. His “Smoker” tag, or signature, turned the heads of legions of imitators and admirers, including the anonymous teenagers who slipped into train yards at night to paint whole cars, as well as Norman Mailer, who featured him in his book “The Faith of Graffiti.”
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Voice of the ghetto...
YearzOne - That bottom panel's awesome - tracy168, Duster (UA) Seen... splendid :)mikotondria3
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- mikotondria30
So happy to see some people here actually know who he was.. :)
- never heard of him, but it's a great big world out there and he was lucky to make a mark,robotron3k
- and that a hot chick dedicated time to honor him and his work...robotron3k
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RIP
- oey0
Respect!
R.I.P. Stay High 149
