Alan Aldridge wasp in a wig. Aldridge also created the artwork for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John in 1975. In 1977 he created an advertisement illustration for the Dutch beer brand Heineken. A retrospective "Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes" featured at the Design Museum in London from 10 October 2008 to 25 January 2009, and was reviewed as "The trip of a lifetime". ""Aldridge was the 'Guv'nor'...no one comes close to matching his influence on illustration in the 20th Century!..."" – Sir John Betjeman, "The Times Literary Review", 1975. "His Royal Master of
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy the results. The album's producer was quoted in Elizabeth Rosenthal's "His Song", an exhaustive detailed accounting of nearly all John's recorded work, as saying he thought "Captain Fantastic" was the best the band and Elton had ever played, lauded their vocal work, and soundly praised Elton and Bernie's songwriting. "There's not one song on it that's less than incredible," Dudgeon said. The 2006 album "The Captain & the Kid" is the sequel, and continues the autobiography where "Captain Fantastic" leaves off. The intricate cover art was designed by pop artist Alan Aldridge, drawing fantastic imagery from the Renaissance painting "The