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Offered Here: Queen 1977 Single BW 8 x 10 Print of John Deacon With Bass On Stage
Item Details: This incredible rock & roll artifact features a single, museum-quality 8 x 10-inch black-and-white photograph capturing Queen's legendary bass player, John Deacon, live on stage with his bass guitar during the band's landmark 1977 tour. Highlighting the steady, rhythmic driving force behind Queen’s greatest hits during their golden era, this exceptionally rare piece is personally signed by acclaimed photographer Waring Abbott and hand-numbered as a unique 1/1 master print.
Provenance / Authenticity: The items in this lot are sourced directly from the personal archives of renowned photojournalist Waring Abbott. Abbott’s iconic imagery has graced the pages of Time, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, and countless foreign publications, alongside legendary album covers and photo spreads for KISS, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, and Bob Dylan and others.
John Deacon joined Queen in 1971 and served as the band's bassist alongside Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor through its most commercially successful years, providing a disciplined, melodic low end that anchored the group's elaborate arrangements. He also became a significant songwriter, contributing "You're My Best Friend" to A Night at the Opera and writing "Another One Bites the Dust," whose bass line drove the song to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. In 1977 Queen was among the leading arena acts in Britain and North America, and Deacon remained with the band until withdrawing from music in the late 1990s, following Mercury's death in 1991.
Condition: Very good
SKU: WBB1097