Musical performances during openings at B2 Fine Art Gallery are nothing new, but the gallery is branching out into music in a big way with the first of a two-part series of art celebrating music. SPIN 1: American Vinyl Exhibition is the first of two shows with portraits of musicians in photography and paint augmented with vinyl records to buy, sell and trade; gallery talks and musical performances throughout the duration of the exhibition. This first show focuses on gospel, blues, country and folk, and includes art and photography celebrating giants of music from Woody Gutherie and Robert Johnson to Dylan. SPIN II willfollow in the summer or 2014 covering, jazz, rock and contemporary musical genres.

The featured artworks consist mostly of portraits of musicians and include giclée prints from acrylic paintings by William Walts, watercolors and acrylics by David Lloyd Glover, photos by Robert Marovich and Jeff Jaisun, and paintings by Randy Leo Frechette.

From Walts are prints from paintings of Johnny winters, Bob Dylan, Janice Joplin, B.B. King and others. Particularly strong are his paintings of Warren Haynes and of John Lee Hooker.

Glover provides watercolors of Muddy Waters and Sam Lightning Hopkins and an acrylic of the legendary Robert Johnson.

Read Alec Clayton's full review of "SPIN 1: American Vinyl Exhibition" in the Music and Culture section.

"SPIN 1: AMERICAN VINYL EXHIBITION," 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, till 8 p.m. Third Thursdays, through Nov. 16, B2 Fine Art Gallery, 711 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.238.5065

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