Page 461 - Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer - Vol. 1

Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer 441

Two posters by Etienne for the Gold Coast bar, Chicago. Top right: The inscription is
to Tony Tavarossi from Etienne, and in Etienne’s hand reads: “For Tony—Fondness &
Hickeys [sic]. —Etienne (Dom).” The poster itself was a gift from Tavarossi to Fritscher.
Used with permission of Chuck Renslow and the Leather Archives &Museum.
Longtime Fritscher intimate,
Lou Thomas, co-founder of
Colt Studio, founded Target
Studio and was quintessen-
tial in creating the Drum-
mer look. He and Fritscher
worked together on several
projects: photography, writ-
ing for the Target Album, and
the private publication of
Fritscher’s 1969 novel, I Am
Curious (Leather) aka Leather
Blues. Lou Thomas shot the
covers of Drummer 13 and
Drummer 14, and his work
continued to appear inside
Drummer long after his death
January 7, 1990.

Out of the salon around
Drummer, Lou Thomas
presented the triumvirate of
Etienne, A. Jay, and Fritscher.

©Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved—posted 05-05-2017
HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS BOOK