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On Les Stroud\u2019s release of his transitional roots rock album Bittern Lake, comes one of the album\u2019s biggest surprises: a version of Joni Mitchell\u2019s \u201cBig Yellow Taxi,\u201d that strips away the original\u2019s catchy chorus and sunny acoustic guitars in favor of a bluesy take featuring a rich slide guitar along with Stroud\u2019s own dark and scorching harmonica licks. While the bar is set monumentally high for covering Mitchell\u2019s material, Stroud approaches the level of the original while vastly surpassing the more famous rendition from Counting Crowes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Director Biography –\u00a0Matt Mahurin<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Over thirty years as an illustrator, photographer, film director and teacher.<\/p>\n

Political and social illustrations for Time, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Rolling
\nStone, Esquire, The London Observer and New York Times Op-Ed pages.<\/p>\n

Photographic essays on The Homeless, People With AIDS, Texas Prison
\nSystem, Abortion Clinics, Mental Hospitals, Nicaragua, Haiti, Belfast, Mexico,
\nJapan and France.<\/p>\n

Published three books of fine-art photographs.<\/p>\n

Photographs in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
\nNew York City.<\/p>\n

Filmwork in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.<\/p>\n

Directed music videos for Peter Gabriel, U2, Tom Waits, REM, Tracy Chapman,
\nSting, Bonnie Raitt, Ice-T, Metallica, David Byrne, and Joni Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Documentary \u201cI Like Killing Flies\u201d chosen 2004 Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Wrote and Directed the feature film \u201cFEEL\u201d which premiered on The Sundance Channel 2010.<\/p>\n

Wrote and directed the feature film, “Mugshot” which won best film at the 1996
\nHamptons Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Gold and silver medals from The Society of Illustrators.<\/p>\n

Continues to teach workshops and lectures on the craft of imagemaking at
\nschools and professional organizations.<\/p>\n

Lives in California.<\/p>\n

Project Links<\/h4>\n