Publicity Photograph
In 1957 Hickey was staying with his aunt in Buffalo, New York when he arranged to have publicity pictures taken at a local photography studio, Gene Laverne's Studio Of The Stars. The pose—Hickey with his knees bent and pointing his guitar like a machine gun—was the idea of Laverne, an exotic dancer and female impersonator.
The photograph appeared in 1976 on the opening page of The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll.
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