That same year David Byrd created the graphic for the equally legendary Rolling Stones 1969 Tour that tragically ended at Altamont • It was in late 1969 that David formed the Yellow Studio and in 1970 began his career as a Broadway poster designer with Lanford Wilson's The Gingham Dog, starring Diana Sands and George Grizzard • Over the next 20 years David would do many Broadway & Off-Broadway shows including Sondheim’s Follies; Godspell; Jesus Christ Superstar; The Magic Show; Sister Mary Ignatius; Little Shop of Horrors; Steel Magnolias; & The Cocktail Hour • During this time he created posters for the Lincoln Center Repertory; the Chicago Film Festival; the Buffalo Arena Stage; the Murray Louis Dance Company; the Dance Theatre of Harlem; and the 50th Anniversary & Restoration of Radio City Music Hall • Also, at this time he was asked to do the poster for Beverly Sill’s farewell performance at the Metropolitan Opera in Don Pasquale • Beyond the stage, Byrd & the Yellow Studio created book covers for most of the major publishers, album covers for most of the major music companies, and many advertising illustrations for Madison Avenue • In 1973 he received a Grammy Award for album design along with several other prominent illustrators for The Who’s Rock Opera Tommy • In 1975, David did all the drawings and the design for The New York Times Manhattan Coloring Book with text by Pulitzer-Prize winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger, now with the the New Yorker Magazine in that capacity •