The Herb Alpert Totems at the Field Museum

My favorite musician is Herb Alpert.
I didn’t say one of my favorites…
I said favorite.
He created a unique sound in the 1960s with his band the Tijuana Brass. You might recognize some of his songs from game shows. Miles Davis said “You hear three notes and you know it’s Herb Alpert. Herb Alpert’s not from Chicago, he’s from California, but his art lives in Chicago.
My wife and I were walking around Museum Campus near Chicago’s lakefront and noticed a statue that stood out like a sore thumb. I said to her “that looks like one of Herb Alpert’s statues.” She googled it and, sure as sh*t, it was! Then my wife told me that I know way too much about Herb Alpert.