The DIRT shirt featured artwork by Hal Brindley of a smiley face guy doing a no-footed can-can jump on dirt. Below it said “gooD thIngs from motheR earTh”. The front had a 2B breast logo. The shirt was released in 1990 as part of the first year line of 2B shirts.
The Brotherhood logo tee shirt was released in 1990 in the original line of 2B Homecooked Garments. It featured a 2B logo with Brindley and Buddendeck written an the oval around it. The shirt was printed with a swirl of blue and black ink on a white tee. Designed by Steve Buddendeck.
This is the very first 2B logo. When Steve Buddendeck created the name 2B it stood for Buddendeck and Buddendeck. The other Buddendeck was his mom! She was sewing hip packs and pants for him. Soon Steve joined up with Hal Brindley to start a tee shirt line and they decided to use the
2B designers Hal Brindley and Steve Buddendeck were fascinated by rednecks and this was reflected in many of their shirt designs and marketing. The Goat tee shirt features artwork by Hal Brindley of an angry goat wearing a 2B medallion around its neck. Inside the goat’s eye is r
The Ten-Pin embroidered logo tee shirt by 2B Homecooked Garments was yet another design inspired by Hal and Steve’s passion for bowling. The small, three-color logo appeared on the front of navy blue tee shirts and sweatshirts. The word “hOmEcOOkEd” fit nicely on a r
The team logo was originally designed for 2B team riders but became available to the general public. It featured a large rough 2B logo wrapped around the side of the shirt with the word “team” beneath it. (pretty clever, right?) This way regular old joe schmoes could prete
Inspired by the NASCAR-crazed culture of Winston-Salem, NC, the Stock Car tee shirt design was released around 1994 in the later years of 2B Homecooked. Hal and Steve had recently moved to Winston-Salem and made this shirt in honor of the local yokels. The design was printed in black
Soul Kitchen was the name of the contest series created by Hal Brindley and Steve Buddendeck of 2B Homecooked Garments. The first Soul Kitchen tee shirt design was released in 1990. The later version, shown here, was named the Bandawagon and was released around 1992. On the front it s
Sometimes referred to as simply the “Loaf”, the Meatloaf tee shirt was produced in the later years of 2B Homecooked Garments (around 1993). It featured an illustration by Steve Buddendeck of a steaming meatloaf on a plate with a glass of milk. Meatloaf was Hal’s favo
I’m pretty sure this design was created to put on racing jerseys and ended up on a couple tee shirts. Maybe I’m the only person who owns one. The regular fork logo was much smaller and was printed in one color. This design was released around 93 and featured the fork logo
We had a couple different tees with the fork logo. This is the smaller of the two, a simple one-color on the chest. This design came out near the end of 2B’s years when we started to get into conflict with another company named 2B and we started emphasizing Homecooked.
The 2B Fashion Model Tee shirt had the fashion model logo printed on both the front and the back. It was a pretty blatant advertisement that was originally designed for team riders. Artwork by Steve Buddendeck.