What does this have to do with the dancing bears you ask?Īctually a lot! Following the release of the Dead’s album, the bears motif began appearing on Stanley’s LSD blotter art, which also just so happened to be widely circulated at most Grateful Dead concerts at the time. In addition to being the band’s sound engineer, Owsley Stanley was also one of the world’s first private LSD manufacturers. The Bears originally appeared on the back cover of the Grateful Dead’s Bear’s Choice album launching the design into the public eye, but this album circulation only accounted for a portion of the rapid fame attributed to the bears. The actual principal design for the style of bear we now commonly associate with the Grateful Dead was born from a 36-point lead type slug featuring a generic bear print that Thomas found and used as his primary artistic inspiration. There is also speculation that the moniker “Dancing Bear” was attributed to Stanley in reference to his peculiar choice of dance moves at concerts while high on acid. The choice to create a symbol using bears as the focal point stems from Owsley Stanley’s nickname “Bear” given to him by childhood friends as a result of his excessive chest hair. In addition to these ubiquitous graphics, Thomas also designed the art for the The Dead’s Steal Your Face and Live Dead as well as the logo for Alembic, an American manufacturer of high-end electric guitars, basses and preamps started by Owsley Stanley, the Grateful Dead’s sound engineer. Thomas actually has a long history tied with The Dead having co-designed the band’s iconic “Lightning Bolt” logo with Owsley Stanley in 1969 as a means of keeping track of the band’s equipment while on tour. The dancing bear design was originally created by artist and renaissance man Bob Thomas for use on the back of the Grateful Dead’s 1973 album The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume 1 (Bear’s Choice). Ever since then I have considered a Dead sticker to be far better for travel aid than a AAA sticker.A Design Born from Artistic Collaboration Then they escorted me the rest of the way to Boulder right to my front door. They invited me to party with them at a friend's house in Wichita and we stayed there for three days. Boulder students living three houses down from the address where I would be staying for the summer. I talked with them about a Pittsburgh show with the Neville Brothers and told them where I was going. I signaled to pull over at the next rest area and they followed me. Then they hit the horn and threw me peace signs. So I pulled ahead so they could see my Dead sticker. I then passed them, and rolled my window down and yelled RED ROCKS! They looked at me like I was nuts. I slowed to get behind them and confirmed a Dead sticker on the bumper. I looked over and saw two guys in a van who seemed to be enjoying the same song. Suddenly in eastern Kansas a Dead song came on so I starting singing along. My tape deck was broken so only had fm radio. /r/ActualHippies - All things flower poweredīack in '87 I was driving from Pittsburgh to Colorado to spend some time in Boulder and see the Dead at Red Rocks.r/musiccritics - That's just, like, your opinion, man. Ticket Buying - Best practices for not getting ripped off.Big Steve Hour Archive - GD Roadie Big Steve Parish talks all things Dead every Wednesday.Comes A Time Blog - One man's journey through every "Comes A Time".#GratefulDead on - Chat about the Dead.Strangers Stopping Strangers - one-on-one podcast about the Dead and their influence.Grateful Dead Guide - in-depth show analysis.Thoughts On The Dead - shows, discussion, pics.Phil Zone – Phil Lesh & Friends / Furthur.The Other Ones - Furthur / post-Jerry shows.Shining Best - best search capabilities.Dead Tracks - Filter the Dead on by song title, number of plays, first time played and year.GD Music Vault on YouTube - their entire collection of GD videos.Heady Version - vote for your favourite jams.- streaming/downloads for Dead and others.Intro to Listening to the Grateful Dead.Internet Archive - 6,000+ recordings! ( usage tips).How Sweet It Is: An Introduction to The Jerry Garcia Band & Jerry's Solo Projects.The Bus Came By: An Answer to the Question "What do I Listen to Next? And Introduction to The Grateful Dead.Disclaimer The Grateful Dead Sub-Reddit moderating team reserves the right to limit and remove Users, posts, content and any contribution they choose.
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