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Dead For 15 Years
December 20, 2011 by Max · Leave a Comment
A t-shirt gallery for Dead Heads who appreciate a vintage torso.
Shirt # 5: Grateful Dead 15th Anniversary
Availability: Currently on the Defunkd Collective (Click Above)
Date: 1980
Fact: The Grateful Dead were the house band for the Acid Tests, which were a series of house parties held by Ken Kesey in the mid 1965-66. Kesey was heavily involved in experimental drugs and was best know for writing One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Approximate Value: $200-250
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- Check out all Grateful Dead tees on Defunkd
- Check out the previous vintage On the Road Again shirt
On The Road Again
August 19, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment
Shirt #4: On The Road Again
Availability: Currently Available on eBay
Date: 1980
Fact: The skull and rose design was only partially the handy work of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelly. They added letters and color to a black and white illustration by Edmund Joseph Sullivan from 1913.
Approximate value: $500
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- Check out the previous vintage Ice Cream Kid t-shirt
You Scream
August 9, 2011 by Jimmy J · Leave a Comment
A t-shirt gallery for Dead Heads who appreciate a vintage torso.
Shirt #3: Stanley Mouse Ice Cream Kid Ringer
Availability: Currently Available on eBay
Date: 1979
Fact: Mouse was connected to The Dead because of his design gig at a music venue in San Fran known as the Avalon Ballroom. In 1966 The Grateful Dead (not yet a household name) were scheduled to play and the Ballroom requested that Mouse design a poster for the event.
Approximate value: $500
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- Check out the previous vintage Long Strange Trip t-shirt
Long Strange Trip
July 14, 2011 by Jimmy J · 1 Comment
A t-shirt gallery for Dead Heads who appreciate a vintage torso.
Shirt #2: Long Strange Trip 1965-1981, Stanley Mouse
Availability: Currently Available on eBay
Date: 1981
Fact: The legendary Stanley Mouse frequently did artwork for the Dead – album covers, t-shirts, posters.
Approximate value: $300
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- Check out the previous vintage Blues For Allah t-shirt
Blues For Allah
July 6, 2011 by Jimmy J · 2 Comments
A t-shirt gallery for Dead Heads who appreciate a vintage torso.
Shirt #1: Blues for Allah
Availability: Currently Available on eBay
Album: Blues for Allah
Date: 1975
Fact: The Grateful Dead originally called themselves the Warlocks when they formed in 1965. Their first performance was at Magoo’s Pizza in suburban California.
Approximate value: $800
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