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The dancing bears symbolized the fun-loving aspect of the Grateful Dead and their fans. Over the years these bears have appeared on multi-colored bumper stickers, T-Shirts and posters. The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art cover. The back cover of History of The Grateful Dead, vol 1 (Bear's Choice)(recorded Feb 13 and 14, 1970) showed multi-colored marching bears. Bob's inspiration for the bear came from a 36 point lead slug of a generic bear that was a standardised figure from a printer's font box. The First Grateful Dead Bear What has now become the "jester collar" on the "dancing bears" was actually the chest fur of Bob's marching bears. How things were switched is not clear. for more- http://members.tripod.com/~toginc/deadbears.html http://www.thebear.org/bearstory.html
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∙ 12y agoThe story that is mostly agreed upon is that Jerry and the rest of the guys were trying to think of a name and he then picked up a Folklore Dictionary and opened it to a random page and found the term in there. In traditional folklore the Grateful Dead are "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial". There are somewhat conflicting stories to this, but they all agree that Jerry picked the name and that it was from either a folklore dictionary or an encyclopedia.
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∙ 14y agoFrom the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
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Does grateful dead's skull logo spell out the band name?
The official logo of Grateful Dead using the skull in the center does spell out the band's name. It is the word 'Grateful' in a semicircle on the top of a skull in a circle and 'Dead' in a semicircle across the bottom of the circle. A few variations of this logo were used on different album covers for the Grateful Dead.
When did Grateful Dead end?
Grateful Dead ended in 1995.
What are grateful dead fans called?
Grateful Dead followers are known as Deadheads.
When was Grateful Dead Archive created?
Grateful Dead Archive was created in 2008.
When did Grateful Dead Records end?
Grateful Dead Records ended in 1977.
Where did Grateful Dead get their name?
From the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
What is the name of bands that have dead in the name?
Dead or Alive Deadeye Dick Grateful Dead Theory of a Dead man
Does grateful dead's skull logo spell out the band name?
The official logo of Grateful Dead using the skull in the center does spell out the band's name. It is the word 'Grateful' in a semicircle on the top of a skull in a circle and 'Dead' in a semicircle across the bottom of the circle. A few variations of this logo were used on different album covers for the Grateful Dead.
When was Grateful Dead created?
Grateful Dead was created in 1965.
When did Grateful Dead end?
Grateful Dead ended in 1995.
What are grateful dead fans called?
Grateful Dead followers are known as Deadheads.
When was Grateful Dead Records created?
Grateful Dead Records was created in 1973.
When was Grateful Dead Archive created?
Grateful Dead Archive was created in 2008.
When did Grateful Dead Records end?
Grateful Dead Records ended in 1977.
What is the duration of The Grateful Dead Movie?
The duration of The Grateful Dead Movie is 2.2 hours.
When was The Grateful Dead - album - created?
The Grateful Dead - album - was created on 1967-03-17.
When was The Grateful Dead Channel created?
The Grateful Dead Channel was created on 2007-09-07.
