From Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions to the Warlocks to the Grateful Dead. A typically strange evolution of a band's name.
Grateful Dead originally consisted of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and Bill Kreutzmann. The Grateful Dead were synonymous with the San Francisco/Acid Rock scene and inevitably encountered the comic book and poster artists prospering in the same environment. Always linked withe Dead will be Stanley Mouse, who's work graced a number of their albums.
In 1978 they turned to Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers artist Gilbert Shelton to create the cover for their Lowell George produced album 'Shakedown Street'.
Shakedown StreetGrateful Dead£ 400
