Early Grateful Dead posters were often a minefield of barely decipherable lettering, clashing colors, and surreal images with no seeming relationship to what was being advertised - but if you could figure them out then you were hip, man!Īll of the bands associated with the psychedelic period were moving on or burning out by 1970, but as the Dead just kept on truckin’, so did their posters. In the spring of 1966, the posters advertising “dance concerts” became increasingly psychedelic themselves, reflecting the music and recreating the psychedelic experience in print. The Grateful Dead were major players in the utopian psychedelic swirl of peace and love, music, art, and experimentation that was San Francisco in the late 1960s.
“It is an honor to host this one-of-a-kind exhibition.” “The spirit, vibe and music of the Grateful Dead have a special place in the hearts and minds of Narrows’ patrons, volunteers and staff,” Executive Director of the Narrows Patrick Norton said in a press release. The Narrows Center is excited to share a walk back through time, displaying an array of original vintage posters used to advertise Grateful Dead concerts from back in the 1960s until the band’s final year in 1995. The Narrows Center for the Arts and Bahr Gallery present the largest collection of Grateful Dead concert posters ever exhibited. FALL RIVER - If you get confused, just listen to the music play.
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