cowboy boot, Otis the dog, guitar, amp, drum, and tour bus.
Bob Weir is one of the creators. According to Amazon, "created in part in Bob Weir's living room."
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then maybe I shouldn't tell you about my Grateful Dead crocs!
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And how...
It’s been 25 years since the Grateful Dead played their last show at Chicago’s Soldier Field on July 9, 1995. A month later, on Aug. 9, founding member and idolized frontman Jerry Garcia was dead of a heart attack. But the music never stopped, and in the decades since, Garcia’s legend has grown — and so has the business of the Dead, which has become a premier brand to partners in apparel (James Perse) and footwear (in July, a Grateful Dead Nike sneaker series sold out instantly, with shoes now going for thousands on eBay), furniture and decor, accessories and even beauty products (vegan Grateful Dead deodorant, anyone?).
More power to ‘em. They put all of their non-squandered money back into the sound for years — the Wall of Sound is a great example. One of the hardest touring band for decades, they never really saw much money until the late ‘80’s because they gave the music away for free through allowing bootlegs. In fact, they even set up taping sections starting in ‘85 (IIRC) to allow folks to openly bring in and set up complex recording equipment. Unprecedented.
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They built the brand with lots of sweat equity. You can’t do 120 shows a year when you’re pushing 80.
Oh, yeah. I don't begrudge anyone taking the money ever whether its a high school basketball phenom making the leap straight to the NBA or a bunch of old peace and love songsters way past their prime. At the same time, makes me appreciate the choices of guys like Bill Watterson all the more.
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“Formerly the Warlocks” show, taping section, Hampton VA October ‘87.
I saw this quote from BW (via Wikipedia) on why he quit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W...vin_and_HobbesQuote:
This isn't as hard to understand as people try to make it. By the end of ten years, I'd said pretty much everything I had come there to say. It's always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, ten, or twenty years, the people now "grieving" for Calvin and Hobbes would be wishing me dead and cursing newspapers for running tedious, ancient strips like mine instead of acquiring fresher, livelier talent. And I'd be agreeing with them. I think some of the reason Calvin and Hobbes still finds an audience today is because I chose not to run the wheels off it. I've never regretted stopping when I did.
Respect. It takes a brave and self-aware soul to know when to stop and go out on top. Very rare in any endeavor.
The Grateful Dead, and its soul, died with Garcia. Every major decision required Jerry’s approval and he never placed money first. The spirit changed in August 1995, which became extremely evident with the pathetic handling of Jerry’s guitars and wishes for them. Replacing Jerry with a guy who publicly used the n-word is, IMO, going from one awesome extreme to the opposite.