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He is all black with a black Jester Collar. Peter is Limited with a total production of only 30,000. Hang tag is larger and includes the Liquid Blue logo and a upc code.īlack Peter: This Grateful Dead Bean Bear was released on Novemberģ0, 1998. Name from a character or theme in a Grateful Dead song. Jerry theīear is in tribute to Jerry Garcia. Ten features Jerry, a gray tie-dye with a black t-shirt. Grateful Dead Bean Bears were released in September 1998. More of the non-retired bears from the first generation, they all Liquid Blue announced the retirement of the 5 bears, Sugaree had alreadyīeen sold out during the first week of June. Paws, and (11,000) without the Black Paws. The five and their world wide production numbers are.ALTHEA Each Bear comes with a laminatedįull-color tag with the Bear's name, The Bear's birth data (from a Grateful Dead show date and venue),Īnd a 'Favorite Tour Memory' (story of fact and fiction on the road withīears from the group of 11 were going to be retired. The First Generation Set of 11 includes: 3 Tie-Dye,Ħ Solid Colors and 2 Animal Patterns. All of the Bean Bears are designed and created by Liquid Blue. In August of 1997 the Grateful Dead Bean Bears were born. A little later the tide shifted to plush bears being designed and manufactured by Liquid Blue. At that time one of the main design manufactures was Native Art Trading Company. The first Grateful Dead plush bear came to life in 1990. However, we must remember the Grateful Dead were good friends with the Merry Prankesters. What has now become the 'jester collar' on the 'dancing bears' was actually the chest fur of Bob's 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 back cover of History of the Grateful Dead, vol 1 (Bear's Choice)(recorded Feb 13 and 14, 1970) showed multi-colored marching bears. The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art cover. Over the years these bears have appeared on multi-colored bumper stickers, T-Shirts and posters. The dancing bears symbolized the fun-loving aspect of the Grateful Dead and theirįans.

60 on the Billboard 200.Please check out our Further Links Section at the bottm of the page It was recorded on February 13 and 14, 1970, and offers concert highlights from the show at the Fillmore East in New York City. The live album by the band was released in July of 1973 on Warner Bros. History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice) That amounts to more than 5,000,000 doses. By his own account, he produced at least 500 grams between 19. He was reportedly the first known private person to manufacture mass quantities of LSD. He also helped develop the group’s “wall of sound.” Many in the media called him the Acid King. He was the sound engineer for the Grateful Dead and recorded many of the group’s live performances. Said Bear of the bears, “the bears on the album cover are not really ‘dancing.’ I don’t know why people think they are their positions are quite obviously those of a high-stepping march.”Īn American-Australian audio engineer, “Bear” was a key figure in the Bay Area hippie movement in the ’60s.

The bears themselves are a reference to Owsley “Bear” Stanley, who recorded and produced the album upon which they appear. Thomas said that he based the depictions on a lead sort, which is a block with a typographic character etched on it, from an unknown font. Drawn by Bob Thomas as part of the back cover for the band’s 1973 album, History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice), the “dancing” bears may not even be dancing at all.

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