https://www.ceros.com/inspire/originals/hi-fi-design-through-the-ages/ Just another Ceros Sites site Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://www.ceros.com/inspire/originals/hi-fi-design-through-the-ages/#comment-1698 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:32:57 +0000 https://www.ceros.com/inspire/?p=5904#comment-1698 […] The Dancing Bears, as they’re commonly known, are a staple of the Grateful Dead’s visual identity. They’ve been showing up on bootleg t-shirts, bumper stickers, and even headbands since they first appeared on the back cover of the forgettable 1973 album The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear’s Choice). The Bear in question was soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the architect of the Dead’s distinctive sound and a pioneer in the production and distribution of LSD. The bear icon first showed up as stickers slapped on Bear’s amplifiers and other sound equipment. […]

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