04/08/2021
After I graduated high school in 1984, these two were the sole reason I got into the Grateful Dead. Robin Crawford & Karen Bava, lived in Visalia, California, right off of Mooney Boulevard, behind the Del Taco, in a 2 story Antique Shop. They made their living, as long as I knew them, following the Dead and selling their stickers, & other goodies, in the parking lot. (when not on tour they sold antiques & provided local residents with various goods purchased & brought back from shows they attended)
My 1st shows in 1985, with their mental, spiritual, & psychedelic guidance, was 11-20 thru 11-22 at Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland & then NYE 12-30 & 12-31-85, at Oakland Coliseum.
Before each of these shows, they sold me a variety pack of their hand drawn, custom made, screen printed stickers......on Kodak Holographic Paper!!!
(Some even GLOWED IN THE DARK!!!)
I paid for my own hotel rooms & tickets for every show (listed above) with the profits I made from selling these pieces of ART, on Shakedown Street. Some are hard to read & all of them are extremely trippy.
Try & catch the lyrics, various animals, mushrooms & etc. Lots of these have various drug references. Some have lyrics, NO lyrics, show dates, venues & etc.
These are NOT all from the 1985 November & December run. Some are later, some are reprints with lyrics instead of show dates......etc....etc.
Before Robin passed away, he & Karen asked me to carry the torch, & gave me permission to reproduce these. I never did. Until now!!
Welcome to, "VINTAGE DEAD"!!!