New York, NY: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1998. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. “How the [Grateful] Dead…survived to speak to successive generations is the subject of this intensely provocative and personal narrative. Social critic and biographer Carol Brightman, who was active in the political struggles of the era, presents a Whitmanesque tableau of America’s colliding countercultures. Here’s the Dead—with their original fondness for folk, bluegrass, and blues; their immersion in psychedelics;..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1966. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&1/4" x 21") announcing performances presented by the legendary impresario Bill Graham (1931-1991), headlined by the Grateful Dead, along with the James Cotton Blues Band & Lothar & the Hand People, during November 18-20, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson (1937-2020) created the graphics & illustrations reproduced here, &..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1967. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&7/8" x 21&3/4") announcing performances by The Doors, The Grateful Dead & Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band during January 13-15, 1967 at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson (1937-2020) created the graphics & illustrations that are reproduced on this quintessential & exemplary psychedelic poster that led up to the legendary..... More