![“This just in.” Love my job.
#artnouveau #artnouveauposter #thearksausalito #mobygrape #bigbrotherandtheholdingcompany #janisjoplin #1967 #sonsofchamplin #gate6sausalito #vintageposter #psychedelicposter]()
“This just in.” Love my job. #artnouveau #artnouveauposter #thearksausalito #mobygrape #bigbrotherandtheholdingcompany #janisjoplin #1967 #sonsofchamplin #gate6sausalito #vintageposter #psychedelicposter ![Guess who’s back? We found another first-printing 1966 Pooh Peace handbill headlined by the Grateful Dead. This is a sweet little piece measuring 14” wide x 17” tall.
This Mouse Studios design is one of the classics of the era. The central image portrays Pooh and his pal, Piglet and the poster notes, “And the cows are almost cooing, and the turtle-doves are mooing, which is why a Pooh is poohing in the sun.” Indeed, Pooh carries a kilo under his arm and Piglet is smoking a joint as they walk off into the sunset.
This afternoon concert held in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater nestled high up on Mount Tamalpais overlooking the Bay Area was to promote write-in congressional anti-war candidate, Phil Drath. Peace, Pooh, and the Grateful Dead.
#gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #pooh #winniethepooh #poohandpiglet #piglet #gratefuldeadposter #jerrygarcia #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #deadheads #deadandcompany #altonkelley #stanleymouse #mouseandkelley #mousestudios #2020wrapped]()
Guess who’s back? We found another first-printing 1966 Pooh Peace handbill headlined by the Grateful Dead. This is a sweet little piece measuring 14” wide x 17” tall. This Mouse Studios design is one of the classics of the era. The central image portrays Pooh and his pal, Piglet and the poster notes, “And the cows are almost cooing, and the turtle-doves are mooing, which is why a Pooh is poohing in the sun.” Indeed, Pooh carries a kilo under his arm and Piglet is smoking a joint as they walk off into the sunset. This afternoon concert held in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater nestled high up on Mount Tamalpais overlooking the Bay Area was to promote write-in congressional anti-war candidate, Phil Drath. Peace, Pooh, and the Grateful Dead. #gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #pooh #winniethepooh #poohandpiglet #piglet #gratefuldeadposter #jerrygarcia #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #deadheads #deadandcompany #altonkelley #stanleymouse #mouseandkelley #mousestudios #2020wrapped ![Ah, Wes Wilson’s "The Sound,” 1966. Certainly on my Top Ten Most Iconic images to come out of the psychedelic poster movement. [I really need to make that list someday…]. This image is a first printing of the magenta variety and a purple variety will be shipping out of The Bahr to it’s new home in Las Vegas next week. Farewell, my pretty.
Perhaps because the job called for advertising so many shows across two venues, Wes Wilson was able to submerge the headliners behind the simple, mind-blowing summary of the whole San Francisco trip, calling it, “The Sound.” Wilson, more than the other artists of the time, used the nude feminine form as part of his Art Nouveau-influenced flowing representation of the psychedelic experience – not to mention evoking the sexual revolution that was unfolding at the same time.
The woman is joyous, free, and in a state of dancing bliss with her arms and hair framing the headline. She is voluptuous and sensual and calls out to invite the viewer to join in the experience.
#weswilson #1966 #sixtiesstyle #vintageposter #posterhouse #muddywaters #butterfieldbluesband #paulbutterfield #jeffersonairplane #winterland #fillmore #billgrahampresents #psychedelicart #thesound #thesoundposter #psychedelicnude]()
Ah, Wes Wilson’s "The Sound,” 1966. Certainly on my Top Ten Most Iconic images to come out of the psychedelic poster movement. [I really need to make that list someday…]. This image is a first printing of the magenta variety and a purple variety will be shipping out of The Bahr to it’s new home in Las Vegas next week. Farewell, my pretty. Perhaps because the job called for advertising so many shows across two venues, Wes Wilson was able to submerge the headliners behind the simple, mind-blowing summary of the whole San Francisco trip, calling it, “The Sound.” Wilson, more than the other artists of the time, used the nude feminine form as part of his Art Nouveau-influenced flowing representation of the psychedelic experience – not to mention evoking the sexual revolution that was unfolding at the same time. The woman is joyous, free, and in a state of dancing bliss with her arms and hair framing the headline. She is voluptuous and sensual and calls out to invite the viewer to join in the experience. #weswilson #1966 #sixtiesstyle #vintageposter #posterhouse #muddywaters #butterfieldbluesband #paulbutterfield #jeffersonairplane #winterland #fillmore #billgrahampresents #psychedelicart #thesound #thesoundposter #psychedelicnude ![More pieces from the current Grateful Dead Exhibition. Some more recent works here. We are open 1-6 Thursday through Sunday and exhibition is up through Jan 3.
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More pieces from the current Grateful Dead Exhibition. Some more recent works here. We are open 1-6 Thursday through Sunday and exhibition is up through Jan 3. . . #workingmansdead #mousestudios #wallstreetdeadahead #gratefuldeadposter #talesfromthegoldenroad #davidgans #garylambert ![Some backgrounder Grateful Dead posters for Tales From The Golden Road at 4:30 or so. Early ones here, all in the Exhibition, 1966-1970. .
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Some backgrounder Grateful Dead posters for Tales From The Golden Road at 4:30 or so. Early ones here, all in the Exhibition, 1966-1970. . . . #talesfromthegoldenroad #garylambert #davidgans #gratefuldeadposters #vintageposters #siriusxmgratefuldeadchannel #gratefuldeadchannel ![I’ll be speaking on Tales from The Golden Road on Sunday around 4:30 on Sirius’ Grateful Dead channel. Hosts David Gans and Gary Matthews’ excellent call-in and interview show runs from 4-6pm eastern. I’ll be talking about some of the highlights of our 3rd Grateful dead Exhibition running now through Jan 3.
Turn on, tune in and drop out tomorrow afternoon!
#gratefuldead #talesfromthegoldenroad #davidgans #garymatthews #gratefuldeadsiriusxm #gratefuldeadchannel #wallstreetdeadahead #gratefuldeadhour]()
I’ll be speaking on Tales from The Golden Road on Sunday around 4:30 on Sirius’ Grateful Dead channel. Hosts David Gans and Gary Matthews’ excellent call-in and interview show runs from 4-6pm eastern. I’ll be talking about some of the highlights of our 3rd Grateful dead Exhibition running now through Jan 3. Turn on, tune in and drop out tomorrow afternoon! #gratefuldead #talesfromthegoldenroad #davidgans #garymatthews #gratefuldeadsiriusxm #gratefuldeadchannel #wallstreetdeadahead #gratefuldeadhour ![November is closing fast! We’re open Sat and Sun 1-6 this weekend so consider an extra special gift this holiday for a loved one, friend or colleague. Or even you! @2springstreet
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November is closing fast! We’re open Sat and Sun 1-6 this weekend so consider an extra special gift this holiday for a loved one, friend or colleague. Or even you! @2springstreet . . #shoplongisland #artgallerylongisland #oysterbayny #locustvalleyny #seacliffny #coldspringharbor #huntingtonny #northportny #glencoveny #syossetny #lloydharbor #longislandartgallery #2spring #longislandeats ![Took the Alice’s Restaurant annual up a notch this year thanks to Arlo!]()
Took the Alice’s Restaurant annual up a notch this year thanks to Arlo! ![Do you make your family listen to Alice’s Restaurant every Thanksgiving? I do! Here’s hoping you have a “Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat,” at home with whatever family and friends these times allow. And despite these times, so very much to be grateful for.
Here’s a very rare 1969 cardboard poster for Arlo Guthrie at the South Shore Music Circus south of Boston - which is still operating btw! It’s a big tent! Note that Joni Mitchell is coming the next week which is less than a month before Woodstock which she so famously wrote a song about but did not play at. A 1969 Joni Mitchell poster?…not many, not many. The poster has a bleed-through yellow block on the reverse where you see the yellow on the front, from the printing process. Signed “Peace, Arlo Guthrie” and stain upper left, could be turkey gravy, you think? Still, no circles and arrows with a paragraph explaining what it was about on the back of this one.
So, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all and remember that if you want to end war and stuff you gotta sing loud!
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Do you make your family listen to Alice’s Restaurant every Thanksgiving? I do! Here’s hoping you have a “Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat,” at home with whatever family and friends these times allow. And despite these times, so very much to be grateful for. Here’s a very rare 1969 cardboard poster for Arlo Guthrie at the South Shore Music Circus south of Boston - which is still operating btw! It’s a big tent! Note that Joni Mitchell is coming the next week which is less than a month before Woodstock which she so famously wrote a song about but did not play at. A 1969 Joni Mitchell poster?…not many, not many. The poster has a bleed-through yellow block on the reverse where you see the yellow on the front, from the printing process. Signed “Peace, Arlo Guthrie” and stain upper left, could be turkey gravy, you think? Still, no circles and arrows with a paragraph explaining what it was about on the back of this one. So, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all and remember that if you want to end war and stuff you gotta sing loud! #alicesrestaurant #arloguthrie #jonimitchell #southsidecircus #cohasset #thanksgivingdinnerthatcoudntbebeat #officerobie ![We interrupt the scheduled psychedelic poster parade for an important announcement!]()
We interrupt the scheduled psychedelic poster parade for an important announcement! ![Detail from a poster for The Dead at the Spectrum, 1987 by Hugh Brown. Philadelphia played an important role in the national importance of the Dead, and yet you might not know it. New York swallows up the East Coast history of the Dead, and Philadelphia gets lost. Let’s start with this stat: The Dead played at Madison Square Garden 52 times which ranks sixth as the band’s most-played venue. All others in the top 5 are in the SF Bay Area except one: The Spectrum at 53 shows! Fuhgedaboudit!
Thanksgiving Weekend: we are closed that day, but we will be open Fri-Sat-Sun 1-6pm and giving away a $50 gift card to @2springstreet with any purchase.
#gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #gratefuldeadposter #deadposter #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #deadheads #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #deadandcompany #wallstreetdeadheads #2springstreet #2spring]()
Detail from a poster for The Dead at the Spectrum, 1987 by Hugh Brown. Philadelphia played an important role in the national importance of the Dead, and yet you might not know it. New York swallows up the East Coast history of the Dead, and Philadelphia gets lost. Let’s start with this stat: The Dead played at Madison Square Garden 52 times which ranks sixth as the band’s most-played venue. All others in the top 5 are in the SF Bay Area except one: The Spectrum at 53 shows! Fuhgedaboudit! Thanksgiving Weekend: we are closed that day, but we will be open Fri-Sat-Sun 1-6pm and giving away a $50 gift card to @2springstreet with any purchase. #gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #gratefuldeadposter #deadposter #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #deadheads #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #deadandcompany #wallstreetdeadheads #2springstreet #2spring ![Planning to buy a special gift in this crazy year? Make it 2 for 1 with a $50 gift card from @2springstreet !
We are open 1-6pm today and through Sunday. Hope to see you this weekend! .
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Planning to buy a special gift in this crazy year? Make it 2 for 1 with a $50 gift card from @2springstreet ! We are open 1-6pm today and through Sunday. Hope to see you this weekend! . . #2spring #2springstreet #longislandeats #vintageposters #longislandartgallery #longislanddeadheads ![Here’s an album promotion for Wake of the Flood, the sixth studio album by the Grateful Dead, with both poster and album artwork by Rick Griffin. Released October 15, 1973, it was their first studio album in nearly three years and also the first without Pigpen, who had died that Spring.
Though lyrically the songs continued Robert Hunter's Americana themes, a thread of Earth, seasons and life cycles connects the material, particularly with Bob Weir and John Barlow's culminating suite. This is represented in the album cover artwork, by San Francisco Big Five poster artist Rick Griffin. It has an Earth tone and simple graphics including a woodcut-derived figure of a harvest-reaping man with a wheat bundle and scythe, and a field crow. Hovering above the sea is a skull stretched out in a cloud skull.
Griffin said that the artwork was inspired by a quote from Revelation – "And the sea gave up the dead that were in it and death and Hell gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged, every man according to their works." (Revelation 20:13) He added that the image was designed, "to show an alternative to that. I wanted to juxtapose that Scripture with a loving image, an image of loving harvest.”
#gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #gratefuldeadposter #jerrygarcia #brentmydland #bobweir #billkreutzmann #phillesh #mickeyhart #skull #skullandroses #dancingbears #jerrygarciabart #deadposter #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #deadheads #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #deadandcompany #wallstreetdeadheads #rickgriffin #wakeoftheflood #roberthunter]()
Here’s an album promotion for Wake of the Flood, the sixth studio album by the Grateful Dead, with both poster and album artwork by Rick Griffin. Released October 15, 1973, it was their first studio album in nearly three years and also the first without Pigpen, who had died that Spring. Though lyrically the songs continued Robert Hunter's Americana themes, a thread of Earth, seasons and life cycles connects the material, particularly with Bob Weir and John Barlow's culminating suite. This is represented in the album cover artwork, by San Francisco Big Five poster artist Rick Griffin. It has an Earth tone and simple graphics including a woodcut-derived figure of a harvest-reaping man with a wheat bundle and scythe, and a field crow. Hovering above the sea is a skull stretched out in a cloud skull. Griffin said that the artwork was inspired by a quote from Revelation – "And the sea gave up the dead that were in it and death and Hell gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged, every man according to their works." (Revelation 20:13) He added that the image was designed, "to show an alternative to that. I wanted to juxtapose that Scripture with a loving image, an image of loving harvest.” #gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #gratefuldeadposter #jerrygarcia #brentmydland #bobweir #billkreutzmann #phillesh #mickeyhart #skull #skullandroses #dancingbears #jerrygarciabart #deadposter #vintagedead #skeletonandroses #deadheads #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #deadandcompany #wallstreetdeadheads #rickgriffin #wakeoftheflood #roberthunter ![Just added this rare one to the Grateful Dead Exhibition; “Panther Hall, 1970." This show in Ft. Worth, Texas, was put on by a small local promoter named Middle Earth Productions. Images include the familiar Mercury for Quicksilver Messenger Service and he is delivering the message, “Peace over War, at last.” Meanwhile, we have a skull rimmed with a headband of eyeballs and a few graves. The skull’s eyeballs flash with a peace sign and a mushroom cloud. The artist is unknown, but the poster is a superbly executed, hand-pulled silkscreen using fluorescent ink. The large size and very thin paper they were printed on makes the few posters that have even survived were extremely susceptible to damage. This one is in excellent condition.
The Dead played a few Texas shows with Quicksilver Messenger Service. Quicksilver had not toured since late 1968 (they only played a few shows in 1969), but their first two albums remained staples of FM radio, so they were as big or bigger than the Dead. The 1970 lineup included not only the "classic" Quicksilver quartet (John Cipollina and Gary Duncan-guitars, David Freiberg-bass, Greg Elmore-drums) but Nicky Hopkins on piano and Dino Valenti on vocals. Meanwhile, the Dead were starting to get FM airplay of November 1969’s release of “Live Dead,” and sometime during the month were recording Workingman’s Dead. Patrons recall a very young, still unknown local Texas band called ZZ Top opening the show.
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #pantherhall #jerrygarciabart #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #quicksilvermessengerservice #middleearthproductions #funkit #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #texasdeadheads]()
Just added this rare one to the Grateful Dead Exhibition; “Panther Hall, 1970." This show in Ft. Worth, Texas, was put on by a small local promoter named Middle Earth Productions. Images include the familiar Mercury for Quicksilver Messenger Service and he is delivering the message, “Peace over War, at last.” Meanwhile, we have a skull rimmed with a headband of eyeballs and a few graves. The skull’s eyeballs flash with a peace sign and a mushroom cloud. The artist is unknown, but the poster is a superbly executed, hand-pulled silkscreen using fluorescent ink. The large size and very thin paper they were printed on makes the few posters that have even survived were extremely susceptible to damage. This one is in excellent condition. The Dead played a few Texas shows with Quicksilver Messenger Service. Quicksilver had not toured since late 1968 (they only played a few shows in 1969), but their first two albums remained staples of FM radio, so they were as big or bigger than the Dead. The 1970 lineup included not only the "classic" Quicksilver quartet (John Cipollina and Gary Duncan-guitars, David Freiberg-bass, Greg Elmore-drums) but Nicky Hopkins on piano and Dino Valenti on vocals. Meanwhile, the Dead were starting to get FM airplay of November 1969’s release of “Live Dead,” and sometime during the month were recording Workingman’s Dead. Patrons recall a very young, still unknown local Texas band called ZZ Top opening the show. #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #pantherhall #jerrygarciabart #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #quicksilvermessengerservice #middleearthproductions #funkit #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #texasdeadheads ![Ship Day! California and Pittsburgh bound. .
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Ship Day! California and Pittsburgh bound. . . . #gratefuldead #aoxomoxoa #concertposterart #mobygrape #sonsofchamplin #livedead #vintageposters ![This is the only authorized reprint of the super-rare poster for what is referred to simply as “Barton Hall,” the show generally regarded by most as the best Grateful Dead performance ever. As we used to say, “the tapes will bear me out.” The show was played on Mother’s Day 1977 which started as a fine Spring day but plunged in temperature and by the time the band took the stage a huge snowstorm was raging outside.
Few posters were produced for the show—reportedly 500 or less—and they were mainly distributed to Cornell Concert Commission members and students, with a small number of posters going to ticket outlets. The poster was designed by Cornell senior engineering student Jay Maybrey, now an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Texas.
ArtRock, owned by Phil Cushway, was a collector/printer/gallerist who obtained permissions and did authorized elegant silkscreen reprints of some of the most iconic posters of the era. This silkscreen was pulled in 1990 and is a much more affordable way to get Barton Hall onto your walls. We have only seen two originals for sale in the last 6 years and we sold one of them for $17,000.
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #bartonhall77 #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #keithgodchaux #keithanddonna #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #cornellalumni #gigposters #davespicks #cornellclassof1978 #cornellclassof1977
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This is the only authorized reprint of the super-rare poster for what is referred to simply as “Barton Hall,” the show generally regarded by most as the best Grateful Dead performance ever. As we used to say, “the tapes will bear me out.” The show was played on Mother’s Day 1977 which started as a fine Spring day but plunged in temperature and by the time the band took the stage a huge snowstorm was raging outside. Few posters were produced for the show—reportedly 500 or less—and they were mainly distributed to Cornell Concert Commission members and students, with a small number of posters going to ticket outlets. The poster was designed by Cornell senior engineering student Jay Maybrey, now an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Texas. ArtRock, owned by Phil Cushway, was a collector/printer/gallerist who obtained permissions and did authorized elegant silkscreen reprints of some of the most iconic posters of the era. This silkscreen was pulled in 1990 and is a much more affordable way to get Barton Hall onto your walls. We have only seen two originals for sale in the last 6 years and we sold one of them for $17,000. #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #bartonhall77 #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #keithgodchaux #keithanddonna #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #cornellalumni #gigposters #davespicks #cornellclassof1978 #cornellclassof1977 #cornellclassof1979 #cornellgrads ![Last one of the season today, 10-2. Gallery is open 10-6 today and playing music outdoors (and in). Get your $50 gift card for @2springstreet with a purchase from The Bahr. .
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Last one of the season today, 10-2. Gallery is open 10-6 today and playing music outdoors (and in). Get your $50 gift card for @2springstreet with a purchase from The Bahr. . . . @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa #locustvalley #oysterbay #huntingtonny #northshoreli #coldspringharbormoms #syosset #portwashingtonny #seacliffny #glencoveny #jerichony #bayvilleny #centreisland #lattingtown #matinecock #oysterbaycove ![“Residents in this small mountain town voted 347-117 last Tuesday to allow the Grateful Dead to play a concert in town Aug 15-16” Doh! These legendary shows took place at Telluride, the popular ski town in 1987. Bill Graham owned a house in town and argued in favor of holding these special shows. But there was only one road in and out of the small community of 1,800 and so flyers were circulated at the preceding Red Rocks shows along with a full page ad in the Denver Post requesting those without tickets to not come.
The shows were over the weekend of the “Harmonic Convergence,” a once in a lifetime alignment of the stars, forecast by the Mayan God Quetzalcoatl, marking the beginning of a new age of peace and harmony [yeah, well…]. The poster for these shows by Steve Johannsen, is a mock-up of the famous photo of Butch Cassidy & the Wild Bunch - as skeletons. Butch Cassidy became an outlaw in Telluride, robbing his first bank there in 1889.
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #telluride #telurideco #jerrygarciabart #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #wallstreetdeadheads]()
“Residents in this small mountain town voted 347-117 last Tuesday to allow the Grateful Dead to play a concert in town Aug 15-16” Doh! These legendary shows took place at Telluride, the popular ski town in 1987. Bill Graham owned a house in town and argued in favor of holding these special shows. But there was only one road in and out of the small community of 1,800 and so flyers were circulated at the preceding Red Rocks shows along with a full page ad in the Denver Post requesting those without tickets to not come. The shows were over the weekend of the “Harmonic Convergence,” a once in a lifetime alignment of the stars, forecast by the Mayan God Quetzalcoatl, marking the beginning of a new age of peace and harmony [yeah, well…]. The poster for these shows by Steve Johannsen, is a mock-up of the famous photo of Butch Cassidy & the Wild Bunch - as skeletons. Butch Cassidy became an outlaw in Telluride, robbing his first bank there in 1889. #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #telluride #telurideco #jerrygarciabart #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #wallstreetdeadheads ![In September 1988 the Grateful Dead brought a 9-show run at Madison Square Garden to a close with a rare benefit performance to help save rainforests. This epic run topped the Dead’s previous record in New York, the 8 shows at Radio City in October 1980. The longest run of shows in Grateful Dead history were the 15 Warfield Theater shows in San Francisco from September 25 to October 14, 1980. The Dead duplicated their 9-shows at the Garden in 1991. So….how many of the September 1988 shows were you at?…
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciabart #madisonsquaregarden #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #gratefuldead1988 #gratefuldeadposter]()
In September 1988 the Grateful Dead brought a 9-show run at Madison Square Garden to a close with a rare benefit performance to help save rainforests. This epic run topped the Dead’s previous record in New York, the 8 shows at Radio City in October 1980. The longest run of shows in Grateful Dead history were the 15 Warfield Theater shows in San Francisco from September 25 to October 14, 1980. The Dead duplicated their 9-shows at the Garden in 1991. So….how many of the September 1988 shows were you at?… #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciabart #madisonsquaregarden #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #gratefuldead1988 #gratefuldeadposter ![Buy a beautiful poster from Bahr Gallery in November, get a $50 gift card to our neighbors @2springstreet the hottest hippest restaurant on Long Island. Hip and Hippy combine! Bahr Gallery Open today through Sunday 1-6, opening at 10am Sunday for @oysterbaymarket]()
Buy a beautiful poster from Bahr Gallery in November, get a $50 gift card to our neighbors @2springstreet the hottest hippest restaurant on Long Island. Hip and Hippy combine! Bahr Gallery Open today through Sunday 1-6, opening at 10am Sunday for @oysterbaymarket ![Pigpen kicks off these serigraphs, done as part of a limited-edition by Stanley Mouse reprinting his airbrushed black and white sketches from the cover of Workingman’s Dead and adding color to them by hand in watercolor. There were 200 sets made in 1988 and this one is numbered 56/200. Because each was watercolored by hand, no two pieces are alike. This set is from the artist’s personal collection and has not been previously owned.
Workingman’s Dead was the Grateful Dead’s 4th studio album and was released on June 14, 1970. It marked a move away from the overtly psychedelic experimentation of previous albums in favor of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's Americana-styled songcraft. Readers of Rolling Stone Magazine voted it the best album of 1970.
These pieces are on display and for sale at our 3rd annual Grateful Dead Exhibition at the Bahr Gallery. We’re open Thursday through Sunday from 1pm-6pm. Stop on by and take a look around!
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaart #workingmansdead #stanleymouse #mousestudios #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #wallstreetdeadheads]()
Pigpen kicks off these serigraphs, done as part of a limited-edition by Stanley Mouse reprinting his airbrushed black and white sketches from the cover of Workingman’s Dead and adding color to them by hand in watercolor. There were 200 sets made in 1988 and this one is numbered 56/200. Because each was watercolored by hand, no two pieces are alike. This set is from the artist’s personal collection and has not been previously owned. Workingman’s Dead was the Grateful Dead’s 4th studio album and was released on June 14, 1970. It marked a move away from the overtly psychedelic experimentation of previous albums in favor of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's Americana-styled songcraft. Readers of Rolling Stone Magazine voted it the best album of 1970. These pieces are on display and for sale at our 3rd annual Grateful Dead Exhibition at the Bahr Gallery. We’re open Thursday through Sunday from 1pm-6pm. Stop on by and take a look around! #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaart #workingmansdead #stanleymouse #mousestudios #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #davespicks #wallstreetdeadheads ![Coolest jacket EVER!!
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Coolest jacket EVER!! . #skeletonandroses #mousestudios #gratefuldead #twogypseasouls #trps ![Missing live music - David Gans was set to play here tonight as he has the past 2 years but we’re all stuck living the Pandemic Blues. We still have the Grateful Dead poster Exhibition going on and we’re open Thur-Sun 1-6pm but we miss @Dgans53 !
(and @ScottGuberman and @StephenInglis and @jayblakesberg and Ben Diamond and Jeff Brody and more. Meanwhile here are some photos from last year.
Hang in there everyone, we will all be back again. Someday, we will all be back.
Getting a little weepy.
#davidgans #dgans53 #scottguberman #stepheninglis #fragilethunder #givethedeadsomeslack #dropthebone #itsahandmedown #lifeisajam #slackinondylan #TalesfromtheGoldenRoad #gratefuldeadposters #jayblakesberg #secretspaceofdreams]()
Missing live music - David Gans was set to play here tonight as he has the past 2 years but we’re all stuck living the Pandemic Blues. We still have the Grateful Dead poster Exhibition going on and we’re open Thur-Sun 1-6pm but we miss @Dgans53 ! (and @ScottGuberman and @StephenInglis and @jayblakesberg and Ben Diamond and Jeff Brody and more. Meanwhile here are some photos from last year. Hang in there everyone, we will all be back again. Someday, we will all be back. Getting a little weepy. #davidgans #dgans53 #scottguberman #stepheninglis #fragilethunder #givethedeadsomeslack #dropthebone #itsahandmedown #lifeisajam #slackinondylan #TalesfromtheGoldenRoad #gratefuldeadposters #jayblakesberg #secretspaceofdreams ![Buy a poster in November, get a $50 gift card to 2 Spring the hottest hippest restaurant on Long Island, nearly right across the street from Bahr Gallery. We are open this weekend Fri-Sun 1:00-6:00pm! @2springstreet
#locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #syosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #northshoreli #locustvalleybookstore #huntingtonny #longislandartgallery #oysterbaybrewing #2springstreet #longislanddining #longislandrestaurants #longislandfinedining #longislandeats]()
Buy a poster in November, get a $50 gift card to 2 Spring the hottest hippest restaurant on Long Island, nearly right across the street from Bahr Gallery. We are open this weekend Fri-Sun 1:00-6:00pm! @2springstreet #locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #syosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #northshoreli #locustvalleybookstore #huntingtonny #longislandartgallery #oysterbaybrewing #2springstreet #longislanddining #longislandrestaurants #longislandfinedining #longislandeats ![Nothing fills me up with joy more than packing up and shipping this amazing art to someone who is going to hang it and look at it and love it every day of the year! A true mission. .
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Nothing fills me up with joy more than packing up and shipping this amazing art to someone who is going to hang it and look at it and love it every day of the year! A true mission. . . . . #vintageposters #artgallery #longislandartgallery #gratefuldeadposters #psychedelicposter #gallerist ![This 1967 Avalon poster by Mouse and Kelley called Dance Dance was much more subtle in design than many of its contemporaries. The lovers drift in and out of the shadows as if lost in their own private world, cloaked to outsiders. The lavender color scheme and lacy filigree underscores the Victorian theme to this work, and of course Victorian homes filled the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood where they had escaped the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Calls to mind the Henry Van Dyke quote, “For those who love, Time is Eternity," which graces the inside of the first album by what San Francisco band??
#quicksilvermessengerservice #congressofwonders #thecharlatans #avalonballroom #stanleymouse #mousestudios #altonkelley #henryvandyke #artnouveauposter #firstprinting #salaminawoods #snoglobe]()
This 1967 Avalon poster by Mouse and Kelley called Dance Dance was much more subtle in design than many of its contemporaries. The lovers drift in and out of the shadows as if lost in their own private world, cloaked to outsiders. The lavender color scheme and lacy filigree underscores the Victorian theme to this work, and of course Victorian homes filled the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood where they had escaped the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. Calls to mind the Henry Van Dyke quote, “For those who love, Time is Eternity," which graces the inside of the first album by what San Francisco band?? #quicksilvermessengerservice #congressofwonders #thecharlatans #avalonballroom #stanleymouse #mousestudios #altonkelley #henryvandyke #artnouveauposter #firstprinting #salaminawoods #snoglobe ![Amazing Rick Griffin illustration from cover of Steppenwolf’s 4th album, Monster, 1969. Yes I will vote tomorrow and on the way I will be be listening to the album’s title song, as I have for 40 years. Idealism may be shattered on the rocks of reality but I’m not giving in. And I will always vote.
Growing up I never paid much attention to this album cover itself and only this year thought it looked familiar and whoa! It WAS Rick Griffin! Crazy! Also very similar to poster in the previous post. Get out there and vote folks!
#steppenwolf #rickgriffin #vote #monstersuicideamerica #steppenwolfmonster]()
Amazing Rick Griffin illustration from cover of Steppenwolf’s 4th album, Monster, 1969. Yes I will vote tomorrow and on the way I will be be listening to the album’s title song, as I have for 40 years. Idealism may be shattered on the rocks of reality but I’m not giving in. And I will always vote. Growing up I never paid much attention to this album cover itself and only this year thought it looked familiar and whoa! It WAS Rick Griffin! Crazy! Also very similar to poster in the previous post. Get out there and vote folks! #steppenwolf #rickgriffin #vote #monstersuicideamerica #steppenwolfmonster ![This 1968 piece is a classic Rick Griffin design that was so strong visually it thrived in black and white. Some sort of antlered creature wrapped up in the scarves like a 1920s auto racer, hands tight on the wheel, with a background of crossbones and a halo of skulls. Whoa! This represented a departure from many of the Rick Griffin totems that pop up in his other posters from the period.
Although the concert, featuring the Dead and Blue Cheer, was July 11 1968, this piece is a commemorative poster that Griffin designed later—some time in the early 70s. These posters were then sold through Griffin’s company, California Graphic Exchange. There is a well-known reprint from the Psychedelic Solution and some pirated copies. This is a first printing, signed by Griffin, who left this Earth far too soon in 1991. .
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#rickgriffin #gratefuldead #bluecheer #shrineauditorium #gratefuldeadposter #vintageposter #firstprinting #mancavedecor #skullart #antlerchrist #1968 #framedart #gratefuldeadexhibit]()
This 1968 piece is a classic Rick Griffin design that was so strong visually it thrived in black and white. Some sort of antlered creature wrapped up in the scarves like a 1920s auto racer, hands tight on the wheel, with a background of crossbones and a halo of skulls. Whoa! This represented a departure from many of the Rick Griffin totems that pop up in his other posters from the period. Although the concert, featuring the Dead and Blue Cheer, was July 11 1968, this piece is a commemorative poster that Griffin designed later—some time in the early 70s. These posters were then sold through Griffin’s company, California Graphic Exchange. There is a well-known reprint from the Psychedelic Solution and some pirated copies. This is a first printing, signed by Griffin, who left this Earth far too soon in 1991. . . . . #rickgriffin #gratefuldead #bluecheer #shrineauditorium #gratefuldeadposter #vintageposter #firstprinting #mancavedecor #skullart #antlerchrist #1968 #framedart #gratefuldeadexhibit ![Get a $50 gift card for our neighbors, @2springstreet, the hottest restaurant on Long Island, when you purchase a vintage psychedelic poster from Bahr Gallery in November! We are open today, Sunday, until 5:30, come on over!
@oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa #oysterbaybrewing #2springstreet #locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #sysosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #coveneckny #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #locustvalleyny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #nassaucounty #suffolkcountyny #longislanddining #longislandrestaurants #longislandfinedining]()
Get a $50 gift card for our neighbors, @2springstreet, the hottest restaurant on Long Island, when you purchase a vintage psychedelic poster from Bahr Gallery in November! We are open today, Sunday, until 5:30, come on over! @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa #oysterbaybrewing #2springstreet #locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #sysosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #coveneckny #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #locustvalleyny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #nassaucounty #suffolkcountyny #longislanddining #longislandrestaurants #longislandfinedining ![Happy Halloween from the Bahr Gallery!!]()
Happy Halloween from the Bahr Gallery!! ![Bahr Gallery will be open and playing music, with Gallery refreshments from 10AM-5:00pm this Sunday during and after the Oyster Bay Farmers and Crafts Market!
Buy a vintage psychedelic rock poster in November and get a $50 gift card for Long Island’s hottest restaurant, 2 Spring!
@20thcenturycycles @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa @oysterbaybrewing @2springstreet #locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #sysosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #coveneckny #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #locustvalleyny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #nassaucounty #suffolkcountyny]()
Bahr Gallery will be open and playing music, with Gallery refreshments from 10AM-5:00pm this Sunday during and after the Oyster Bay Farmers and Crafts Market! Buy a vintage psychedelic rock poster in November and get a $50 gift card for Long Island’s hottest restaurant, 2 Spring! @20thcenturycycles @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa @oysterbaybrewing @2springstreet #locustvalleyny #oysterbayny #glencoveny #seacliffny #plainviewny #sysosset #lloydharbor #coldspringharbor #oysterbaycove #coveneckny #hicksvilleny #bayvilleny #centreisland #millneckny #locustvalleyny #Jerichony #greatneckny #portwashingtonny #northportny #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #nassaucounty #suffolkcountyny ![Incoming! Fresh crop of lava lamps and and pins to replenish our bowls of free buttons at the Bahr Gallery. The poster in the background is by Wes Wilson and features a Herb Greene photo of the Jefferson Airplane. The shows were December 16-17-18 1966 at the original Fillmore in San Francisco. This is a really neat piece with great colors - a classic psychedelic poster from the era and a first printing. We are open Saturday 1-6 and Sunday opening at 10am to coincide with the Oyster Bay Farmers and Crafts Market right across the street. They are open until 2pm and the Gallery is open until 6. Come get your button and check out the pet lavas!
#weswilson #lavalamps #jeffersonairplane #haightashbury #1966 #sixtiesstyle #mancavegiftideas #longislandartgallery #20thcenturycycles @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa @oysterbaybrewing @2springstreet #billgrahampresents #mancaveart #mancavedecor]()
Incoming! Fresh crop of lava lamps and and pins to replenish our bowls of free buttons at the Bahr Gallery. The poster in the background is by Wes Wilson and features a Herb Greene photo of the Jefferson Airplane. The shows were December 16-17-18 1966 at the original Fillmore in San Francisco. This is a really neat piece with great colors - a classic psychedelic poster from the era and a first printing. We are open Saturday 1-6 and Sunday opening at 10am to coincide with the Oyster Bay Farmers and Crafts Market right across the street. They are open until 2pm and the Gallery is open until 6. Come get your button and check out the pet lavas! #weswilson #lavalamps #jeffersonairplane #haightashbury #1966 #sixtiesstyle #mancavegiftideas #longislandartgallery #20thcenturycycles @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa @oysterbaybrewing @2springstreet #billgrahampresents #mancaveart #mancavedecor ![Led Zeppelin at the Knebworth Festival,1979, first printing, the last shows Zeppelin played in the UK with drummer John Bonham, who died the next year. Led Zeppelin had not performed live for two years, since the death of Robert Plant's son during the band's 1977 North American tour, and they had not performed in the UK for four years. Their manager Peter Grant decided that the band should perform at Knebworth instead of embarking on a lengthy tour, as the whole Led Zeppelin touring operation had become too big. Attendance supposedly topped 210,00 on August 4th and 180,000 the week afterwards - amongst the largest crowds for which Led Zeppelin had ever performed.
The New Barbarians were formed and led by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, and included Keith Richards, bassist Stanley Clarke, former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, and Rolling Stones confederate and saxophonist Bobby Keys.
#ledzeppelin #Knebworthpark #knebworth79 #robertplant #jimmypage #johnbonham #johnpauljones #thenewbarbarians #ronniewood #keithrichards #stanleyclarke #ianmclagen #bobbykeyes #UKconcertposter #Ledzeppelinposter #toddrundgren #toddrundgrenandutopia #southsidejohnny #chasanddave #marshalltuckerband #fairportconvention #vintageposter]()
Led Zeppelin at the Knebworth Festival,1979, first printing, the last shows Zeppelin played in the UK with drummer John Bonham, who died the next year. Led Zeppelin had not performed live for two years, since the death of Robert Plant's son during the band's 1977 North American tour, and they had not performed in the UK for four years. Their manager Peter Grant decided that the band should perform at Knebworth instead of embarking on a lengthy tour, as the whole Led Zeppelin touring operation had become too big. Attendance supposedly topped 210,00 on August 4th and 180,000 the week afterwards - amongst the largest crowds for which Led Zeppelin had ever performed. The New Barbarians were formed and led by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, and included Keith Richards, bassist Stanley Clarke, former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, and Rolling Stones confederate and saxophonist Bobby Keys. #ledzeppelin #Knebworthpark #knebworth79 #robertplant #jimmypage #johnbonham #johnpauljones #thenewbarbarians #ronniewood #keithrichards #stanleyclarke #ianmclagen #bobbykeyes #UKconcertposter #Ledzeppelinposter #toddrundgren #toddrundgrenandutopia #southsidejohnny #chasanddave #marshalltuckerband #fairportconvention #vintageposter ![Busy opening weekend for Grateful Dead Exhibition with 65 visitors safely spread through 7 one-hour time slots. Exhibition open Thurs-Sun 1:00-5:30 through Jan 3. Reserve one of these beauties while they last...
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Busy opening weekend for Grateful Dead Exhibition with 65 visitors safely spread through 7 one-hour time slots. Exhibition open Thurs-Sun 1:00-5:30 through Jan 3. Reserve one of these beauties while they last... . . . #gratefuldead #radiocity1980 #vintageposter ![Opening receptions tonight and Sunday - slots still available, limited to 16 mask-wearers per hour. Gallery style liquid refreshments and individually wrapped snacks. Slots 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 Saturday night and 5-6, 6-7 on Sunday. Email me to reserve spot ted at bahrgallery dot com.
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#longislandevents #longislanddeadheads #longislandartgallery #longislandartopenings #seacliffny #oysterbayny #syosset #coldspringharbor #lloydharborny #huntingtonny #locustvalleyny #oysterfest #manhassetny #glencoveny #portwashingtonny #jerichony #roslynny]()
Opening receptions tonight and Sunday - slots still available, limited to 16 mask-wearers per hour. Gallery style liquid refreshments and individually wrapped snacks. Slots 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 Saturday night and 5-6, 6-7 on Sunday. Email me to reserve spot ted at bahrgallery dot com. . . . #longislandevents #longislanddeadheads #longislandartgallery #longislandartopenings #seacliffny #oysterbayny #syosset #coldspringharbor #lloydharborny #huntingtonny #locustvalleyny #oysterfest #manhassetny #glencoveny #portwashingtonny #jerichony #roslynny ![See it while you can! Grateful Dead Exhibition Opens today and we have some small and safe receptions planned every night this weekend if you want to come (dm me). This first-printing Aoxomoxoa is going to be shipping out to California in a few weeks so plan to come check it out and wish it Bon Voyage. The Exhibition runs through Jan 3rd and we are open Thur-Sun 2-5:30 or whenever you see the lava lamps lit! Have a Great weekend!
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #aoxomoxoa #rickgriffin #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters]()
See it while you can! Grateful Dead Exhibition Opens today and we have some small and safe receptions planned every night this weekend if you want to come (dm me). This first-printing Aoxomoxoa is going to be shipping out to California in a few weeks so plan to come check it out and wish it Bon Voyage. The Exhibition runs through Jan 3rd and we are open Thur-Sun 2-5:30 or whenever you see the lava lamps lit! Have a Great weekend! #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #aoxomoxoa #rickgriffin #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters ![So psyched for a visit by @posterhousenyc tomorrow!! A big walk through the psychedelic poster era! .
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#posterhousenyc #posterhouse #psychedelicart #psychedelicposter #weswilson #victormoscoso #mouseandkelley #rickgriffin #leeconklin #bonniemaclean #davidedwardbyrd #vintagepostergallery #vintageposter]()
So psyched for a visit by @posterhousenyc tomorrow!! A big walk through the psychedelic poster era! . . . #posterhousenyc #posterhouse #psychedelicart #psychedelicposter #weswilson #victormoscoso #mouseandkelley #rickgriffin #leeconklin #bonniemaclean #davidedwardbyrd #vintagepostergallery #vintageposter ![This haunting and beautiful image of a woman’s face peaks through a red-orange haze that leaves a myriad of questions in the mind of the beholder. One of the psychedelic era posters that would look great in any room, this piece was a Mouse & Kelley from 1967 and advertised a show (53 years ago today) featuring Canned Heat and Allmen Joy. From September-December 1967 promoters The Family Dog tried to expand beyond the Avalon in San Francisco to a venue at 1601 West Evans St in Denver quickly referred to as “The Denver Dog,” but the Family Dog didn’t make it there into 1968.
Canned Heat was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, which was originally marketed as "canned heat.” Popular on the Festival circuit, two of their songs – "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" – became international hits.
Allmen Joy was a psychedelic garage band from Sacramento that, while hitless, were big enough to convince another group, the Allman Joys, to change their name to the Hour Glass. Later, the leaders of that band (named Gregg and Duane) moved back east and formed the Allman Brothers Band.
#altonkelley #stanleymouse #thefamilydog #avalonposter #thedenverdog #1601wevansstreet #cannedheat #allmenjoy #vintageposter #1967 #firstprinting #vintageart #mouseandkelley #mousestudios]()
This haunting and beautiful image of a woman’s face peaks through a red-orange haze that leaves a myriad of questions in the mind of the beholder. One of the psychedelic era posters that would look great in any room, this piece was a Mouse & Kelley from 1967 and advertised a show (53 years ago today) featuring Canned Heat and Allmen Joy. From September-December 1967 promoters The Family Dog tried to expand beyond the Avalon in San Francisco to a venue at 1601 West Evans St in Denver quickly referred to as “The Denver Dog,” but the Family Dog didn’t make it there into 1968. Canned Heat was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, which was originally marketed as "canned heat.” Popular on the Festival circuit, two of their songs – "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" – became international hits. Allmen Joy was a psychedelic garage band from Sacramento that, while hitless, were big enough to convince another group, the Allman Joys, to change their name to the Hour Glass. Later, the leaders of that band (named Gregg and Duane) moved back east and formed the Allman Brothers Band. #altonkelley #stanleymouse #thefamilydog #avalonposter #thedenverdog #1601wevansstreet #cannedheat #allmenjoy #vintageposter #1967 #firstprinting #vintageart #mouseandkelley #mousestudios ![Farmer’s Market today - Sunday 10-2pm in Oyster Bay across the street from Bahr Gallery @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa - We’ll be open 10-5 today with tunes and the Grateful Dead Exhibition preview and lots of great art like this surreal David Singer portrait for the Allman Brothers and the Marshall Tucker Band - 1973 - wow! Height of their powers, at least, post Duane and Berry. The farmers and craftspeople across the street at Market are much more normal looking than this assemblage (just what was David Singer thinking?). Zoom in and tell me just who these people are and what’s going on! Billy Joel’s Motorcycle Museum @20thcenturycycles next door is open 10-4. Top it off @2springstreet for Lunch or the @oysterbaybrewing for a cold one. Make it an Oyster Bay Day!
This show at Winterland was kind of a favor for Bill Graham as the Allmans were playing in stadiums and Winterland held 5,500. What did they owe Graham? Only the Fillmore East. But seriously, the admiration between the two parties was mutual. This is a first printing in Near Mint condition, appropriately framed in barnboard style with Museum Glass and signed by the artist.
While our upcoming show is Grateful Dead, we’ve got alot more than that including this piece.
#allmanbrothers #greggallman #winterland #billgraham #marshalltucker #allmanbrothersposter #surrealism #eatapeach #fellini #concertposter #gigposters #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #vintageposter #keepoysterbayweird #twentiethcenturycycles #2springstreet #oysterbaybrewingco #20thcenturycycles #billyjoel #oysterbaymainstreetassociation #oysterbaymarket]()
Farmer’s Market today - Sunday 10-2pm in Oyster Bay across the street from Bahr Gallery @oysterbaymarket @oysterbaymsa - We’ll be open 10-5 today with tunes and the Grateful Dead Exhibition preview and lots of great art like this surreal David Singer portrait for the Allman Brothers and the Marshall Tucker Band - 1973 - wow! Height of their powers, at least, post Duane and Berry. The farmers and craftspeople across the street at Market are much more normal looking than this assemblage (just what was David Singer thinking?). Zoom in and tell me just who these people are and what’s going on! Billy Joel’s Motorcycle Museum @20thcenturycycles next door is open 10-4. Top it off @2springstreet for Lunch or the @oysterbaybrewing for a cold one. Make it an Oyster Bay Day! This show at Winterland was kind of a favor for Bill Graham as the Allmans were playing in stadiums and Winterland held 5,500. What did they owe Graham? Only the Fillmore East. But seriously, the admiration between the two parties was mutual. This is a first printing in Near Mint condition, appropriately framed in barnboard style with Museum Glass and signed by the artist. While our upcoming show is Grateful Dead, we’ve got alot more than that including this piece. #allmanbrothers #greggallman #winterland #billgraham #marshalltucker #allmanbrothersposter #surrealism #eatapeach #fellini #concertposter #gigposters #longislandartgallery #longislandevents #vintageposter #keepoysterbayweird #twentiethcenturycycles #2springstreet #oysterbaybrewingco #20thcenturycycles #billyjoel #oysterbaymainstreetassociation #oysterbaymarket ![More glam shots of the Gallery before I clutter it up with placards.
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters]()
More glam shots of the Gallery before I clutter it up with placards. #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters ![New wall at Bahr Gallery. Two 1967 avedon Beatles flanked by a ‘67 Victor Moscoso Norman Marcus and the 1970 Holland Pop Festival, by Alan Aldbridge! This weekend We are open Fri and Sat from 1-6 And Sunday from 10am til 5:00. Oyster Bay Farmers Market is across the street Sunday from 10-2! @oysterbaymarket .
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New wall at Bahr Gallery. Two 1967 avedon Beatles flanked by a ‘67 Victor Moscoso Norman Marcus and the 1970 Holland Pop Festival, by Alan Aldbridge! This weekend We are open Fri and Sat from 1-6 And Sunday from 10am til 5:00. Oyster Bay Farmers Market is across the street Sunday from 10-2! @oysterbaymarket . . . . . #thebeatles #johnlennon #victormoscoso #richardavedon #alanaldbridge #hollandpopfestival #theverbhotel ![Grateful Dead Vintage Poster Exhibition - Opening Friday October 23 with opening receptions limited to 16 people in one hour time slots with Gallery-style refreshments, masked and distanced of course. Here are the slots - reserve by e-mailing ted@bahrgallery.com. Fri: 6-7, 7-8. Sat: 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, Sun 5-6, 6-7. Otherwise open 1pm-6pm Thurs-Sun! First printings, rare and iconic stuff. Bahr Gallery Will be online shortly thereafter.
Shown: Rare numbered and signed Stanley Mouse hand watercolored serigraph of Workingman’s Dead cover art - album released 50 years ago!
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead
#livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses
#skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland
#deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents
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Grateful Dead Vintage Poster Exhibition - Opening Friday October 23 with opening receptions limited to 16 people in one hour time slots with Gallery-style refreshments, masked and distanced of course. Here are the slots - reserve by e-mailing ted@bahrgallery.com. Fri: 6-7, 7-8. Sat: 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, Sun 5-6, 6-7. Otherwise open 1pm-6pm Thurs-Sun! First printings, rare and iconic stuff. Bahr Gallery Will be online shortly thereafter. Shown: Rare numbered and signed Stanley Mouse hand watercolored serigraph of Workingman’s Dead cover art - album released 50 years ago! #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposters #longislandevents #longislandartgallery ![Bahr Gallery features 50 vintage first-printing Grateful Dead posters from 1966-1995 online and in our physical Gallery. Another 20 arriving today. Exhibition opens October 23rd and runs through December but inventory is limited. Get your Holiday special gifts lined up early or reward yourself for slogging through this strange and difficult year. We ship all over the USA!
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposter #tomconstanten #aoxomoxoa]()
Bahr Gallery features 50 vintage first-printing Grateful Dead posters from 1966-1995 online and in our physical Gallery. Another 20 arriving today. Exhibition opens October 23rd and runs through December but inventory is limited. Get your Holiday special gifts lined up early or reward yourself for slogging through this strange and difficult year. We ship all over the USA! #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart #pigpenmckernan #billgrahampresents #gigposter #tomconstanten #aoxomoxoa ![Just Hanging around!! Tearing down for Grateful Dead Hanging tomorrow morning!! Exhibition October 23-December 23 .
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Just Hanging around!! Tearing down for Grateful Dead Hanging tomorrow morning!! Exhibition October 23-December 23 . . . #gratefuldead #gratefuldeadart #goldenroad #psychedelicposters ![Happy Birthday and RIP John Lennon. In 1967, Beatles Manager Brian Epstein commissioned fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon to shoot the band members and design a set of posters that would visually capture the new psychedelic direction of the Beatle’s music. Avedon took a number of shots of the group on August 11, 1967, four of which were later adorned with psychedelic effects. Avedon overlaid the solarized prints with Day-Glo colors and symbolic attributes; Ringo's white peace dove, George's mystical henna patterns, Paul's flower power, and John's trippy eyeglasses. They were first published in the January 9, 1968 edition of the Look Magazine in the U.S. and were subsequently sold as posters such as you see here.
These posters - and John in particular - have become seminal images of the late 1960s, transcending the world of music memorabilia and appealing to collectors of art and design alike. These posters are in the collections of museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
#beatles #thebeatles #beatlesart #beatlesfest #johnlennon #magicalmysterytour #Lucyintheskywithdiamonds #SgtPepper #rubbersoul #Iamthewalrus #richardavedon #lookmagazine #sixtiesstyle #summeroflove #beatlesposter #johnlennonart #johnlennonposter #ringostarrposter #georgeharrisonposter #paulmccartneyposter]()
Happy Birthday and RIP John Lennon. In 1967, Beatles Manager Brian Epstein commissioned fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon to shoot the band members and design a set of posters that would visually capture the new psychedelic direction of the Beatle’s music. Avedon took a number of shots of the group on August 11, 1967, four of which were later adorned with psychedelic effects. Avedon overlaid the solarized prints with Day-Glo colors and symbolic attributes; Ringo's white peace dove, George's mystical henna patterns, Paul's flower power, and John's trippy eyeglasses. They were first published in the January 9, 1968 edition of the Look Magazine in the U.S. and were subsequently sold as posters such as you see here. These posters - and John in particular - have become seminal images of the late 1960s, transcending the world of music memorabilia and appealing to collectors of art and design alike. These posters are in the collections of museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. #beatles #thebeatles #beatlesart #beatlesfest #johnlennon #magicalmysterytour #Lucyintheskywithdiamonds #SgtPepper #rubbersoul #Iamthewalrus #richardavedon #lookmagazine #sixtiesstyle #summeroflove #beatlesposter #johnlennonart #johnlennonposter #ringostarrposter #georgeharrisonposter #paulmccartneyposter ![3rd Annual Grateful Dead Poster Exhibition and Sale at Bahr Gallery Opens Friday October 23 and runs through Dec 24. Everything will be online including 60+ rare vintage Grateful Dead posters from 1966-1995. If you want to join the newsletter list, send me a DM with your e-mail! Have a Grateful Day!
#Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart]()
3rd Annual Grateful Dead Poster Exhibition and Sale at Bahr Gallery Opens Friday October 23 and runs through Dec 24. Everything will be online including 60+ rare vintage Grateful Dead posters from 1966-1995. If you want to join the newsletter list, send me a DM with your e-mail! Have a Grateful Day! #Gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #jerrygarciaband #workingmansdead #livedead #deadposter #vintagedead #wallstreetdeadahead #skeletonandroses #skullandroses #bobweir #phillesh #mickeyhart #billkreutzmann #brentmydland #deadheads #gratefuldeadart ![Detail of a colorful poster by Bonnie MacLean. MacLean was married to Bill Graham and stepped in to design many beautiful Fillmore posters after Wes Wilson was fired. The shows were 53 years ago today and here, she playfully invokes the bill, depicting the Quicksilver Messenger Service delivering the dates while flying over the Grass Roots and a Mad River.
Headliner Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of the mainstays of the San Francisco dance concert movement and helped define the San Francisco Sound with the searing guitar interplay of John Cipollina and Gary Duncan.
#bonniemaclean #quicksilvermessengerservice #johncipollina #garyduncan #davidfrieberg #madriverband #grassroots #psychedelicposter #fillmoreposter #wingedmessenger #vintageposter #1967 #sixtiesstyle #BahrGallery]()
Detail of a colorful poster by Bonnie MacLean. MacLean was married to Bill Graham and stepped in to design many beautiful Fillmore posters after Wes Wilson was fired. The shows were 53 years ago today and here, she playfully invokes the bill, depicting the Quicksilver Messenger Service delivering the dates while flying over the Grass Roots and a Mad River. Headliner Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of the mainstays of the San Francisco dance concert movement and helped define the San Francisco Sound with the searing guitar interplay of John Cipollina and Gary Duncan. #bonniemaclean #quicksilvermessengerservice #johncipollina #garyduncan #davidfrieberg #madriverband #grassroots #psychedelicposter #fillmoreposter #wingedmessenger #vintageposter #1967 #sixtiesstyle #BahrGallery ![Free puppy with your purchase! (Just kidding). Toby digging The Band at Winterland,1969, and a Phil Garris signed and numbered litho from 1975 called The Fiddler, aka Blues for Allah. Open til 5:30! Beautiful day!]()
Free puppy with your purchase! (Just kidding). Toby digging The Band at Winterland,1969, and a Phil Garris signed and numbered litho from 1975 called The Fiddler, aka Blues for Allah. Open til 5:30! Beautiful day! ![Back in stock! Pristine first-printing surreal poster by David Singer advertising the only time Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead appeared on the same bill - it was April 1970, just a month after the release of Bitches Brew, the most popular Miles Davis album made with Chick Corea and other jazz all-stars. Miles thought little of most rock musicians but when he met Jerry Garcia, Jerry began complimenting Miles and clearly was very familiar with his music and style and likewise. After sharing the bill with them for 4 nights Miles considered the Dead to be worthy players.
#milesdavis #jerrygarcia #grateful dead #davidsingerart #gratefuldeadposter #bitchesbrew #chickcorea #jazzposter #1970 #fillmorewest #mancaveart #mancaveposter #mancavedecor #musicroomart #musicroomposter #musicroomdecor #mancaveideas #musicroomideas #officeart #vintageposter]()
Back in stock! Pristine first-printing surreal poster by David Singer advertising the only time Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead appeared on the same bill - it was April 1970, just a month after the release of Bitches Brew, the most popular Miles Davis album made with Chick Corea and other jazz all-stars. Miles thought little of most rock musicians but when he met Jerry Garcia, Jerry began complimenting Miles and clearly was very familiar with his music and style and likewise. After sharing the bill with them for 4 nights Miles considered the Dead to be worthy players. #milesdavis #jerrygarcia #grateful dead #davidsingerart #gratefuldeadposter #bitchesbrew #chickcorea #jazzposter #1970 #fillmorewest #mancaveart #mancaveposter #mancavedecor #musicroomart #musicroomposter #musicroomdecor #mancaveideas #musicroomideas #officeart #vintageposter ![Here’s something a little different! We have a March 1966 cardboard poster advertising a Beach Boys show at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. As a small-venue poster that only promoted one show, we imagine that very few were printed and doubt that more than a handful are still around. It’s an outstanding picture of the band and they were at the height of their powers. According to the Muhlenberg Weekly, the “Two Other Acts,” opening for The Beach Boys were Noel Harrison (son of actor Rex Harrison) and The Lovin’ Spoonful. Muhlenberg’s Memorial Hall, a multi-purpose gym, was packed with 6,000 people for the show. Love the abbreviation of PA as “Penna” And, hey, I went to college just down the pike, at Lehigh!
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#vintageposter #thebeachboys #beachboys1966 #muhlenbergcollege #muhlenbergalomni#beachboysmuhlenberg #beachboys #beachboysposter #allentown #allentownPA #lehighalumini #moravianalumni #lafayettealumni #cedarcrestcollegealumni #bethlehempa #eastonpa #nazarethpa #emmauspa]()
Here’s something a little different! We have a March 1966 cardboard poster advertising a Beach Boys show at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. As a small-venue poster that only promoted one show, we imagine that very few were printed and doubt that more than a handful are still around. It’s an outstanding picture of the band and they were at the height of their powers. According to the Muhlenberg Weekly, the “Two Other Acts,” opening for The Beach Boys were Noel Harrison (son of actor Rex Harrison) and The Lovin’ Spoonful. Muhlenberg’s Memorial Hall, a multi-purpose gym, was packed with 6,000 people for the show. Love the abbreviation of PA as “Penna” And, hey, I went to college just down the pike, at Lehigh! . #vintageposter #thebeachboys #beachboys1966 #muhlenbergcollege #muhlenbergalomni#beachboysmuhlenberg #beachboys #beachboysposter #allentown #allentownPA #lehighalumini #moravianalumni #lafayettealumni #cedarcrestcollegealumni #bethlehempa #eastonpa #nazarethpa #emmauspa ![Life imitates art. Peacock Ball by #victormoscoso with great hat worn by a visitor! #artgallerylongisland #vintageposterart #firstedition #peacockball]()
Life imitates art. Peacock Ball by #victormoscoso with great hat worn by a visitor! #artgallerylongisland #vintageposterart #firstedition #peacockball ![Another Bob Stanley 1965 eye-ripper! Beatles! #Beatles #bobstanley #popart #1965 #vintageposter #dayglo #silkscreen]()
Another Bob Stanley 1965 eye-ripper! Beatles! #Beatles #bobstanley #popart #1965 #vintageposter #dayglo #silkscreen ![This is one of the finest of the San Francisco psychedelic posters, and one of the most sought-after. Artist Rick Griffin contributes some masterful images and tripped-out lettering for these January 12-14 1968 shows by Quicksilver, Kaleidoscope and Charley Musselwhite (although good luck trying to read the misspelled Charley Musselwhite -- now you see it, now you don’t). It’s known as The Eternal Reservoir of Life.
The colors are vivid and leap out from the black background. A bleeding heart forms roots and also grows toward the sky, surrounded by a red border that is descended clearly from Art Nouveau architectural forms. This one’s currently on hold for one of our best customers so figured I better share it now! Have a great week!
#rickgriffin #avalonballroom #avalonposter #artnouveau #artnouveauborder #charliemusselwhite #chethelms #kaleidoscope #davidlindley #elrayo-x #bleedingheart #eternalreservoir #psychedelicart #vintageposter #surrealism #firstedition #Quicksilvermessengerservice #johncippolina #davidfreiberg #hippieculture #gigposter]()
This is one of the finest of the San Francisco psychedelic posters, and one of the most sought-after. Artist Rick Griffin contributes some masterful images and tripped-out lettering for these January 12-14 1968 shows by Quicksilver, Kaleidoscope and Charley Musselwhite (although good luck trying to read the misspelled Charley Musselwhite -- now you see it, now you don’t). It’s known as The Eternal Reservoir of Life. The colors are vivid and leap out from the black background. A bleeding heart forms roots and also grows toward the sky, surrounded by a red border that is descended clearly from Art Nouveau architectural forms. This one’s currently on hold for one of our best customers so figured I better share it now! Have a great week! #rickgriffin #avalonballroom #avalonposter #artnouveau #artnouveauborder #charliemusselwhite #chethelms #kaleidoscope #davidlindley #elrayo-x #bleedingheart #eternalreservoir #psychedelicart #vintageposter #surrealism #firstedition #Quicksilvermessengerservice #johncippolina #davidfreiberg #hippieculture #gigposter ![Pretty cool image of Dionne Warwick - until you swipe to the next one and realize this is just the back of the poster!! Incredible 1965 signed screen print by pop artist Bob Stanley. Dm me if interested, otherwise just enjoy! #bobstanley #dionnewarwick #sixtiesstyle #sixtiesprint #popartprint #vintageposter]()
Pretty cool image of Dionne Warwick - until you swipe to the next one and realize this is just the back of the poster!! Incredible 1965 signed screen print by pop artist Bob Stanley. Dm me if interested, otherwise just enjoy! #bobstanley #dionnewarwick #sixtiesstyle #sixtiesprint #popartprint #vintageposter ![Can’t argue with him! Very rare Allman Brothers & Jimi Hendrix at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, July 3,4,5 1970. Just in!]()
Can’t argue with him! Very rare Allman Brothers & Jimi Hendrix at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, July 3,4,5 1970. Just in! ![Cranking Hendrix on the outdoor speakers, trying to lure Billy Joel into the Gallery. C’mon, man, I’m your next-door neighbor! @twentiethcenturycycles Been 2 1/2 years….jes sayin’. We’re open today, Wednesday from now until 6pm - stop on by!]()
Cranking Hendrix on the outdoor speakers, trying to lure Billy Joel into the Gallery. C’mon, man, I’m your next-door neighbor! @twentiethcenturycycles Been 2 1/2 years….jes sayin’. We’re open today, Wednesday from now until 6pm - stop on by! ![Back to School? Perhaps this cool poster could be inspirational for your young students… This is a detail from a poster by Mouse & Kelley featuring a man in an early 20th century photograph, sitting at a desk with a look on his face indicating he is engaged in deep thought. In the 60's, the word "HEAVY" was used regularly to mean intense, mind-blowing or profound.
The poster advertised Country Joe & The Fish, The Charlatans, and Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (Dan Hicks was the Charlatan’s drummer) playing at the Avalon in San Francisco January 26, 1968. We framed this one “old-timey” style and you can come see it in person at The Bahr, 2-5:30 Thurs through Sun. But wait! I’m actually open right now, Tues until 6pm! Stop on by! Have a great week!]()
Back to School? Perhaps this cool poster could be inspirational for your young students… This is a detail from a poster by Mouse & Kelley featuring a man in an early 20th century photograph, sitting at a desk with a look on his face indicating he is engaged in deep thought. In the 60's, the word "HEAVY" was used regularly to mean intense, mind-blowing or profound. The poster advertised Country Joe & The Fish, The Charlatans, and Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (Dan Hicks was the Charlatan’s drummer) playing at the Avalon in San Francisco January 26, 1968. We framed this one “old-timey” style and you can come see it in person at The Bahr, 2-5:30 Thurs through Sun. But wait! I’m actually open right now, Tues until 6pm! Stop on by! Have a great week! ![So what exactly is going on here? Angel-winged bikini girls? The hand of some God handing out wings to dancing women? Are the other two jealous? Up to you to decide! Victor Moscoso also did some amazing surrealist posters like this one for a run of Moby Grape/Canned Heat/Vanilla Fudge concerts at the Avalon in 1967.]()
So what exactly is going on here? Angel-winged bikini girls? The hand of some God handing out wings to dancing women? Are the other two jealous? Up to you to decide! Victor Moscoso also did some amazing surrealist posters like this one for a run of Moby Grape/Canned Heat/Vanilla Fudge concerts at the Avalon in 1967. ![Artist Victor Moscoso used opposing colors to create a vibrating effect by introducing uncertainty into the eyes of the viewer. This 1967 poster for a run of shows by Otis Rush at the Matrix in San Francisco and the image itself was a solarized black and white photo by Belgian surrealist Raoul Ubac that was borrowed and psychedelicized by Moscoso.
As to the image that Moscoso used, it was created in 1936-37 and titled Penthésilée. In the Trojan war, Penthesilea was a Thracian woman warrior, an Amazon and daughter of Ares, who came to help the Trojans. She arrived with twelve other Amazon warriors. After a day of distinguishing herself on the battlefield, Penthesilea confronts Achilles. Achilles kills her, but after taking off her helmet, he falls in love with her.
As The Met writes, “Ubac was active in the Surrealist movement during the late 1930s. His photographs appeared frequently in the Surrealist publication "Minotaure," alongside photographs by Brassaï, Boiffard, and Atget, as accompaniment to texts by Breton and other Surrealist poets. Surrealism's efforts to tap the creative powers of the subconscious led them through a landscape of dreams, chance, sexual fantasy, and madness.” Sounds like a pretty good starting point for psychedelic imagery to me!]()
Artist Victor Moscoso used opposing colors to create a vibrating effect by introducing uncertainty into the eyes of the viewer. This 1967 poster for a run of shows by Otis Rush at the Matrix in San Francisco and the image itself was a solarized black and white photo by Belgian surrealist Raoul Ubac that was borrowed and psychedelicized by Moscoso. As to the image that Moscoso used, it was created in 1936-37 and titled Penthésilée. In the Trojan war, Penthesilea was a Thracian woman warrior, an Amazon and daughter of Ares, who came to help the Trojans. She arrived with twelve other Amazon warriors. After a day of distinguishing herself on the battlefield, Penthesilea confronts Achilles. Achilles kills her, but after taking off her helmet, he falls in love with her. As The Met writes, “Ubac was active in the Surrealist movement during the late 1930s. His photographs appeared frequently in the Surrealist publication "Minotaure," alongside photographs by Brassaï, Boiffard, and Atget, as accompaniment to texts by Breton and other Surrealist poets. Surrealism's efforts to tap the creative powers of the subconscious led them through a landscape of dreams, chance, sexual fantasy, and madness.” Sounds like a pretty good starting point for psychedelic imagery to me! ![“While Oyster Bay Sleeps...”. Bahr Gallery is busy pulling together its third annual Grateful Dead exhibition - coming this Fall]()
“While Oyster Bay Sleeps...”. Bahr Gallery is busy pulling together its third annual Grateful Dead exhibition - coming this Fall ![Top half of the original first printing of the poster advertising what would be Jimi Hendrix’s final performance in September 1970. Head to the Bahr Gallery website and see the whole thing plus the story behind the festival! Hope you had a nice weekend!]()
Top half of the original first printing of the poster advertising what would be Jimi Hendrix’s final performance in September 1970. Head to the Bahr Gallery website and see the whole thing plus the story behind the festival! Hope you had a nice weekend! ![All in a day’s work, getting new shots for the website with @mara.leonardi here Vanessa has a new cream-colored mat while Aoxomoxoa looks on. Have a great day!]()
All in a day’s work, getting new shots for the website with @mara.leonardi here Vanessa has a new cream-colored mat while Aoxomoxoa looks on. Have a great day! ![Love seeing where Bahr Gallery pieces end up! Thank you and enjoy!]()
Love seeing where Bahr Gallery pieces end up! Thank you and enjoy! ![Subscribe free to Bahr Gallery News, for monthly (or so) news on New inventory, late 1960s poster history, the psychedelic poster artists, venues, book recommendations, upcoming events at the Gallery and more. I just need your e-mail address and if you wouldn’t mind letting me know whereabouts you are located. Just dm me or e-mail me at ted@bahrgallery.com and we’ll get you on the list!]()
Subscribe free to Bahr Gallery News, for monthly (or so) news on New inventory, late 1960s poster history, the psychedelic poster artists, venues, book recommendations, upcoming events at the Gallery and more. I just need your e-mail address and if you wouldn’t mind letting me know whereabouts you are located. Just dm me or e-mail me at ted@bahrgallery.com and we’ll get you on the list! ![Sold! Moscoso Exhibition Open only two more weeks. Open Thurs-Sun 2:00-5:30! Free]()
Sold! Moscoso Exhibition Open only two more weeks. Open Thurs-Sun 2:00-5:30! Free ![Sneak Preview of the centerpiece of our Grateful Dead Exhibition this Fall (October-ish through Dec). Hand colored Stanley Mouse prints from Workingman’s Dead (50 years old this year). Numbered set, only 200 made. Lot’s more good stuff coming!]()
Sneak Preview of the centerpiece of our Grateful Dead Exhibition this Fall (October-ish through Dec). Hand colored Stanley Mouse prints from Workingman’s Dead (50 years old this year). Numbered set, only 200 made. Lot’s more good stuff coming! ![This Blues for Allah moved right away the last time I had one - we didn’t even have time to photograph it! The iconic image by Phillip Garris is actually titled The Fiddler and this is a signed and numbered lithograph number 90/1500. We will see if it lasts long enough to be part of our annual Fall Grateful Dead Exhibition. Speaking of which, the Wes Wilson/Victor Moscoso Retrospective ends Sunday Sept 6th so make plans to stop by soon!]()
This Blues for Allah moved right away the last time I had one - we didn’t even have time to photograph it! The iconic image by Phillip Garris is actually titled The Fiddler and this is a signed and numbered lithograph number 90/1500. We will see if it lasts long enough to be part of our annual Fall Grateful Dead Exhibition. Speaking of which, the Wes Wilson/Victor Moscoso Retrospective ends Sunday Sept 6th so make plans to stop by soon! ![During the fall of 1967, The Family Dog was running a 4-month experiment producing events in Denver. The right-side of the twin posters advertised shows on Dec 1-2, 1967 in Denver and back home at the Avalon on Dec 8-10. Jim Kweskin and his Jug Band (which included Geoff and Maria Muldour) were the featured performers on both bills, backed by the Sons of Champlin in San Francisco and a local band in Denver called Solid Muldoon. Note that here Moscoso’s lettering is different - more like flames, and more legible for the perhaps less psychedelically-sophisticated Colorado audience.]()
During the fall of 1967, The Family Dog was running a 4-month experiment producing events in Denver. The right-side of the twin posters advertised shows on Dec 1-2, 1967 in Denver and back home at the Avalon on Dec 8-10. Jim Kweskin and his Jug Band (which included Geoff and Maria Muldour) were the featured performers on both bills, backed by the Sons of Champlin in San Francisco and a local band in Denver called Solid Muldoon. Note that here Moscoso’s lettering is different - more like flames, and more legible for the perhaps less psychedelically-sophisticated Colorado audience. ![This two-part Family Dog poster is comprised of one poster from the Avalon and one from the the “Denver Dog" venue at 1601 West Evans Street, Denver Co. When the two pieces are joined together they form a rainbow design that was a collaboration between Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin. Try to identify which elements of the design were by Griffin and which by Moscoso in this cool pair of matched handbills. In this poster, note the challenging flower-lettering by Moscoso that echoed the use of this technique in yesterday’s post of the Nieman Marcus poster.]()
This two-part Family Dog poster is comprised of one poster from the Avalon and one from the the “Denver Dog" venue at 1601 West Evans Street, Denver Co. When the two pieces are joined together they form a rainbow design that was a collaboration between Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin. Try to identify which elements of the design were by Griffin and which by Moscoso in this cool pair of matched handbills. In this poster, note the challenging flower-lettering by Moscoso that echoed the use of this technique in yesterday’s post of the Nieman Marcus poster. ![Finally got another of these beauties framed up - it’s in the Gallery and we’re open 2:00-5:30 Saturday and Sunday. Come see! This first-edition poster by Victor Moscoso was for the upscale department store Neiman Marcus. It was for a poster show held in Dallas, TX at an exposition hall adjacent to their flagship store that featured the work of various artists and it opened October 2, 1967. This poster is so psychedelic, one can only imagine what the folks in Dallas' fancy store thought trying to read this. Flowers, a central yin-yang image and vibrant colors obscure the lettering, and contribute to the mesmerizing effect overall. This one’s Family Friendly, folks! Our Moscoso Retrospective ends Labor Day Weekend so make plans to come by!]()
Finally got another of these beauties framed up - it’s in the Gallery and we’re open 2:00-5:30 Saturday and Sunday. Come see! This first-edition poster by Victor Moscoso was for the upscale department store Neiman Marcus. It was for a poster show held in Dallas, TX at an exposition hall adjacent to their flagship store that featured the work of various artists and it opened October 2, 1967. This poster is so psychedelic, one can only imagine what the folks in Dallas' fancy store thought trying to read this. Flowers, a central yin-yang image and vibrant colors obscure the lettering, and contribute to the mesmerizing effect overall. This one’s Family Friendly, folks! Our Moscoso Retrospective ends Labor Day Weekend so make plans to come by! ![Are you Kidding Me?! Featuring a full lineup of bands presented by Bill Graham in the Fall of 1971, this poster represents a highwater mark in terms of quality, creative rock and roll – with many of these artists at the height of their powers. Bill Graham was nearing the height of his powers too, as this poster announces that – despite having recently shut down both the Fillmore East and Fillmore West -- that Graham was by no means retiring. Having seen the artists he felt he helped build abandon smaller venues like his Fillmores, Graham decided, “if ya can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” and began booking larger venues like the San Francisco Civic Center and Oakland Coliseum.]()
Are you Kidding Me?! Featuring a full lineup of bands presented by Bill Graham in the Fall of 1971, this poster represents a highwater mark in terms of quality, creative rock and roll – with many of these artists at the height of their powers. Bill Graham was nearing the height of his powers too, as this poster announces that – despite having recently shut down both the Fillmore East and Fillmore West -- that Graham was by no means retiring. Having seen the artists he felt he helped build abandon smaller venues like his Fillmores, Graham decided, “if ya can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” and began booking larger venues like the San Francisco Civic Center and Oakland Coliseum. ![Ship Day. First-Print Otis Redding from December 1966 heading down to Florida. Nice silver signature by the recently deceased psychedelic Master Wes Wilson.]()
Ship Day. First-Print Otis Redding from December 1966 heading down to Florida. Nice silver signature by the recently deceased psychedelic Master Wes Wilson. ![Alert: Bahr Gallery CLOSED today, Saturday. Back open Sunday at 11am. Ah, summer days. How about this cool Skull in Sand for your Beachhouse? Framed in “Hampton’s barnboard” this poster was done by Big Five Master Stanley Mouse in 1981 for the Grateful Dead’s Fall European Tour. Fossils? No Way! 1981 was a pretty strong year for the band with Brent Mydland fully settled in, and newer songs like, “Feel Like a Stranger,” “Althea” and the combo of “Lost Sailor” and “Saint of Circumstance” had matured nicely. The Barcelona show ending the tour was the only time the Dead ever played in Spain, Jerry’s father’s homeland. This was the last time the Dead played Europe until 1990. Let me know if you’d like me to deliver this beauty Out East, to Cape Cod or the Jersey Shore next week!]()
Alert: Bahr Gallery CLOSED today, Saturday. Back open Sunday at 11am. Ah, summer days. How about this cool Skull in Sand for your Beachhouse? Framed in “Hampton’s barnboard” this poster was done by Big Five Master Stanley Mouse in 1981 for the Grateful Dead’s Fall European Tour. Fossils? No Way! 1981 was a pretty strong year for the band with Brent Mydland fully settled in, and newer songs like, “Feel Like a Stranger,” “Althea” and the combo of “Lost Sailor” and “Saint of Circumstance” had matured nicely. The Barcelona show ending the tour was the only time the Dead ever played in Spain, Jerry’s father’s homeland. This was the last time the Dead played Europe until 1990. Let me know if you’d like me to deliver this beauty Out East, to Cape Cod or the Jersey Shore next week! ![Here’s a 1967 eyeball-melter from Los Angeles for Gregg and Duane Allman in their earlier band, The Hour Glass. This poster is very rare and clearly has had alot of love from it’s previous owner. Speaking of Love, they were the headliners at this opening of a new nightclub in Torrance, CA called The Blue Law which would later become The Bank. Canned Heat joined Love and the Hour Glass for the December 15-17 shows. Too bad the artist is unknown because they did a great job on this psychedelic Big Five pastiche. I haven’t finished researching this piece or even pricing it but it’s framed and in the Gallery, open 2:00-5:30 Thursday through Sunday so stop by and have a look!]()
Here’s a 1967 eyeball-melter from Los Angeles for Gregg and Duane Allman in their earlier band, The Hour Glass. This poster is very rare and clearly has had alot of love from it’s previous owner. Speaking of Love, they were the headliners at this opening of a new nightclub in Torrance, CA called The Blue Law which would later become The Bank. Canned Heat joined Love and the Hour Glass for the December 15-17 shows. Too bad the artist is unknown because they did a great job on this psychedelic Big Five pastiche. I haven’t finished researching this piece or even pricing it but it’s framed and in the Gallery, open 2:00-5:30 Thursday through Sunday so stop by and have a look! ![Missing Watkins Glen? There were only 600,000 of you at this epic July 28, 1973 one day blast featuring The Band, the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. They played a legendary soundcheck the day before and then regaled the crowd on the 28th. Interesting note - if you google pictures of the crowd, notice that 90% are wearing blue jeans - Levi Strauss’ glory years, for sure! But I digress. This piece above now presides over a customer’s office in Chicago - but we have another first-edition and we use the faded-green barnboard type of frame (goes well with denim) and a thick cream mat that you see here. We only use crystal-clear Museum glass, of course! It’s rare and historic so not for the faint of heart, but looking and remembering those days are free! Meanwhile, Enjoy this summer day!]()
Missing Watkins Glen? There were only 600,000 of you at this epic July 28, 1973 one day blast featuring The Band, the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. They played a legendary soundcheck the day before and then regaled the crowd on the 28th. Interesting note - if you google pictures of the crowd, notice that 90% are wearing blue jeans - Levi Strauss’ glory years, for sure! But I digress. This piece above now presides over a customer’s office in Chicago - but we have another first-edition and we use the faded-green barnboard type of frame (goes well with denim) and a thick cream mat that you see here. We only use crystal-clear Museum glass, of course! It’s rare and historic so not for the faint of heart, but looking and remembering those days are free! Meanwhile, Enjoy this summer day! ![Bahr Gallery contributions out on the wings. Love to see where our clients hang these great works of art! These two pieces are in their new home in Florida. Since Live music is on hold, why not bring these vintage concert posters into your living room or office instead? We ship anywhere in the US. Have a nice day!]()
Bahr Gallery contributions out on the wings. Love to see where our clients hang these great works of art! These two pieces are in their new home in Florida. Since Live music is on hold, why not bring these vintage concert posters into your living room or office instead? We ship anywhere in the US. Have a nice day! ![One of the first Bill Graham Fillmore posters to use color, BG-6 from May 13-14 1966 shows Wes Wilson trying out his psychedelic wings with shimmering stripes and funhouse-mirror distorted lettering. In this case the lettering was squeezed and shaped, blown-up and bulged to fit every available bit of space. This is an original first printing in nice condition and as a Spring of ’66 poster sits smack in the evolutionary line from the standard “boxing style” posters to psychedelia.]()
One of the first Bill Graham Fillmore posters to use color, BG-6 from May 13-14 1966 shows Wes Wilson trying out his psychedelic wings with shimmering stripes and funhouse-mirror distorted lettering. In this case the lettering was squeezed and shaped, blown-up and bulged to fit every available bit of space. This is an original first printing in nice condition and as a Spring of ’66 poster sits smack in the evolutionary line from the standard “boxing style” posters to psychedelia. ![In the Top Ten of the psychedelic poster genre? This is “Vanessa” by Detroit artist Carl Lundgren for two November 1967 shows featuring the James Cotton Blues band, Detroits’ MC5, and Billy C and the Sunshine Band. The image is indeed Vanessa Redgrave, from a photo by Victor Skrebneski that was taken to promote her role in “Isadora,” about the avant- garden dancer Isadora Duncan. Redgrave was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in the role. But I digress. These posters for shows at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit (their answer to the Fillmore and Avalon in SF and the Boston Tea Party in Boston) are very rare as they were printed in small quantities. Supposedly there were 500 original Vanessa’s printed and they are on the large side and printed on thin paper so many have been wrecked over the years. In fact this copy has restoration for a small tear and some corner damage (most do). I am changing the color of the mat and while she was out of her frame I took some pictures to further document her glory. Enjoy and have a good day!]()
In the Top Ten of the psychedelic poster genre? This is “Vanessa” by Detroit artist Carl Lundgren for two November 1967 shows featuring the James Cotton Blues band, Detroits’ MC5, and Billy C and the Sunshine Band. The image is indeed Vanessa Redgrave, from a photo by Victor Skrebneski that was taken to promote her role in “Isadora,” about the avant- garden dancer Isadora Duncan. Redgrave was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in the role. But I digress. These posters for shows at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit (their answer to the Fillmore and Avalon in SF and the Boston Tea Party in Boston) are very rare as they were printed in small quantities. Supposedly there were 500 original Vanessa’s printed and they are on the large side and printed on thin paper so many have been wrecked over the years. In fact this copy has restoration for a small tear and some corner damage (most do). I am changing the color of the mat and while she was out of her frame I took some pictures to further document her glory. Enjoy and have a good day! ![“The Sound,” one of the most iconic psychedelic rock posters, holds up very well in black and white. There were actually three “OP-1” versions, printed before the concerts to promote them, one with purple lettering, one with magenta and this one in black and white.]()
“The Sound,” one of the most iconic psychedelic rock posters, holds up very well in black and white. There were actually three “OP-1” versions, printed before the concerts to promote them, one with purple lettering, one with magenta and this one in black and white. ![Ship Day! First-edition rarities hitting the road.]()
Ship Day! First-edition rarities hitting the road. ![This March 1968 poster for “The Cream” at the Shrine in Los Angeles was designed by John Van Hamersveld, an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands from the 1960s onward. Among the 300 albums are the covers of “Magical Mystery Tour,” “Exile on Main Street," and “Skeletons from the Closet” by the Grateful Dead. He burst onto the scene in 1963, designing the iconic poster for the surfing film, The Endless Summer. He served as Capitol Records' head of design from 1965 to 1968 and worked on the artwork for 54 albums by Capitol artists including the Beatles and the Beach Boys. He designed a total of 14 posters in 1968 for rock acts appearing at the Shrine.
“The” Cream traveled down to LA having just finished a run of shows at the Fillmore West and Winterland in San Francisco where they recorded live for their third album, Wheels of Fire. Their second album, Disraeli Gears, was not released in the U.S. in November 1967 so by the time these concerts took place the record and the band were still very much top of mind (the album reached #4). Enjoy some ice cream this summer!]()
This March 1968 poster for “The Cream” at the Shrine in Los Angeles was designed by John Van Hamersveld, an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands from the 1960s onward. Among the 300 albums are the covers of “Magical Mystery Tour,” “Exile on Main Street," and “Skeletons from the Closet” by the Grateful Dead. He burst onto the scene in 1963, designing the iconic poster for the surfing film, The Endless Summer. He served as Capitol Records' head of design from 1965 to 1968 and worked on the artwork for 54 albums by Capitol artists including the Beatles and the Beach Boys. He designed a total of 14 posters in 1968 for rock acts appearing at the Shrine. “The” Cream traveled down to LA having just finished a run of shows at the Fillmore West and Winterland in San Francisco where they recorded live for their third album, Wheels of Fire. Their second album, Disraeli Gears, was not released in the U.S. in November 1967 so by the time these concerts took place the record and the band were still very much top of mind (the album reached #4). Enjoy some ice cream this summer! ![Noooo....someone bought the 1967 Human Be-In poster?! Yup. Heading to Florida later this week!]()
Noooo....someone bought the 1967 Human Be-In poster?! Yup. Heading to Florida later this week! ![Missing our events but we are open this weekend 2:00-5:30 Saturday and Sunday!]()
Missing our events but we are open this weekend 2:00-5:30 Saturday and Sunday! ![This late 1968 piece was the third and final Rick Griffin and Alton Kelley collaboration (Griffin often collaborated with Victor Moscoso, and Kelley of course worked with Stanley Mouse on virtually all of his compositions). Called Abba-Zaba, it’s a good example of both artists' use of contemporary advertising in their design. The poster features a taxi cab checker design with an "Abba-Zaba" candy bar wrapper and image of monkey working on transistor. Abba-Zabas were taffy candy bars with a peanut butter center made at the time by the Cardinet Candy Company of Oakland, across the Bay from San Francisco. Perhaps a favorite of one of the artists?
This poster - which has a nice big Rick Griffin extra signature - advertises the very first US tour by Deep Purple who had a hit single, “Hush,” that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It would be a few more years before they hit the real Big Time with the heavy metal classic, “Smoke on the Water.” Here they opened for SF-based It’s a Beautiful Day who were getting massive Bay-Area airplay with their hits, “White Bird,” and “Hot Summer Day.”]()
This late 1968 piece was the third and final Rick Griffin and Alton Kelley collaboration (Griffin often collaborated with Victor Moscoso, and Kelley of course worked with Stanley Mouse on virtually all of his compositions). Called Abba-Zaba, it’s a good example of both artists' use of contemporary advertising in their design. The poster features a taxi cab checker design with an "Abba-Zaba" candy bar wrapper and image of monkey working on transistor. Abba-Zabas were taffy candy bars with a peanut butter center made at the time by the Cardinet Candy Company of Oakland, across the Bay from San Francisco. Perhaps a favorite of one of the artists? This poster - which has a nice big Rick Griffin extra signature - advertises the very first US tour by Deep Purple who had a hit single, “Hush,” that reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It would be a few more years before they hit the real Big Time with the heavy metal classic, “Smoke on the Water.” Here they opened for SF-based It’s a Beautiful Day who were getting massive Bay-Area airplay with their hits, “White Bird,” and “Hot Summer Day.” ![Flyin’ the colors!]()
Flyin’ the colors! ![The Family Dog, producer of most of the famous Avalon Ballroom shows, lost their lease there in November, 1968 and founder Chet Helms began to get involved in other pursuits. But here, in January 1969 he was back and hence this show (at Winterland) was called the Family Dog Revival, headlined by Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention. Looks kind of “4th of July-ish” don’t you think? Have a great weekend! (we’ll be closed for the 4th).]()
The Family Dog, producer of most of the famous Avalon Ballroom shows, lost their lease there in November, 1968 and founder Chet Helms began to get involved in other pursuits. But here, in January 1969 he was back and hence this show (at Winterland) was called the Family Dog Revival, headlined by Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention. Looks kind of “4th of July-ish” don’t you think? Have a great weekend! (we’ll be closed for the 4th). ![This first-printing Matrix poster for the Blues Project from February 1967 was done by Victor Moscoso, one of the San Francisco Poster Artist’s Big Five. It features the negative image of a seated pin-up woman from the silent screen era. Moscoso reprinted this poster later but used the positive image. Moscoso's style is most notable for its visual intensity, which was obtained by manipulating form and color to create optical effects. He used clashing, vibrating colors and deliberately illegible psychedelic lettering to command attention.
The Blues Project was a band from the Greenwich Village that was formed in 1965. Their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles. Their first album, “Live at The Cafe Au Go Go,” was released in March 1966 and met with moderate success and the band toured the U.S. to promote it. While in San Francisco two months later in April 1966, the Blues Project played at the Avalon Ballroom to rave reviews.
They released their second album, Projections, in November 1966 featuring an eclectic set of songs that ran the gamut from blues, R&B, jazz, psychedelia, and folk-rock including an instrumental, "Flute Thing,” which became an underground radio staple. The band fell apart after appearing at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 and two members went on to form Seatrain, while Al Kooper and Steve Katz went on to form Blood Sweat & Tears.]()
This first-printing Matrix poster for the Blues Project from February 1967 was done by Victor Moscoso, one of the San Francisco Poster Artist’s Big Five. It features the negative image of a seated pin-up woman from the silent screen era. Moscoso reprinted this poster later but used the positive image. Moscoso's style is most notable for its visual intensity, which was obtained by manipulating form and color to create optical effects. He used clashing, vibrating colors and deliberately illegible psychedelic lettering to command attention. The Blues Project was a band from the Greenwich Village that was formed in 1965. Their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles. Their first album, “Live at The Cafe Au Go Go,” was released in March 1966 and met with moderate success and the band toured the U.S. to promote it. While in San Francisco two months later in April 1966, the Blues Project played at the Avalon Ballroom to rave reviews. They released their second album, Projections, in November 1966 featuring an eclectic set of songs that ran the gamut from blues, R&B, jazz, psychedelia, and folk-rock including an instrumental, "Flute Thing,” which became an underground radio staple. The band fell apart after appearing at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 and two members went on to form Seatrain, while Al Kooper and Steve Katz went on to form Blood Sweat & Tears. ![This colorful poster from 1967 was one of the most popular of the Fillmore series designed by Bonnie MacLean. MacLean was married to Bill Graham and stepped in to design many Fillmore posters after Wes Wilson was fired.
MacLean, who sadly passed away this winter, had taken art classes at Pratt before moving West in the mid 1960s and she shows a slightly more restrained or studied psychedelic style. Here, she playfully invokes the bands playing that night, depicting the Quicksilver Messenger Service delivering the dates while flying over the Grass Roots and a Mad River.]()
This colorful poster from 1967 was one of the most popular of the Fillmore series designed by Bonnie MacLean. MacLean was married to Bill Graham and stepped in to design many Fillmore posters after Wes Wilson was fired. MacLean, who sadly passed away this winter, had taken art classes at Pratt before moving West in the mid 1960s and she shows a slightly more restrained or studied psychedelic style. Here, she playfully invokes the bands playing that night, depicting the Quicksilver Messenger Service delivering the dates while flying over the Grass Roots and a Mad River. ![Here’s the central image from a Joe Cocker - Little Richard poster from October 1969. The poster was a rare collaboration between two of promoter Bill Graham’s favorite poster artists of the day, combining this David Singer surrealist central collage with Randy Tuten’s lettering. Joe Cocker was at the height of his powers for these shows at the Fillmore West following his triumphant performance at Woodstock a few months earlier. Little Richard needs introduction and both were dynamic and exciting performers who could bring the house down and no doubt did so in the fall of 1969.]()
Here’s the central image from a Joe Cocker - Little Richard poster from October 1969. The poster was a rare collaboration between two of promoter Bill Graham’s favorite poster artists of the day, combining this David Singer surrealist central collage with Randy Tuten’s lettering. Joe Cocker was at the height of his powers for these shows at the Fillmore West following his triumphant performance at Woodstock a few months earlier. Little Richard needs introduction and both were dynamic and exciting performers who could bring the house down and no doubt did so in the fall of 1969. ![Happy Father’s Day! It’s your day, Dad, come visit the Bahr open 2-5 today!]()
Happy Father’s Day! It’s your day, Dad, come visit the Bahr open 2-5 today! ![Free buttons! Visit the Bahr Gallery and pick one up today - or any Thurs-Sun 2:00-5:30. @bahrtender manning the Gallery today!]()
Free buttons! Visit the Bahr Gallery and pick one up today - or any Thurs-Sun 2:00-5:30. @bahrtender manning the Gallery today! ![This early Avalon poster features the Doors, the (Steve) Miller Blues Band and Haji Baba for an April 1967 performance. The design was created by Victor Moscoso and is very popular, as well as quite scarce. The popularity of both The Doors and the beautiful design has led to this poster being printed twice but this is an original first-printing as denoted by the faint blue dot to the left of 1967 at the bottom.
Moscoso turns you on an angle and lets you look through the blinds to see the faint image of a nude woman dancing with abandon. The lettering and colors are fantastic: both eye-popping and at least somewhat legible. This piece is sold but the buyer has graciously allowed us to keep it in the current Moscoso Exhibition until August. Victor Moscoso was almost the local House Artist for the Doors in the first half of 1967, this being one of 4 posters he did for them playing at the Avalon Ballroom (March 3-4, April 14-15, May 12-13, June 1-4) plus a poster for the tiny Matrix from March 7-11. The Doors’ first album had been released in January and they toured madly, logging more than 240 shows during that year. Enjoy the first weekend of summer!]()
This early Avalon poster features the Doors, the (Steve) Miller Blues Band and Haji Baba for an April 1967 performance. The design was created by Victor Moscoso and is very popular, as well as quite scarce. The popularity of both The Doors and the beautiful design has led to this poster being printed twice but this is an original first-printing as denoted by the faint blue dot to the left of 1967 at the bottom. Moscoso turns you on an angle and lets you look through the blinds to see the faint image of a nude woman dancing with abandon. The lettering and colors are fantastic: both eye-popping and at least somewhat legible. This piece is sold but the buyer has graciously allowed us to keep it in the current Moscoso Exhibition until August. Victor Moscoso was almost the local House Artist for the Doors in the first half of 1967, this being one of 4 posters he did for them playing at the Avalon Ballroom (March 3-4, April 14-15, May 12-13, June 1-4) plus a poster for the tiny Matrix from March 7-11. The Doors’ first album had been released in January and they toured madly, logging more than 240 shows during that year. Enjoy the first weekend of summer! ![Swipe to see the poster for this show - the Grateful Dead’s first ever at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The poster advertised a poetry reading and "dance concert" presented by the Straight Theater, but held at the Avalon. This absolutely classic venue hosted The Dead 28 more times from 1966 through 1969. Two tracks on their iconic "Live/Dead" album were recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. This 1966 show, replayed by Sirius XM’s Dead channel, is of remarkable high quality for the times.
The poster itself eschews all images but the interlocking zig-zag neon stripes do a number on your eyes. Artist George Jacobs from Kansas City was new in town but soon commissioned this poster. George approached Wes Wilson and asked, “What color contrast would give the design the most jump?” Wes’s answer; “red & blue”. The results were an outstanding work, as brightly vibrant - leaping off the page today, as it was decades ago and we have one available. Enjoy, and have a nice day!]()
Swipe to see the poster for this show - the Grateful Dead’s first ever at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The poster advertised a poetry reading and "dance concert" presented by the Straight Theater, but held at the Avalon. This absolutely classic venue hosted The Dead 28 more times from 1966 through 1969. Two tracks on their iconic "Live/Dead" album were recorded there in early 1969, The Eleven and Turn On Your Love Light. This 1966 show, replayed by Sirius XM’s Dead channel, is of remarkable high quality for the times. The poster itself eschews all images but the interlocking zig-zag neon stripes do a number on your eyes. Artist George Jacobs from Kansas City was new in town but soon commissioned this poster. George approached Wes Wilson and asked, “What color contrast would give the design the most jump?” Wes’s answer; “red & blue”. The results were an outstanding work, as brightly vibrant - leaping off the page today, as it was decades ago and we have one available. Enjoy, and have a nice day! ![53 years ago today Jimi set the world on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival. Less well known was the fact that he had been doing this for a few months at shows, but then, practice makes perfect. The poor Grateful Dead were sandwiched between The Who, who famously destroyed their instruments, and Jimi. Scroll to see the first-printing original poster for Monterey Pop - which we do have in stock. Have a great day!]()
53 years ago today Jimi set the world on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival. Less well known was the fact that he had been doing this for a few months at shows, but then, practice makes perfect. The poor Grateful Dead were sandwiched between The Who, who famously destroyed their instruments, and Jimi. Scroll to see the first-printing original poster for Monterey Pop - which we do have in stock. Have a great day! ![Answer; the amazing Lee Conklin willed together this Fillmore poster together for the Jeff Beck Group in 1968. Here is some trivia for you: the instrumental "Beck's Bolero” had as a musician lineup: Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Keith Moon on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano. Supergroup!]()
Answer; the amazing Lee Conklin willed together this Fillmore poster together for the Jeff Beck Group in 1968. Here is some trivia for you: the instrumental "Beck's Bolero” had as a musician lineup: Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, Keith Moon on drums, and Nicky Hopkins on piano. Supergroup! ![Monday Quiz: What poster? Group? Artist? Gotta love the sentiment. All to “be” revealed tomorrow!]()
Monday Quiz: What poster? Group? Artist? Gotta love the sentiment. All to “be” revealed tomorrow! ![Not sure which first edition to buy for Dad or Hubby? Gift Certificate could be the answer! Available in any amount you want and they come in a nifty red gift box. Roll on up! Graphic of a giant mouth with “Incredible” is from a 1968 Victor Moscoso poster hanging in our current Exhibition! Hours 2-5:30 Thurs through Sun or by appointment.]()
Not sure which first edition to buy for Dad or Hubby? Gift Certificate could be the answer! Available in any amount you want and they come in a nifty red gift box. Roll on up! Graphic of a giant mouth with “Incredible” is from a 1968 Victor Moscoso poster hanging in our current Exhibition! Hours 2-5:30 Thurs through Sun or by appointment. ![Looking for a super rare Allman Brothers piece? That’s right, the Hour Glass listed below was Gregg and Duane Allman! Due to the Allman’s eventual move East and formation of the eponymous band in late spring of 1969, Les Brers largely missed the heyday of the psychedelic poster movement. So if you are looking for psychedelic Allman posters, you’re looking at the Hour Glass. Based in LA, they came up and played 5 sets of dates in San Francisco that were immortalized in posters by Mari Tepper, the late great Bonnie MacLean and here, by Mouse and Kelley! These were the second set shows in San Francisco for the boys, just before Christmas. And, wait! Buffalo Springfield? A truly great and underrated band. This poster also features and extra signature by Stanley Mouse. Have a nice weekend everyone!]()
Looking for a super rare Allman Brothers piece? That’s right, the Hour Glass listed below was Gregg and Duane Allman! Due to the Allman’s eventual move East and formation of the eponymous band in late spring of 1969, Les Brers largely missed the heyday of the psychedelic poster movement. So if you are looking for psychedelic Allman posters, you’re looking at the Hour Glass. Based in LA, they came up and played 5 sets of dates in San Francisco that were immortalized in posters by Mari Tepper, the late great Bonnie MacLean and here, by Mouse and Kelley! These were the second set shows in San Francisco for the boys, just before Christmas. And, wait! Buffalo Springfield? A truly great and underrated band. This poster also features and extra signature by Stanley Mouse. Have a nice weekend everyone! ![Bring the live music you've missed home to your walls for Father’s Day or any special occasion. We ship anywhere in the USA but hurry if Father’s Day is the goal. These are the vintage first-printing posters - the rare and the iconic - beautifully framed and looking at you behind crystal-clear Museum Glass. More than 180 framed masterworks to choose from at Bahr Gallery or on the website (search by band or category under “band”). This poster by Rick Griffin was done for 1968 show by Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper - crazy, right?!!]()
Bring the live music you've missed home to your walls for Father’s Day or any special occasion. We ship anywhere in the USA but hurry if Father’s Day is the goal. These are the vintage first-printing posters - the rare and the iconic - beautifully framed and looking at you behind crystal-clear Museum Glass. More than 180 framed masterworks to choose from at Bahr Gallery or on the website (search by band or category under “band”). This poster by Rick Griffin was done for 1968 show by Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper - crazy, right?!!
![Ah, Wes Wilson’s "The Sound,” 1966. Certainly on my Top Ten Most Iconic images to come out of the psychedelic poster movement. [I really need to make that list someday…]. This image is a first printing of the magenta variety and a purple variety will be shipping out of The Bahr to it’s new home in Las Vegas next week. Farewell, my pretty.
Perhaps because the job called for advertising so many shows across two venues, Wes Wilson was able to submerge the headliners behind the simple, mind-blowing summary of the whole San Francisco trip, calling it, “The Sound.” Wilson, more than the other artists of the time, used the nude feminine form as part of his Art Nouveau-influenced flowing representation of the psychedelic experience – not to mention evoking the sexual revolution that was unfolding at the same time.
The woman is joyous, free, and in a state of dancing bliss with her arms and hair framing the headline. She is voluptuous and sensual and calls out to invite the viewer to join in the experience.
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![“Residents in this small mountain town voted 347-117 last Tuesday to allow the Grateful Dead to play a concert in town Aug 15-16” Doh! These legendary shows took place at Telluride, the popular ski town in 1987. Bill Graham owned a house in town and argued in favor of holding these special shows. But there was only one road in and out of the small community of 1,800 and so flyers were circulated at the preceding Red Rocks shows along with a full page ad in the Denver Post requesting those without tickets to not come.
The shows were over the weekend of the “Harmonic Convergence,” a once in a lifetime alignment of the stars, forecast by the Mayan God Quetzalcoatl, marking the beginning of a new age of peace and harmony [yeah, well…]. The poster for these shows by Steve Johannsen, is a mock-up of the famous photo of Butch Cassidy & the Wild Bunch - as skeletons. Butch Cassidy became an outlaw in Telluride, robbing his first bank there in 1889.
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