The Rose was the artistic work of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley. The first was the creation of sound engineer Owsley Stanley, also known as 'the Bear,' who says he wanted to put a mark on the band's equipment so he knew who owned what at multiact music festivals. Two skull-based logos that hold up include the red, white and blue lightning bolt and the rose. The Dead wove the image of the skull through much of their presentation, from album design to music-festival art. Could there be a better insignia than a tie-dyed skull to celebrate the revenge of the turned on, tuned in and dropped out? But it was the Dead, among other acts, who set the tone for the let-it-all-loose rebellion of the '60s. The Beatles, of course, would eventually come around in agreement. When the group formed in 1965, the Dead provided an American alternative to the overpolished and squeaky-clean Beatlemania still captivating the world. When he performs with the Dead, the Other Ones or Furthur, Weir’s set up frequently includes a custom blue Modulus G3FH Lightning Bolt guitar. Weirdly enough, it was created less from intent and more by necessity. In the post-Garcia world of psychedelic melodies and music trips, Grateful Dead picker Bob Weir has carried on in a number of other groups by way of similar sonic messages. Few jam bands have achieved a status as legendary as the Grateful Dead. All sizes are filled and non filled in this set. As intrinsically linked to the band as psychedelia, it’s been a part of the Dead’s history for more years than most of us have been alive. Shop for grateful dead wall art from the worlds greatest living artists. This Grateful Dead Lightning Bolt Multi Size Embroidery Designs will fit 4×4, 5×7, 6×8, and 8×10 hoops.

SPECS: The Chrome Bolt itself is 1.75' long (tip to tip) and is made of durable, cold rain and snow proof, ABS plastic. If you’ve heard of the Grateful Dead, you’ll know their ‘Steal Your Face’ lightning skull logo. To become a deadhead was to adopt a persona, which often meant the consumption of a psychotropic substance or two and an embrace of an aesthetic symbolized by the psychedelic skull. Something that says, 'I love the Grateful Dead and I know how adhesives work.' And since we couldnt find the decal of our dreams, we took it upon ourselves to make the very thing we all want, but didn’t know our cars needed.

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