Each
Bear is 7.5" Each Bear and has a Laminated tag around it's neck |
The
Full Color laminated hangtag has the Bear's name, birthday and a favorite
tour memory! |
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Ashbury
3/3/68 Haight
Street |
August
West
5/16/93 Sam Boyd
Silver Bowl |
I was
fortunate enough to make it all the way to Egypt to see my favorite
band in the whole world. I had never even left the country before &
I got my first passport just because of the Grateful Dead. The energy
at those shows seemed almost not of this world. Something bigger than
all of us was going on there, with The Pyramids and The Sphinx. The
local people really seemed psyched we were there. I still get chills
when ever I think about it. |
I was
in Louisville at Freedom Hall. I ended up ticketless and stayed around
waiting for friends who had tickets. As the show was going on I started
picking up trash to help keep the scene clean. Some other people noticed
and started to help. We ended up as a group of people dancing around
and picking up trash together and we had a great time! |
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Blues
Man |
China
Cat
3/2/92 The Omni |
A strong blues
influence runs deep in the Grateful Dead and dates back to their formative
days as The Warlocks. The Dead was blessed early on with one of the
countrys premier blues performers. He was known for his powerful
vocals, and intense keyboard and harmonica playing. A crowd favorite,
he could energize an entire show with his strong stage presence and
his love of the music. |
I was at The
Compton Terrace Amphitheatre in Arizona right before the show,waiting
for it to start, when people started guessing what they might open with.
I spoke up and said I feel something special about to happen.
Everyone laughed (I guess Ive said this before) just as the opening
notes of Here Comes Sunshine started to fill the air. They
hadnt played it in 18 years! |
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Daisy
8/16/69 Max Yasgurs
farm |
Doodah
Man
8/18/70 Fillmore
West |
Its really
not MY memory but my parents. I was born at Woodstock while the
Grateful Dead were onstage. The boys considered it their worst show
but it will always be my folks favorite. My mom was clad in nothing
but mud and flowers. Given the options, Im glad they chose the
name Daisy! |
I was at a
show in Hartford, when I saw what I thought was a Cop giving someone
selling stickers a hard time. I went up to see what was going on just
in time to see the police officer giving the guy money for the stickers
he had just bought. He said, if he wasnt on duty, hed be
in the show. He unbuttoned a couple of buttons on his uniform and he
had a tie dye on underneath. How cool! |
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Esau
4/20/84 Civic
Convention Hall |
Foolish
Heart
8/28/88 Autzen
State |
My favorite
thing in the world to do was listen to Brent. With that voice of his
and the way he could play the organ, it just blew me away. He really
brought lots of life into the band. Dear Mr. Fantasy into
Hey Jude was a show stopper for me every time I was lucky
enough to catch it. I really miss Brent. |
I was at a
show at RFK, when I noticed a beautiful girl noticing me. We kept dancing
closer and closer to each other until we finally spoke. We ended up
dancing together all night. The show ended, we hugged and I left. I
bought a rose the next night in hopes of seeing her again. I went to
the same spot and there she was hoping to see me! We only knew each
other for those two nights but Ill never forget her. |
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Haight
3/3/68 Haight
Street |
Pearly
Baker
5/16/93 Sam Boyd
Silver Bowl |
I was at Shoreline
when I came upon a little girl all alone and in tears. I stopped and
asked where her parents were and she said, lost. She stopped
crying and told me where she had seen her parents last. After a short
search, we were lucky enough to find her parents. They were so grateful
that they took all of us to their house after the show and cooked a
feast for all. Another tragedy narrowly averted. |
I was at an
outdoor venue, actually I dont remember where, when I saw the
coolest thing. I saw THE MOST shooting stars ever. It seemed like every
time Jerry hit a different note another star shot across the sky. Whenever
I tried to have someone else see them, they were gone. Nobody could
confirm the night of the shooting stars but it was beautiful. |
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Rueben
3/17/91 Capital
Centre |
Uncle
Sam
7/4/84 Five Seasons
Center |
The show at
Nassau with Branford Marsalis is still one of my favorite shows ever.
The band sounded so great with him playing with them. They all seemed
to be having so much fun and the audience was absolutely losing their
minds. It was never my favorite venue, but it was rockin that
night for sure. |
I think my
coolest Dead memory wasnt even at a Dead show, it was at Saturday
Night Live. My friend and I scored tickets to SNL the night the boys
were on and played Alabama Getaway and Saint of Circumstance.
I had never seen SNL live before and add to that the Grateful Dead.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime event that Ill never forget. |
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Black
Peter |
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3/25/91 Knickerbocker Arena |
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My favorite thing about being on tour was that even
someone you had never met before would rather say hi, flash you a great
big smile or even give you a hug than just walk past you staring at
their shoes. I wish it was always like that. |
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(Holds 27 bears, not included)
black wire display for counter or slatwall, includes color header
card.
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