Grateful Dead 1971 Ann Arbor, MI Concert Poster Signed by Gary Grimshaw, Graded 9.4 (AOR-4.187). ...

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Grateful Dead 1971 Ann Arbor, MI Concert Poster Signed by Gary Grimshaw, Graded 9.4 (AOR-4.187). An original first-printing concert poster for the Grateful Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage performing at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, December 14 & 15, 1971. This OP-1 specimen has been signed at the bottom by its popular designer, Gary Grimshaw, and given a choice grade of 9.4 Near Mint by CGC (the Certified Guaranty Company). The Art of Rock book thought so much of this poster they gave it a full page all to itself. Measures 16 3/4" x 22". From the David Swartz Concert Poster Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

Literature: See Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeville Press, New York, 1987, p.393 (full-page illus.).

More Information: The Dead were touring off their double live album nicknamed Skull & Roses which first introduced their classics "Bertha" and "Playing in the Band" to the world.


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