Grateful Dead 1971 Ann Arbor, MI Concert Poster (AOR-4.187). ...

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Grateful Dead 1971 Ann Arbor, MI Concert Poster (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 December 14-15, 1971. Both nights had two sets from the Dead, and both nights included a cover of Chuck Berry's holiday staple, "Run Rudolph Run." Gary Grimshaw designed this beauty; the Art of Rock book thought so much of this poster they gave it a full page all to itself.

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.

Measures 16 ¾" x 22". In Near Mint Minus condition, with tape lifts on the verso and small nicks on the edges. From the Tim Backstrom Grateful Dead 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 (illus.).

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