More Animation- “The Grateful Dead Movie” opening animation…
From 1977 with Grateful Dead Icons and artwork taken from previous Grateful Dead albums (mars hotel, blues for allah, etc...) along with original works, Gary Gutierrez directed and animated this 7.5 minute mind bending cartoon that preludes a compilation of live performances from The Dead’s 5 night end of tour run at the Winterland Ballroom in 1974. I remember being a sophomore in high school watching this on 3 hits of “orange sunshine” blotter that I’d scored at my first Dead show at the Boston Garden a few nights before (Wednesday night 1993...Terrapin Station, say word). The rest of the video is totally awesome, but this opening animation sequence still steals the show. It’s best watched on a hefty amount of psychedelics, for it to fully tickle your brain and “steal your face.”
enjoy,
-aves
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Oh man, does that bring back memories. I saw this movie at the midnight show in canarsie (when they weren’t showing the exorcist , the rocky horror picture show or the song remains the same. Tripping on mescaline - the cartoon used to freak me out! The music at the beginning is from Jerry Garcias first solo album - i think its called spidergawd (or eep hour). I saw the dead about 35 times, the last time in 1995.
The 1974 winterland run, especially 10-19, was just great. That show ranks as a top ten for me. Thanks for the memories