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This is the original drowing of Steal Your Face. Owsley was financing the Dead's music equipment and other bands were stealing some of the equpment during some of the shows at Golden Stste Park, so Owsley was getting pissed and told me he needed something thtst made it so bands wouldn't steal the equpment.  I suggested a logo to paint on the equpment.  He liked the idea.
On our way to the Watts Acid Test, we stopped at a truck stop to eat and thats when I skeched out the Steal Your Face. Owsley loved it! The lightning boot represented his logo for the LSD and the skull repressented the dead.  

The original was destroyed in a flood in Missouri However I had pictures of it and this is what you aree looking at.  I'm taking the picture and having prited on heavy canvas to hang on a wall, great conversatin piece! I'm charging $49 for a copy.


 
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Wes Wilson called me and wanted me to go over to Jerry's house before they left on a road trip.  He needed a group picture for a poster.  When I got there, Jerry and the boys were higher than all get out, they could hardly walk!  They laughed when I asked them to poise for the photo and down the street they went laughing thier asses off and giving me the finger.  It made me so mad I went to my studio and drew the bears to depict Jerry and the gang, and this picture is of my original drawing, This got ruined in the Missouri flood, but we had pictures.  

When Owsley came by to deliver the acid for us to sell, he noticed the picture and asked about it. When I told him the reason, he asked if he could have it. When I told him no, he took his camara and took a picture of it.  I had no idea what he was doing until i saw the bears of Jerry' s new album cover when I was in Viet Nam.  Pissed me off, but could do nothing about it.

I am printing this picture on heavy canvas it would make good conversation. $49
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