Jerry theīear is in tribute to Jerry Garcia. Ten features Jerry, a gray tie-dye with a black t-shirt. Grateful Dead Bean Bears were released in September 1998. More of the non-retired bears from the first generation, they all Liquid Blue announced the retirement of the 5 bears, Sugaree had alreadyīeen sold out during the first week of June. Paws, and (11,000) without the Black Paws. The five and their world wide production numbers are.ALTHEA Each Bear comes with a laminatedįull-color tag with the Bear's name, The Bear's birth data (from a Grateful Dead show date and venue),Īnd a 'Favorite Tour Memory' (story of fact and fiction on the road withīears from the group of 11 were going to be retired. The First Generation Set of 11 includes: 3 Tie-Dye,Ħ Solid Colors and 2 Animal Patterns. All of the Bean Bears are designed and created by Liquid Blue. In August of 1997 the Grateful Dead Bean Bears were born. A little later the tide shifted to plush bears being designed and manufactured by Liquid Blue. At that time one of the main design manufactures was Native Art Trading Company. The first Grateful Dead plush bear came to life in 1990. However, we must remember the Grateful Dead were good friends with the Merry Prankesters. What has now become the 'jester collar' on the 'dancing bears' was actually the chest fur of Bob's marching bears.

Bob's inspiration for the bear came from a 36 point lead slug of a generic bear that was a standardised figure from a printer's font box. The back cover of History of the Grateful Dead, vol 1 (Bear's Choice)(recorded Feb 13 and 14, 1970) showed multi-colored marching bears. The origin of the bear was taken from the Bob Thomas album art cover. Over the years these bears have appeared on multi-colored bumper stickers, T-Shirts and posters. The dancing bears symbolized the fun-loving aspect of the Grateful Dead and theirįans. Please check out our Further Links Section at the bottm of the page

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