80s Grateful Dead On the Road Again 1980 Skull t-shirt Medium

Chest 19 in.

Length 25 in.

Content: Feels like cotton blend

Tag Brand: Unreadable

This amazing double sided tee celebrates the seminal jam band, the Grateful Dead. This tee hails from 1980, and commemorates the period when the band reintroduced the song "On the Road Again" to their setlists. As veteran deadheads know, no two shows from the Grateful Dead were ever the same, and fans used to tour alongside the band to witness every iteration of their ever-changing setlists. "On the Road Again" was actually a song conceived by the band's precursor, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, which included future Dead members Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" KcKernan, and Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead performed the track a few times in 1966, but it didn't return to their repertoire again until 1980.

This shirt also includes famous Grateful Dead imagery, like the cover art illustration that was used for their 1971 eponymous live album. The image was created by frequent Dead collaborators, Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse, who based it on a drawing from Edmund Joseph Sullivan. Often referred to as the Skull and Roses, the image has also been lovingly nicknamed Bertha, after the album's opening track.

Meanwhile the front of this shirt depicts a smoking skeleton, reminiscent of the one featured on the cover of the band's first compilation album, Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of the Grateful Dead. That cover was designed by John Van Hamersveld, who is perhaps best known for creating the iconic poster art for the surf film The Endless Summer.

Fits like a modern unisex adult medium. This shirt is soft and thin, particularly around the shoulders, see pics.






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