The Grateful Dead is also responsible for turning the backstage pass into an art form. The Grateful Dead have been credited with all sorts of innovations through the years, from numerous big and small developments in sound equipment and musical instruments, to the first live 16-track recording ( Live Dead), to pioneering the rock T-shirt business. Read more.Īrt of the Backstage Pass: A Profile of Spring 1990 Artist Tony Reonegro And he’s had many of his photos appear in earlier Dick’s Picks and other releases. 2 (from Hartford 7/31/74) and are spread throughout the book included in the new Grateful Dead: Spring 1990 box. In just the past few months, his historic Dead shots dominated the booklet for Dave’s Picks No. On the contrary, the Connecticut-based photographer has an exceptional eye and has taken thousands of great photos of the Dead and other bands since he started shooting concerts in the early ’70s. If Jim Anderson isn’t as well-known as some other photographers who chronicled the Dead, it’s not because of a lack of quality in his shots. Lights, Camera, Click! A Profile of Spring 1990 Photographer Jim Anderson During 1990, he produced the front and back cover illustrations for the group’s 25th Anniversary Tour Book (reproduced in the Grateful Dead: Spring 1990 box set), plus posters and advertisements for the Dead’s fall ’90 European tour and the cover of the 2-CD live album that came out while they were in Europe, Without a Net. It seems fitting that some of the last work the great San Francisco artist Rick Griffin did before his tragic death in a motorcycle accident in 1991 was connected to the good ol’ Grateful Dead. Rick Griffin: His Memory and His Art Live On A Spring 1990 Profile

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